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).
The Inescapable Alfred Hitchcock
The cinematic achievements of the Master of Suspense remain vivid a century after they began.
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.
The Lessons of the Pandemic
The United States did some things well and some things poorly—and important questions remain unanswered.
Alliances and Their Discontents
Alliances—the only thing worse is not having them.
The Fate of the Spy Novel
The Cold War is a tough act to follow.
May. 17, 2021: Katherine Epstein discusses her article in American Purpose, "The Tolling Bell." Moderated by Michael Mandelbaum
Join us on May 17, 2021 to hear Katherine Epstein discusses her article in American Purpose, "The Tolling Bell." Moderated by Michael Mandelbaum. Katherine C. Epstein is associate professor of history at Rutgers University-Camden and author of Torpedo: Inventing the Military-Industrial Complex in the United States and Great Britain (2014)
Climate Change: Technology Is the Solution
If humankind is to be saved from the storms, floods, and droughts that a rise in the global temperature threatens, it is engineers, not politicians, who will save it.
