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Walter Russell Mead, a historian, columnist, and popular author, is encyclopedic about politics, culture, and history. On What Really Matters, Mead joins Bill Drexel, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute, to help you navigate the headlines, decide what news matters and what doesn’t, and enjoy following the story of America and the world more than you do now.
Check out Walter Russell Mead’s Wall Street Journal column at www.wsj.com/news/types/global-view
Check out Walter Russell Mead’s Wall Street Journal column at www.wsj.com/news/types/global-view
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This week, Walter and Bill discuss the push to impeach Secretary Pete Hegseth, the Chinese spy scandal engulfing Nvidia's Jensen Huang, the new round of Ukraine peace talks in Abu Dhabi, and what the midterm rebuke says about the limits of President Trump's hard-charging style of governing, and whether he'll heed the voters' message.
In this emergency pod, Walter and Bill discuss the Democratic sweep in Tuesday's midterms: why it was bigger than expected, what it means for the Republican Party in Washington and the states, and whether the Iran war will change course.
This week, Walter and Bill discuss what's at stake in today's midterm elections, President Trump's announcement that US aid to Israel will end this year, North Korea's record $6 billion crypto heist at Binance, and why, despite the shale revolution and the dreams of every recent president, America can't walk away from the Middle East.
This week, Walter and Bill discuss Anthropic's blockbuster IPO filing and its warnings about AI, reports that the US is preparing a short, intense renewal of the Iran war after the midterms, Kim Jong Un's surprise trip across a newly finished bridge into China, and whether Lula's comeback in Brazil and Vučić's defeat in Serbia mean the world has passed peak Trump.
This week, Walter and Bill discuss Trump's endorsement of Benjamin Netanyahu days before Israel votes, Elon Musk's throttling and alleged restoration of Ukraine's Starlink and Putin's push for a summit with Trump and Xi, the AI-discovered software flaw that knocked websites offline around the world, and why generational revolt is spreading from France to India.
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