Michael Mandelbaum
Michael Mandelbaum
Michael Mandelbaum is the Christian A. Herter Professor and Director of the American Foreign Policy program at the Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies. He has written 10 books on American foreign policy and the edited 12 more. He most recently co-authored That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back with The New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
oil important use
The less oil the world uses, the less important the region that has so much of it becomes.
responsibility opportunity government
The government can give citizens opportunity and it's their responsibility to take advantage of it.
political trying frustrating
The American political system is so porous, it's so open, it's so frustrating for those who are trying to make policy.
america empires doe
The American empire will not disappear... because America does not have an empire.
strong america world
One thing worse than an America that is too strong, the world will learn, is an America that is too weak.
analogies assumption mislead
While analogies are useful, however, they can also be misleading. They smuggle in assumptions that can be wrong.
attacks attend distant might obscure persuaded quickly therefore threats
The attacks of September 11 persuaded many Americans that what might seem to be obscure or distant potential threats can very quickly materialize and it therefore makes sense to attend to them even before they become urgent.
strong america world
The world needs a strong America.
war believe police-work
The war on terror, I believe, will be waged by effective intelligence and police work and cruise missiles.
war real world
The real threat to world stability is not too much American power. It is too little American power.
real past historical
After all, the past is our only real guide to the future, and historical analogies are instruments for distilling and organizing the past and converting it to a map by which we can navigate.
war great-war great-power
Great wars can only be fought by great powers.
new-york people september-11
The attacks of September 11, 2001, were spectacular, riveting, grim, costly and searing. The shock that they caused reverberated throughout the world. What happened in New York and Washington and Pennsylvania ended the lives of thousands of people and changed the lives of many more. But they did not change the world.
people should
People do not change when you tell them they should; they change when they tell themselves they must,