Walter Russell Mead
@wrmead
Scholar @HudsonInstitute, professor @UF and columnist @WSJ. Latest book The Arc of a Covenant available for purchase using the link below.
“Mr. Merz’s style reflects a return to the conservative and pragmatic approach that made West Germany America’s most reliable ally in Continental Europe during the early decades of the Cold War.” @wrmead wsj.com/opinion/our-ma…
Energy Dominance is happening but with a Latin twist and a Worthwhile Canadian Initiative. wsj.com/opinion/a-foss…
Donald Trump is many things. “Restrainer” isn’t one of them. In his presidency the US is like TR who, his daughter said, wanted to be “the corpse at every funeral, the bride at every wedding and the child at every christening.” wsj.com/opinion/trump-…
Where does Donald Trump fit into the American foreign policy tradition? @wrmead is better placed to answer that question than most, writes @tunkuv on.wsj.com/4nozG1t
“Just when the conventional wisdom that America was in terminal decline had congealed into place, the airstrikes suggest that American power remains unique in world affairs.” The Strike on Iran Was “Jacksonian”: @tunkuv interviews @wrmead wsj.com/opinion/the-st… via @WSJopinion
Where does Donald Trump fit into the American foreign policy tradition? @wrmead is better placed to answer that question than most, writes @tunkuv on.wsj.com/44oSPHQ
Very happy to be part of this promising initiative.
The Hamilton Center is of the free standing institutions within a red state public university that I was touting last week.
That Hideous Strength becomes more on the news with every passing day.
Missed this in “News Items” this AM (substack.news-items.com). Title it “Beyond Creepy”; “Scientists are just a few years from creating viable human sex cells in the lab, according to an internationally renowned pioneer of the field, who says the advance could open up…
What Really Matters is on break, but if you just have to have your WRM podcast fix, here you go from the good folks at Morning Energy: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mor…
You have a terrific career ahead of you as a French Symbolist poet.
A is a warm letter, like a red or orange, and E is a cool letter, like a violet or grey. I said what I said.
Today is America’s own version of one of the world’s most widely celebrated festivals: British Leaving Day. From India to Nigeria, from Malawi to Jamaica, British Leaving Day is one of the biggest holidays of the year. But don’t worry UK. Now that you’ve left, we all love you!
Karen Elliott House has written a really timely and useful book about Saudi Arabia and its extraordinary Crown Prince. My review @wsj: wsj.com/world/middle-e…
A university education that is just career preparation is (1) almost certainly dated as preparation by the time you’re done and (2) bad preparation for life. In fact it embodies a false (I’d say Marxist) view of human life. We need to educate for human life, well-being, thriving.…
And people think we Boomers had it easy!
you will never be a Supreme Court clerk in the 1970s having to describe porn to your boss as he shouts “by jove!” and “extraordinary!”
Why haven't China, Russia, and North Korea come to Iran's aid? What does Zohran Mamdani's victory mean for national politics? What will be the long-term significance of Trump bombing Fordow? @wrmead and @JeremySternLA discuss on @WRMpod. Listen: tabletmag.com/podcasts/what-…
Very useful thread. The growing revival of serious strategic thought in Germany is both an important trend and a positive one. @ulrichspeck is a leading light in this revival and an excellent follow.
Iran has built his bet to dominate the region as the new hegemon in a "post-American world" on its ally-proxies (Hamas, Hisbollah, Houthis, militias in Syria and Irak), on its missiles and its nuclear program.
Narrator: And STILL they did not repent.
Here’s a cool video of lightning striking the Washington Monument just after midnight on Friday (h/t @STATter911 for the heads up)
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‘Between the bombing raid on Iran’s nuclear program and the summit’s results, the last few days have been good ones for Americans and their friends.’ Very good @MikeWatsonVa @FreeBeacon freebeacon.com/columns/trump-…
‘Between the bombing raid on Iran’s nuclear program and the summit’s results, the last few days have been good ones for Americans and their friends.’ Very good @MikeWatsonVa @FreeBeacon freebeacon.com/columns/trump-…