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
people should
People do not change when you tell them they should; they change when they tell themselves they must,
basketball sports football
If architecture is, as is sometimes said, music set in concrete, then football and basketball may be said to be creativity embodied in team sports.
war great-war great-power
Great wars can only be fought by great powers.
firsts united-states tasks
Let me remind you all that the first task of American foreign policy is to reduce threats to the United States.
determination past america
The values, the programs, the formula, the determination, and the patriotism responsible for America's past success are still here to be tapped.
government world united-states
The United States doesn't do what it does in the world for altruistic reasons. Nobody set out to be the world's government.
country division world
The main division in the world is between democratic and undemocratic countries.
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.
war real world
The real threat to world stability is not too much American power. It is too little American power.
analogies assumption mislead
While analogies are useful, however, they can also be misleading. They smuggle in assumptions that can be wrong.