Michael Mandelbaum is Christian A. Herter Professor Emeritus of American Foreign Policy at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a member of the editorial board of American Purpose. He is the author of many books on foreign policy, including most recently The Rise and Fall of Peace on Earth (2019).
Anatomy of a Blunder
NATO expansion redivided Europe, isolated Ukraine, and enabled Vladimir Putin.
Remembering the Heroes
The Soviet Union, which came to an end thirty years ago this month, was an enormous, repressive prison. A few brave people resisted.
Democracy in India: Down but Not Out
India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership has become less democratic, but that isn’t irreversible.
In Defense of Meritocracy
It’s the worst system for deciding who gets society’s most important positions—except for all the others.
The Inescapable Alfred Hitchcock
The cinematic achievements of the Master of Suspense remain vivid a century after they began.
Continuing Liberty conference, September 20-22, 2021: "Allies" with Tom Tugendhat, Josef Joffe, Michael Mandelbaum, Réka Szemerkényi, and Carla Anne Robbins
Part of the Continuing Liberty conference. 9:00 a.m.—10:15 a.m. ET Allies Tom Tugendhat, UK House of Commons Josef Joffe, Johns Hopkins SAIS and American Purpose Michael Mandelbaum, Johns Hopkins SAIS and American Purpose Réka Szemerkényi, former ambassador of Hungary to the United States Moderator: Carla
Afghanistan: What Went Wrong?
The defeat was two decades in the making, and repeats other American failures at other times in other places.
Fifty Years Ago: A Landmark Day in Economic History
With a single dramatic stroke, President Richard Nixon ended one monetary era and began another, in which we are still living.
