Writer and foreign affairs expert Ben Rhodes has spent his career at the intersection of history, geopolitics, and the stories nations tell about themselves. From 2009 to 2017, he served as Deputy National Security Advisor and speechwriter to President Barack Obama, participating in key foreign policy decisions during a period of profound global change. Today, he is a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times and co-host of Pod Save the World. His latest book, All We Say: The Battle for American Identity, traces 250 years of American history through 15 speeches that ask enduring questions about identity, belonging, and who gets to define a nation. A New York Times bestselling author, Rhodes brings a distinctly historical and geopolitical lens to “The Age of Uncertainty.”

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