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reate more representative, inclusive systems of governance that would remain aligned with Washington. The first post-9/11 strategy, pursued by the Bush administration during its first term, was to push for massive transformations. U.S. military power would be used to destroy rogue regimes and terr

accomplish the task and make a country's transformation self-sustaining, unless the people themselves want to take charge of the process. In Iraq, George W. Bush removed Saddam Hussein, who had EFTA_R1_00441189 EFTA01964441 been governing that country vertically, from the top-down, with an iron fist. Bush

t to take charge of the process. In Iraq, George W. Bush removed Saddam Hussein, who had EFTA_R1_004

. During the cold war, American foreign EFTA_R1_00441188 EFTA01964440 policy "was all about how we affect the external behavior of states," said Michael Mandelbaum, the Johns Hopkins University foreign affairs expert. We were ready to overlook the internal behavior of states, both because we needed them as al

and counselor at The Washington Institute. Previously, he served as the State Department's director of policy planning under President George H. W Bush, special Middle East coordinator under President Clinton, and special assistant to President Obama from 2009 to 2011. ArtIcic 4. The American Inte

e year, which is more than in all of 2013." Putin didn't miss that. For reinforcement, I'd point to the very original take on this story offered by Michael Mandelbaum, the Johns Hopkins foreign policy expert whose new book, "The Road to Global Prosperity," argues that while global economics does not eliminate geo

t the Arab world. If the Arab rebellion has made nonsense of Iran's claim to speak on behalf of a silenced Arab public, it has also rubbished the Bush-era scheme of uniting moderate Arab autocrats (including Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas) in alliance against Iran and its Axis of R

democratic institutions, traditions and examples much greater. "There is a saying that inside every fat man is a thin man dying to get out," notes Michael Mandelbaum, the foreign policy expert at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. "We also tend to believe that inside every autocracy is a de

out the Arab world. If the Arab rebellion has made nonsense of Iran's claim to speak on behalf of a silenced Arab public, it has also rubbished the Bush-era scheme of uniting moderate Arab autocrats (including Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas) in alliance against Iran and its Axis of E

democratic institutions, traditions and examples much greater. "There is a saying that inside every fat man is a thin man dying to get out," notes Michael Mandelbaum, the foreign policy expert at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. "We also tend to believe that inside every autocracy is a dem