America Out of Control: Michael Mandelbaum. "The Case for Goliath: How America Acts as the World's Government in the 21st Century."

Who is this jackanapes?

Michael Mandelbaum may be patient zero in the spread of this virus. Mandelbaum is a professor at Johns Hopkins, a friend and frequent collaborator of Thomas L. Friedman, with whom he co-authored a book. Mandelbaum is quoted by Friedman as distinguishing American foreign policy during the cold war which,

              “was all about how we affect the external behavior of states,”

from post-cold war foreign policy which is "largely about,"

             “affecting the internal composition and governance of states.”