AUTHOR'S BIO
Michael Mandelbaum
Professor of International Relations, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
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NATO: Bigger Isn't Better
Michael Mandelbaum Series: The World in Words 1997-10-14WASHINGTON, D.C. Now that NATO has invited Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic to join, President Clinton must seek ratification of the new treaty by the US Senate. The Senate should reject NATO expansion. The scholar-diplomat George Kennan is correct in calling expansion the "most fateful error of American policy in the entire post-Cold War era." ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 1853 -
Expanding NATO is Unnecessary
Michael Mandelbaum Series: The World in Words 1996-08-01WASHINGTON D.C.: Some time in 1997 the North Atlantic Alliance is expected to offer NATO membership to some or all of the four "Visegrad" countries: Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia. This would be a mistake, as I argue in my new book on European security, The Dawn of Peace in Europe. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 1596

