Jeremy Friedman

Jeremy Friedman, a historian, studies socialism, communism, and revolution in Russia, China, Iran, and the Global South.

He is currently a Faculty Fellow at the Clements Center for National Security at The University of Texas at Austin, where he is also Professor of Strategy and Statecraft at the School of Civic Leadership. Professor Friedman focuses on international history, grand strategy, and the global Cold War. Before joining UT Austin, he was an Associate Professor in the Business, Government, and International Economy Unit at Harvard Business School, and he previously served as Associate Director of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy at Yale University.

Professor Friedman has been widely published in academic publications as well as in the popular press, including in Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy. His books include Ripe for Revolution: Building Socialism in the Third World (Harvard University Press, 2022) and Shadow Cold War: The Sino-Soviet Competition for the Third World (The University of North Carolina Press, 2015).

He has a PhD in history from Princeton and a BA in history and philosophy from Stanford University.

Contact
E-mail: jeremy.friedman@austin.utexas.edu