- 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.[1] He is also Director of the SAIS American Foreign Policy program.[2] He has written 10 books on American foreign policy and the edited 12 more.[3] 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.[4]
Mandelbaum was named one of the top 100 Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy magazine for "for teaching America how to be a hegemon on the cheap."[5] He is on the Board of Directors of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.[6]
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.[7] He served as an adviser to Bill Clinton.[8]
He has taught at Harvard University, Columbia University and at the U.S. Naval Academy.[9] 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.[10]
Mandelbaum earned a PhD, political science, Harvard University.[11] He was also educated at Yale University and King's College, Cambridge.[12]
Writing
Mandelbaum, in 2010, wrote The Frugal Superpower: America's Global Leadership in a Cash-Strapped Era.[13], 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."[14]
He wrote The Case For Goliath: How America Acts As The World's Government in the Twenty-first Century,[15] 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.[16]
His first book "The Nuclear Question: The United States and Nuclear Weapons", was published in 1979.[17] The Economist called it “an excellent history of American nuclear policy...a clear, readable book.”[18]
From 1985-2005 Mandelbaum wrote a regular foreign affairs analysis column for Newsday.[19] His writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Time and The Los Angeles Times.[20]
In 1996, Mandelbaum wrote in Foreign Affairs “Foreign Policy as Social Work” about the Clinton Administration foreign policy.[21]
On the Gas Tax
New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman quoted Michael Mandelbaum in his article "Win, Win, Win, Win, Win..."[22] on December 27, 2008, praising the gas tax:
“ A gasoline tax "is not just win-win; it's win, win, win, win, win," says the Johns Hopkins author and foreign policy specialist Michael Mandelbaum. "A gasoline tax would do more for American prosperity and strength than any other measure Obama could propose." ” References
- ^ http://www.sais-jhu.edu/faculty/directory/bios/m/mandelbaum.htm
- ^ http://www.sais-jhu.edu/faculty/directory/bios/m/mandelbaum.htm
- ^ http://us.macmillan.com/author/michaelmandelbaum
- ^ http://us.macmillan.com/thatusedtobeus/ThomasFriedman
- ^ http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/11/29/the_fp_top_100_global_thinkers?page=full
- ^ http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC11.php?CID=133&newActiveSubNav=Board%20of%20Advisors&activeSubNavLink=templateC11.php%3FCID%3D133&newActiveNav=aboutUs
- ^ http://us.macmillan.com/author/michaelmandelbaum
- ^ http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/11/29/the_fp_top_100_global_thinkers?page=full
- ^ http://us.macmillan.com/author/michaelmandelbaum
- ^ http://us.macmillan.com/author/michaelmandelbaum
- ^ http://www.sais-jhu.edu/faculty/directory/bios/m/mandelbaum.htm
- ^ http://us.macmillan.com/author/michaelmandelbaum
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Frugal-Superpower-Americas-Leadership-Cash-Strapped/dp/158648916X
- ^ http://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/publicaffairsbooks-cgi-bin/display?book=9781586489168&view=extras
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/dp/1586484583
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/dp/1586483307
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-Question-United-Weapons-1946-1976/dp/0521296145/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1321843445&sr=8-1
- ^ http://us.macmillan.com/author/michaelmandelbaum
- ^ http://us.macmillan.com/author/michaelmandelbaum
- ^ http://us.macmillan.com/author/michaelmandelbaum
- ^ http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/51618/michael-mandelbaum/foreign-policy-as-social-work
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/opinion/28friedman.html
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