Jeffrey Friedman is an Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, where he studies the politics and psychology of foreign policy decision-making and directs the John Rosenwald Postdoctoral Fellows Program in U.S. Foreign Policy and International Security.
Friedman is the author of The Commander-in-Chief Test: Public Opinion and the Politics of Image-Making in U.S. Foreign Policy (Cornell, 2023), which is part of Cornell’s “Studies in Security Affairs” book series. It examines how voters determine which leaders are “fit to be commander-in-chief” and shows that these debates steer U.S. foreign policy in a direction that is more hawkish than what voters want. He is also the author of War and Chance: Assessing Uncertainty in International Politics (Oxford, 2019), which is part of Oxford’s “Bridging the Gap” book series. Friedman’s articles have been published by outlets such as the American Journal of Political Science, International Organization, International Security, and World Politics. He received his Ph.D from the Harvard Kennedy School in 2013. He has held fellowships at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, the Tobin Project, the Dickey Center for International Understanding, and the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, France.
