What Really Matters with Walter Russell Mead

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Walter Russell Mead, a historian, pundit, and popular author, is encyclopedic about politics, culture, and history. On What Really Matters, Mead and Tablet deputy editor Jeremy Stern help you understand the news, decide what news matters and what...

Episodes

Are Americans a People?

Socialists, Chinese AI, Air Conditioning, and Putin

The Global Crisis

Trump's Very Own Iran Deal

The Cuban Quagmire

US Foreign Policy in the Age of Trump

Why Peace With Iran Is Elusive

A Visit to Ukraine

The Rise of Islam and the Radicalization of America

25 Years of Putin

God Save the King

Trump v. Pope

What Orbán Meant

How Not to Follow Events in Iran

Will Trump Try to Get a Declaration of War?

How Everyone Got Iran Wrong

Kent, NATO, Orban, Iran

How Iran Ends

The Winners and Losers in Iran (So Far)

Tariffs Are Dead, Long Live Tariffs