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Historian of Russia, China, Iran, socialism, and revolution. Author "Ripe for Revolution: Building Socialism in the Third World." Prof @HarvardHBS. Powerlifter.

Joined March 2022
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(2/3) We asked Gregg Brazinsky (@GBrazinsky, @GWTweets), Jeremy Friedman, (@JeremySFriedman, @UTAustin), Rana Mitter (@KennedySchool) and Kathryn Weathersby (@Georgetown) to fill in the gaps.
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Does China actually want America’s global role? @JeremySFriedman argues Beijing wants influence, but not necessarily the full burden of global leadership. Watch - tinyurl.com/4ydabreu
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China does not aspire to write all the rules of the international system, but it does want the power to revise or veto rules that conflict with its interests, writes @JeremySFriedman. foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/21…
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The Jervis Forum Roundtable Review 17-13 Donald Stoker’s Purpose and Power: US Grand Strategy from the Revolutionary Era to the Present “a critique of both American policymakers...[and] American scholars in their efforts to employ the concept of grand strategy” –Jeremy Friedman wp.me/p2Insd-7xg @JeremySFriedman
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What keeps #Iran going despite sanctions? How does #Tehran's regime work - and why does Iran resemble #India's 1960s #LicenseRaj? Prof @JeremySFriedman @HarvardHBS tells @srijanapiya17 in #ETEvoke | ecoti.in/maGHda91
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E207 - The Sino-Soviet Split, Pt. 2 w/ @JeremySFriedman The second part of our discussion with Jeremy Friedman on the Sino-Soviet split is out for all!
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New update 📩Please read our book review by @zeithistoriker of the book ~ Ripe for revolution: building socialism in the Third World by @JeremySFriedman published by @Harvard_Press. Link➡️bit.ly/3qF3o9Q
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Join us tomorrow, May 2, at 11am ET for a discussion exploring what lessons the CCP is drawing from the collapse of the Soviet Union. The expert panel will feature @Tulane Martin Dimitrov, @JeremySFriedman, @ualbany Cheng Chen and @yinhew1. csis.org/events/chinese-asse…
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Join us next Tuesday, May 2, at 11am ET for a discussion exploring what lessons the CCP is drawing from the collapse of the Soviet Union. The expert panel will feature @Tulane Martin Dimitrov, @JeremySFriedman, @ualbany Cheng Chen and @yinhew1. csis.org/events/chinese-asse…
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Join us on Tuesday, May 2 at 11am ET for a panel discussion of the lessons the CCP is extracting from the collapse of the Soviet Union. The expert panel will feature @Tulane Martin Dimitrov, @JeremySFriedman, @ualbany Cheng Chen and @yinhew1. csis.org/events/chinese-asse…
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"Friedman offers readers a meticulously researched, convincing account" - Elizabeth Schmidt on "Ripe for Revolution Building Socialism in the Third World" by @JeremySFriedman @Harvard_Press doi.org/10.1080/17541328.202… #Globalsixties #twitterstorians
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#ETEvoke | Speaking to Srijana Mitra Das, Jeremy S. Friedman, Professor, Harvard Business School, discusses the implications of China removing its Covid-19 restrictions bit.ly/3jZCHJa @HarvardHBS @JeremySFriedman @srijanapiya17
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#ETEvoke | Jeremy S. Friedman discusses the ongoing protests in China — and their deeper economic roots. @HarvardHBS @JeremySFriedman @srijanapiya17 economictimes.indiatimes.com…
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Excited to help welcome @JeremySFriedman to @hamiltonlugar along with the Department of International Studies and @IUCLACS for a discussion on "Democratic Communism: Allende's Chile & Peaceful Transition" this Thursday the 27th at 3pm. More details here: events.iu.edu/hls/event/7214…
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This last sentence of @JeremySFriedman's excellent 'Ripe for Revolution' strikes me as really important
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Oh boy. Good on Russia and Mongolia to have reached a visa free agreement a few years back. They did it to stimulate cross border tourism and trade, with Mongolia pushing for the deal. Who would have imagined!
Жители Бурятии сообщают, что сейчас образовалась вот такая автомобильная очередь на выезд в Монголию через КПП Кяхта.
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The old communist joke went "we pretend to work and you pretend to pay us." In Russia today the reality is something more like "you pretend to win a war and we pretend to show enthusiasm." 20/
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Kick off the summer with a great new book written by one of our affiliates or alumni! ow.ly/R1Kv50Jn4oH
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