Freeman has written two books on statecraft. "Arts of Power: Statecraft and Diplomacy" was published by the U.S. Institute of Peace in 1997. "The Diplomat's Dictionary" has gone through several revisions, the most recent of which, also published by USIP, came out in 2010. He is also the author of three books on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and in China. "America's Misadventures in the Middle East", published by Just World Books in 2010, focused on Bush's invasion of Iraq, America's failure to lead in the same way it did in the postwar years, and Saudi Arabia. "Interesting Times: China, America, and the Shifting Balance of Prestige", published in 2013, is Freeman's analysis of China-U.S. relations between 1969 and 2012 and his predictions about its future. "America's Continuing Misadventures in the Middle East", which continues Freeman's analysis of the evolving disorder in the region, came out in 2016.