Michael Mandelbaum
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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 is also Director of the SAIS American Foreign Policy program. 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
.
magazine for "for teaching America how to be a hegemon on the cheap." He is on the Board of Directors of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy
.
Mandelbaum worked on on security issues at the U.S. Department of State from 1982-1983 on a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellowship in the office of Under Secretary of State Lawrence S. Eagleburger. He served as an adviser to Bill Clinton. Speaking on behalf of the United States Information Agency
for more than two decades, Mandelbaum has explained American foreign policy to groups throughout Europe, East Asia, Australia, New Zealand, India and the Middle East.
For 17 years, starting in 1986, he was a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations
in New York, where he was also the director of the Council’s Project on East-West Relations. Mandelbaum was a Carnegie Scholar (in 2004-2005) of the Carnegie Corporation of New York
. From 1984-2005 he was the associate director of the Aspen Institute
’s Congressional Program on Relations With the Former Communist World.
He has taught at Harvard University
, Columbia University
and at the U.S. Naval Academy. He also has taught business executives at the Wharton Advanced Management Program in the Aresty Institute of Executive Education at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania
.
Mandelbaum earned a PhD
, political science
, Harvard University
. He was also educated at Yale University
and King's College, Cambridge
.
addresses the 4 major problems America faces today and their solution. These problems are: globalization, the revolution in information technology, the nation's chronic deficits, and its pattern of energy consumption.
Mandelbaum, in 2010, wrote The Frugal Superpower: America's Global Leadership in a Cash-Strapped Era., in which he argued the 2008 economic crisis and United States economic obligations will redraw the boundaries of American foreign policy. Of Frugal Superpower, journalist and author Fareed Zakaria
said, "Mandelbaum brings to this discussion a clear eye, a sharp mind, and lucid prose."
He wrote The Case For Goliath: How America Acts As The World's Government in the Twenty-first Century, in which he argues that United States
dominance in global affairs is better than the alternatives. Mandelbaum appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
on 23 March 2006 to promote his book.
In 2005 he wrote The Meaning of Sports: Why Americans Watch Baseball, Basketball and Football and What They See When They Do.
Mandelbaum published The Ideas That Conquered the World: Peace, Democracy and Free Markets in the Twenty-first Centuryin 2002. Of it, The New York Times Book Review wrote, "A formidable and thought-provoking tour d'horizon. Best of all, it gives readers something to argue about."
Mandelbaum wrote The Dawn of Peace in Europe in 1996. Of it, Walter Russell Mead
in The New York Times Book Review
called it a "brilliant book that combines the most lucid exposition yet of the post-cold-war order in Europe with a devastating critique of the Clinton Administration's foreign policy."
In 1988 Mandelbaum publishedThe Fate of Nations: The Search for National Security in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Publishers Weekly
said "Mandelbaum's book is brilliant and enjoyable...[he] charts how nations find ways of acting together in diplomatically organized groups for defensive purposes, and he analyzes certain countries' specific roles and histories. His knowledge of philosophy, politics, history and economics results in a stunning delineation of centuries of military actions, political maneuverings and cultural uprisings."
He also published The Nuclear Revolution (1981), The Nuclear Future (1983), and he co-wrote Reagan and Gorbachev (1987) and The Global Rivals (1988).
His first book "The Nuclear Question: The United States and Nuclear Weapons", was published in 1979. The Economist
called it “an excellent history of American nuclear policy...a clear, readable book.”
From 1985-2005 Mandelbaum wrote a regular foreign affairs analysis column for Newsday
. His writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Time
and The Los Angeles Times
.
In 1996, Mandelbaum wrote in Foreign Affairs
“Foreign Policy as Social Work” about the Clinton Administration foreign policy.
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
, School of Advanced International Studies. He is also Director of the SAIS American Foreign Policy program. 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
Thomas Friedman
Thomas Lauren Friedman is an American journalist, columnist and author. He writes a twice-weekly column for The New York Times. He has written extensively on foreign affairs including global trade, the Middle East, and environmental issues and has won the Pulitzer Prize three times.-Personal...
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Career
Mandelbaum was named one of the top 100 Global Thinkers by Foreign PolicyForeign Policy
Foreign Policy is a bimonthly American magazine founded in 1970 by Samuel P. Huntington and Warren Demian Manshel.Originally, the magazine was a quarterly...
magazine for "for teaching America how to be a hegemon on the cheap." He is on the Board of Directors of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Washington Institute for Near East Policy
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy is a think tank based in Washington, D.C. focused on United States foreign policy in the Middle East. It was established by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in 1985...
.
Mandelbaum worked on on security issues at the U.S. Department of State from 1982-1983 on a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellowship in the office of Under Secretary of State Lawrence S. Eagleburger. He served as an adviser to Bill Clinton. Speaking on behalf of the United States Information Agency
United States Information Agency
The United States Information Agency , which existed from 1953 to 1999, was a United States agency devoted to "public diplomacy". In 1999, USIA's broadcasting functions were moved to the newly created Broadcasting Board of Governors, and its exchange and non-broadcasting information functions were...
for more than two decades, Mandelbaum has explained American foreign policy to groups throughout Europe, East Asia, Australia, New Zealand, India and the Middle East.
