Comment is Freed
by Sam FreedmanComment is Freed
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Politics, policy analysis, and foreign affairs from Sam and Lawrence Freedman
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About Sam Freedman
Writes about politics and policy here as well as for Prospect, New Statesman, TES, Guardian, FT + others. Also Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government and, according to The Sun, a "think-tank guru", which sounds great.
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