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George Friedman is the founder, chief intelligence officer, and chairman of the private intelligence corporation Stratfor. He has authored four books, including "America's Secret War", "The Intelligence Edge" and "The Future of War". Strategic Forecasting, Inc. ... Americas Secret War, a book by Stratfor founder George Friedman, is an attempt to analyze United States foreign policy in 2004; specifically, the war efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the war on terror. ...


"Friedman graduated with a B.A. from the City College of the City University of New York and holds a Ph.D. in Government from Cornell University. Prior to entering the private sector in 1996, Friedman was a professor of political science for almost 20 years and was an early designer of computerized war games. During his years in academics, Friedman briefed widely on security and national defense matters, including senior commanders in all armed services, the Office of Net Assessments, SHAPE Technical Center, the U.S. Army War College, National Defense University and the RAND Corporation. In 1994 Friedman founded the Center for Geopolitical Studies at Louisiana State University, which engages in integrated economic, political and military modeling and forecasting and was the only non-DOD/non-governmental organization granted access to Joint Theater Level Simulation (JTLS) by the Joint Warfighting Center." [1] (http://www.jhuapl.edu/POW/bios/friedman.htm)


Friedman is married with four children and currently lives in Austin, Texas.


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Dr. George Friedman (298 words)
George Friedman, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized expert in security and intelligence issues relating to national security, information warfare and computer security.
Friedman graduated with a B.A. from the City College of the City University of New York and holds a Ph.D. in Government from Cornell University.
Friedman is married with four children (two in the military) and currently lives in Austin, Texas.
George Friedman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (770 words)
George Friedman is an American political scientist and author.
Friedman has described theirs as "a very classic story of refugees making a new life in America." Arriving in the US at the age of three, "[b]asically, I grew up as a New York kid." Living in the Bronx and attending the Charles Dorsey School in the New York City school system.
Friedman's original interest was in political philosophy and most of his early work was on Marxism.
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