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Walter Russell Mead

All the President's Dreams

Richard Burt | Feb 24, 2010
President Obama came to office promising a new era in international affairs. So far, he’s been big on rhetoric and has accomplished little. Obama’s inability to prioritize foreign policy risks destroying his presidency.

Commentary

The Strange Politics of U.S.-EU Free Trade

Sarah Bauerle Danzman
W. Kindred Winecoff
| Feb 14, 2013
Normally special-interest groups harmed by competition can fight free trade. Where did they go?

Why Americans Don't Understand Palestine

Scott McConnell | Nov 27, 2012
The media has consistently emphasized Israel's perspective on the Gaza conflict.

Blogs

Jeffersonian Exceptionalism

Paul R. Pillar | Jan 26, 2012
The man who understood how American values can be exceptional but not necessarily universal.

Books & Reviews

Rule, Britannia?

Mark Gilbert | Apr 25, 2008
Walter Rusell Mead glosses over British history in God and Gold; Brendan Simms paints a clearer picture in Three Victories and a Defeat.

Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?

Harvey Sicherman | Jun 01, 2004
There is no shortage of books on security and strategy in a world beset by terror. "Fortunately," writes Harvey Sicherman, "most are short."

Russia's Straight-Talk Express

Nikolas K. Gvosdev | Jun 01, 2004
Yevgeny Primakov hates to say "I told you so", but....
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