In this video from the University of Maryland’s continuing Policy Watch with Doug Besharov series, learn more about Thomas Friedman, a world-renowned author and journalist. Friedman joined the New York Times in 1981 as a financial reporter specializing in OPEC and oil-related news and later served as the chief diplomatic, chief White House, and international economics correspondents. A three-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, he has reported on the Middle East conflict, the end of the Cold War, U.S. domestic politics and foreign policy, international economics, and the impact of terrorism throughout the world. His foreign affairs column, which appears twice a week in the Times, is syndicated to 700 other newspapers worldwide. Friedman is the best-selling author of “From Beirut to Jerusalem, The Lexus and the Olive Tree, Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World after September 11,” and “The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century.” From the Series:Policy Watch with Doug Besharov