Just How Green Can We Be?

Dr. Michael Mandelbaum delivered the Hall Distinguished Lecture on October 15, leading us to think about the tough political, economic, social and cultural challenges that the U.S. faces if it is really to “go green.”

"We are at the beginning of a long slog away from fossil fuels. It will happen, but the pace at which it will happen is unclear. It depends to a very great extent on what happens in the United States, and so it depends to a very great extent on what you do, on how you vote, on what you believe, on what actions you take."

Mandelbaum is the Christian A. Herter Professor and Director, American Foreign Policy Program, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.