Global Glitter: How America’s Medal of Freedom Became the World’s Most Coveted Participation Trophy
**The Global Currency of Freedom: When Nations Trade Gold for Glory** In the grand bazaar of international diplomacy, where influence is bartered like spices in a Moroccan souk, the Medal of Freedom has become something of a luxury commodity—participation trophy for the geopolitically affluent. While Washington’s highest civilian honor was originally conceived as America’s way…