--- title: Daniel Fried | TIME description: Amb. Daniel Fried is a retired senior diplomat, former Assistant Secretary for Europe, Special Assistant to Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush, and Ambassador to Poland. He is now a Weiser Family Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council. canonical: https://time.com/author/daniel-fried/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/daniel-fried/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Daniel Fried ## Daniel Fried Amb. Daniel Fried is a retired senior diplomat, former Assistant Secretary for Europe, Special Assistant to Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush, and Ambassador to Poland. He is now a Weiser Family Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council. ## Daniel Fried *  Dec 3, 2025 ### [Why the U.S.-Russia Ukraine Talks Failed](https://time.com/7338224/trump-ukraine-russia-putin-peace-negotiations/) President Trump is right to push for peace. But his administration are haphazard and poor negotiator... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 24, 2025 ### [Trump's Sanctions on Russian Oil Are a Big Deal](https://time.com/7328215/trump-putin-russia-oil-sanctions/) The U.S. President has finally crossed the line from talk to action. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 15, 2025 ### [Why Trump's U-Turn on Ukraine Matters](https://time.com/7302305/trump-ukraine-patriots-russia-sanctions/) A new plan to funnel billions in "top of the line" weapons is the President's most forceful backing ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 13, 2023 ### [How the West Can Make Russian Sanctions Bite Again](https://time.com/6432488/russia-sanctions-ukraine-war/) Hefty sanctions following Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine came hard and fast. But their effec... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 25, 2017 ### [Read U.S. Diplomat Daniel Fried's Retirement Speech Warning Against Isolationism](https://time.com/4682994/diplomat-daniel-fried-retirement-speech/) 'We are not an ethno-state, with identity rooted in shared blood' [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: {"\_\_typename":"Seo","meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection","edges":\[\]},"twitter\_card":null} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/daniel-fried/","name":"Daniel Fried"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/daniel-fried/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/daniel-fried/"},"name":"Daniel Fried","jobTitle":"Contributor","description":"Amb. Daniel Fried is a retired senior diplomat, former Assistant Secretary for Europe, Special Assistant to Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush, and Ambassador to Poland. He is now a Weiser Family Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council.","url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-fried/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```