Walter Russell Mead
Wall Street Journal
Washington, DC, United States
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Past articles by Walter:
Putin’s Nuclear Threat Is Real
The conflict isn’t only about Ukraine. He’s waging a global war on the U.S.-led order. → Read More
Campus Wokeness Harms America Around the World
Promoting liberal values at home and abroad was long central to higher education’s mission. → Read More
The Iran Nuclear Deal’s Convulsive Death
Biden will face a test like no other as Putin and Xi see America’s global power faltering. → Read More
A Feckless American Foreign Policy’s Legacy
U.S. post-Cold War complacency made today’s menacing world possible. → Read More
Can Biden Correct Obama’s Mistakes in the Middle East?
The opening to Iran, and the fiascoes in Libya and Syria, were devastating to U.S. credibility. But they brought Israel and its Arab neighbors closer together. → Read More
Wokeness Is Putin’s Weapon
Russia and China capitalize on the West’s moral and political confusion. → Read More
‘If Putin Was a Woman . . .’
To grasp the Russian president’s worldview, just binge-watch ‘Catherine the Great.’ → Read More
End of the German Idyll
Its industrial prowess, cheap Russian energy, and access to global markets are at risk. → Read More
Slouching to Saudi Arabia
Biden’s reluctant decision to visit MBS will reset a vital strategic relationship. → Read More
Indonesia Tunes Out the U.S.
‘Pivot to Asia’ skeptics in Jakarta fear Biden and the American foreign-policy establishment care more about Europe than them. → Read More
Handle the India-U.S. Relationship With Care
The world’s largest democracy often sees things very differently than America. → Read More
Blinken’s Indo-Pacific Blueprint
A clear statement of American national strategy that deserves bipartisan support. → Read More
Kissinger vs. Soros on Russia and Ukraine
The notable nonagenerians offer dueling visions of world order at the World Economic Forum. → Read More
Managing a World Order in Crisis
Biden’s foreign policy revs up but observers abroad are skeptical of an economic plan that has caused record inflation and high gas prices. → Read More
What Southeast Asia Wants From America
For starters, access to U.S. markets and a military buildup to counter China. → Read More
Biden’s Middle East Opportunity
Putin’s failing war in Ukraine is a chance for the U.S. to rebuild an alliance crucial to its security. → Read More
Another Cuban Missile Crisis?
With its echoes of the Cold War, Russia’s invasion has utterly altered world politics. → Read More
Russia Squeezes Kazakhstan
The U.S. should curb Moscow’s clout in its highly dependent and oil-rich neighbor. → Read More
The End of Russia’s Empire?
Moscow has a stake in the Ukraine war that is greater than Putin’s career. → Read More
Putin’s Ukraine War Roils U.S.-India Ties
Policies that drive Russia closer to China and Pakistan aren’t in New Delhi’s interests. → Read More