For 17 years, starting in 1986, he was a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations
Council on Foreign Relations
The Council on Foreign Relations is an American nonprofit nonpartisan membership organization, publisher, and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs...
in New York, where he was also the director of the Council’s Project on East-West Relations. Mandelbaum was a Carnegie Scholar (in 2004-2005) of the Carnegie Corporation of New York
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Carnegie Corporation of New York, which was established by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 "to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding," is one of the oldest, largest and most influential of American foundations...
. From 1984-2005 he was the associate director of the Aspen Institute
Aspen Institute
The Aspen Institute is an international nonprofit organization founded in 1950 as the Aspen Institute of Humanistic Studies. The organization is dedicated to "fostering enlightened leadership, the appreciation of timeless ideas and values, and open-minded dialogue on contemporary issues." The...
’s Congressional Program on Relations With the Former Communist World.
He has taught at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
and at the U.S. Naval Academy. He also has taught business executives at the Wharton Advanced Management Program in the Aresty Institute of Executive Education at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
.
Mandelbaum earned a PhD
PHD
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, political science
Political science
Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
, Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
. He was also educated at Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
and King's College, Cambridge
King's College, Cambridge
King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college's full name is "The King's College of our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge", but it is usually referred to simply as "King's" within the University....
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Writing
Published in 2011, That Used To Be UsThat Used to Be Us
That Used to be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back is a book written by New York times columnist and author Thomas Friedman and Foreign policy John Hopkins Professor Michael Mandelbaum, that was published on September 5, 2011 in the United States. It...
addresses the 4 major problems America faces today and their solution. These problems are: globalization, the revolution in information technology, the nation's chronic deficits, and its pattern of energy consumption.
Mandelbaum, in 2010, wrote The Frugal Superpower: America's Global Leadership in a Cash-Strapped Era., in which he argued the 2008 economic crisis and United States economic obligations will redraw the boundaries of American foreign policy. Of Frugal Superpower, journalist and author Fareed Zakaria
Fareed Zakaria
Fareed Rafiq Zakaria is an Indian-American journalist and author. From 2000 to 2010, he was a columnist for Newsweek and editor of Newsweek International. In 2010 he became Editor-At-Large of Time magazine...
said, "Mandelbaum brings to this discussion a clear eye, a sharp mind, and lucid prose."
He wrote The Case For Goliath: How America Acts As The World's Government in the Twenty-first Century, in which he argues that United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
dominance in global affairs is better than the alternatives. Mandelbaum appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
The Daily Show
The Daily Show , is an American late night satirical television program airing each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central. The half-hour long show premiered on July 21, 1996, and was hosted by Craig Kilborn until December 1998...
on 23 March 2006 to promote his book.
In 2005 he wrote The Meaning of Sports: Why Americans Watch Baseball, Basketball and Football and What They See When They Do.
Mandelbaum published The Ideas That Conquered the World: Peace, Democracy and Free Markets in the Twenty-first Centuryin 2002. Of it, The New York Times Book Review wrote, "A formidable and thought-provoking tour d'horizon. Best of all, it gives readers something to argue about."
Mandelbaum wrote The Dawn of Peace in Europe in 1996. Of it, Walter Russell Mead
Walter Russell Mead
Walter Russell Mead is James Clarke Chace Professor of Foreign Affairs and Humanities at Bard College and Editor-at-Large of The American Interest magazine, and is recognized as one of the country's leading students of American foreign policy . Until 2010, Mead was the Henry A. Kissinger Senior...
in The New York Times Book Review
The New York Times Book Review
The New York Times Book Review is a weekly paper-magazine supplement to The New York Times in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed. It is one of the most influential and widely read book review publications in the industry. The offices are located near Times Square in New York...
called it a "brilliant book that combines the most lucid exposition yet of the post-cold-war order in Europe with a devastating critique of the Clinton Administration's foreign policy."
In 1988 Mandelbaum publishedThe Fate of Nations: The Search for National Security in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly, aka PW, is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers and literary agents...
said "Mandelbaum's book is brilliant and enjoyable...[he] charts how nations find ways of acting together in diplomatically organized groups for defensive purposes, and he analyzes certain countries' specific roles and histories. His knowledge of philosophy, politics, history and economics results in a stunning delineation of centuries of military actions, political maneuverings and cultural uprisings."
He also published The Nuclear Revolution (1981), The Nuclear Future (1983), and he co-wrote Reagan and Gorbachev (1987) and The Global Rivals (1988).
His first book "The Nuclear Question: The United States and Nuclear Weapons", was published in 1979. The Economist
The Economist
The Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in offices in the City of Westminster, London, England. Continuous publication began under founder James Wilson in September 1843...
called it “an excellent history of American nuclear policy...a clear, readable book.”
From 1985-2005 Mandelbaum wrote a regular foreign affairs analysis column for Newsday
Newsday
Newsday is a daily American newspaper that primarily serves Nassau and Suffolk counties and the New York City borough of Queens on Long Island, although it is sold throughout the New York metropolitan area...
. His writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Time
Time (magazine)
Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
and The Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
.
In 1996, Mandelbaum wrote in Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs is an American magazine and website on international relations and U.S. foreign policy published since 1922 by the Council on Foreign Relations six times annually...
“Foreign Policy as Social Work” about the Clinton Administration foreign policy.