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Born: 1946
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Articles, Interviews,
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Biographical |
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Friedman was born in Hungary to Holocaust survivor parents.
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In order to flee from the Communists, his family left Hungary in 1949.
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They went to Austria and lived in a displaced person camp for several years before getting visas to come to the United States.
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Friedman has described theirs as "a very classic story of refugees making a new life in America."
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Arriving in the US at the age of three, "[b]asically, I grew up as a New York kid."
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Books |
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The Next Hundred Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century (2009)
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America's Secret War: Inside the Hidden Worldwide Struggle Between the United States and Its Enemies
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The Intelligence Edge: How to Profit in the Information Age
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Future of War (1996)
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Coming War With Japan (1991)
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Political Philosophy of the Frankfurt School
(1981)
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Education |
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Living in the Bronx and attending the Charles Dorsey School in the New York City school system.
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He graduated with a B.A. from the City College of New York where he majored in political science, and received a Ph.D. in Government from Cornell University.
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Employment |
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Friedman entered the private sector in 1996 and founded Stratfor (Strategic Forecasting Inc.), a private intelligence firm which provides foreign affairs analysis to its (mostly corporate) clients.
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He serves as its chief intelligence officer, and CEO.
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In 1994, Friedman founded the Center for Geopolitical Studies at Louisiana State University, which engages in integrated economic, political and military modeling and forecasting; it was the only non-DOD/non-governmental organization granted access to Joint Theater Level Simulation (JTLS) by the Joint Warfighting Center.In 1994, Friedman founded the Center for Geopolitical Studies at Louisiana State University, which engages in integrated economic, political and military modeling and forecasting; it was the only non-DOD/non-governmental organization granted access to Joint Theater Level Simulation (JTLS) by the Joint Warfighting Center.
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