Michael Mandelbaum

Christian A. Herter Professor of American Foreign Policy at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies

Michael is the author of “The Ideas That Conquered the World: Peace, Democracy, and Free Markets in the Twenty-First Century” (2002), “The Case for Goliath: How America Acts as the World’s Government in the Twenty-First Century” (2006), and “Democracy’s Good Name: The Rise and Risks of the World’s Most Popular Form of Government” (2007).

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America Should be the World's Policeman

With Max Boot, Ian Bremmer, Ellen Laipson, Michael Mandelbaum, Douglas Murray, Matthew Parris
February 12, 2008

As its sole superpower, the United States has assumed the role of world’s policeman. Citing a moral responsibility to uphold freedom and democracy around the world, America intervenes in foreign conflicts and wields unprecedented global power. But should America invest its resources and energy in global policing? Or should the strongest nation on Earth turn its focus inward and respect the autonomy of its neighbors?

America Should be the World's Policeman

With Max Boot, Ian Bremmer, Ellen Laipson, Michael Mandelbaum, Douglas Murray, Matthew Parris
February 12, 2008

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