"A major change in the security architecture of Europe was been made without Russian consent, " Professor Michael Mandelbaum of Johns Hopkins University said.

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For better or worse, the Israelis will have to do both, and the U.S. can play a constructive role if it begins to view foreign policy as strategy rather than, in Michael Mandelbaum's words, social work.

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That Used to Be Us, written with Michael Mandelbaum, Director of the Foreign Policy program at Johns Hopkins University, the authors assert that the United States no longer leads the world in its ability to innovate and to efficiently create new things and ideas.

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