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Michael Mandelbaum is professor emeritus of American foreign policy at Johns Hopkins University's Nitze School of Advanced International Studies and author of the book Mission Failure: America and the World in the Post-Cold War Era (2016). A former senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, he has appeared frequently on major television news outlets and written numerous books on American foreign policy, including That Used to Be Us (coauthored with Thomas Friedman, 2011). He is a member of the Institute's Board of Advisors.

Recent Policy Analysis by Michael Mandelbaum

Brief Analysis
LBJ and the June 1967 War:
Lessons from the American Role
Jun 9, 2017
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  • Dennis Ross
  • Nicholas Rostow
  • Michael Mandelbaum
Brief Analysis
Does the Middle East Still Matter? The Obama Doctrine and U.S. Policy
Apr 14, 2016
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  • Derek Chollet
  • Ellen Laipson
  • Michael Doran
  • Michael Mandelbaum
In-Depth Reports
Obama and the Middle East:
An Early Assessment
Oct 16, 2009
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  • Michael Mandelbaum
  • Mortimer Zuckerman
In-Depth Reports
Announcement of the the 2008 Washington Institute Book Prize Winners
Sep 20, 2008
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  • Robert Satloff
  • Martin Kramer
  • Michael Mandelbaum
Brief Analysis
Promoting Arab Democracy (or Not):
What the Past Should Tell Us about the Future (Part II)
Oct 24, 2007
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  • Robert Satloff
  • Michael Mandelbaum
Brief Analysis
President Bush and the Middle East, One Year On
Feb 1, 2002
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  • Michael Mandelbaum
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