About Walter Russell Mead Walter Russell Mead is an American academic. Articles by Walter Russell Nov. 7, 2021, 5:39 pm Walter Russell Mead: The US and EU shake up global trade Oct. 27, 2021, 12:52 pm Walter Russell Mead: In Europe, confusion reigns about the US Oct. 20, 2021, 9:56 pm Walter Russell Mead: ‘Master of the Game’ review Advertisement Sept. 14, 2021, 9:35 pm Walter Russell Mead: American global leadership is in retreat Sept. 1, 2021, 4:29 pm Walter Russell Mead: Biden’s Afghan best-case scenario Aug. 25, 2021, 2:37 pm Walter Russell Mead: The deeper crisis behind the Afghan rout Aug. 18, 2021, 5:05 pm Walter Russell Mead: Biden’s Chamberlain moment in Afghanistan Aug. 4, 2021, 3:17 pm Walter Russell Mead: Capitalist solution to a globalist pandemic July 20, 2021, 7:39 am Walter Russell Mead: Why Putin still covets Ukraine June 18, 2021, 9:36 pm Walter Russell Mead: While democracies lecture, their adversaries run free June 8, 2021, 8:47 pm Walter Russell Mead: This isn’t your grandfather’s Turkey April 27, 2021, 9:32 pm Walter Russell Mead: A liberalish new world order April 14, 2021, 5:52 pm Walter Russell Mead: Can Biden’s resolve weather Putin and Xi? March 24, 2021, 10:13 pm Walter Russell Mead: America’s back – against a wall Feb. 17, 2021, 8:03 pm Walter Russell Mead: Biden’s rough start with the world Dec. 16, 2020, 2:47 pm Walter Russell Mead: Can Biden find clarity on China and Russia? Dec. 1, 2020, 10:29 pm Walter Russell Mead: Germany won’t take Portugal’s EU split Nov. 25, 2020, 6:06 pm Walter Russell Mead: Biden’s foreign-policy team takes shape Nov. 4, 2020, 8:56 pm Walter Russell Mead: The world still watches America Oct. 28, 2020, 5:43 pm Walter Russell Mead: What in the world if Trump wins? Oct. 14, 2020, 3:58 pm Walter Russell Mead: A world of geopolitical opportunity Oct. 6, 2020, 6:10 pm Walter Russell Mead: Can anyone stop the Caucasus clash? Sept. 8, 2020, 8:43 pm Walter Russell Mead: Russia and China wield dull wedges Aug. 4, 2020, 8:27 pm Walter Russell Mead: The pandemic is a dress rehearsal Aug. 2, 2020, 3:14 pm Walter Russell Mead: The Mideast pudding loses its theme July 14, 2020, 10:18 pm Walter Russell Mead: Biden’s foreign-policy blast from the past July 8, 2020, 10:25 pm Walter Russell Mead: Libya’s foul foretaste of the post-American world July 1, 2020, 8:58 pm Walter Russell Mead: The global political pandemic June 23, 2020, 9:43 pm Walter Russell Mead: The imperial presidency will outlast Trump June 11, 2020, 9:29 pm Walter Russell Mead: The thinking behind Trump’s troop cut in Germany June 10, 2020, 10:10 pm Walter Russell Mead: Enemies see a weak and divided US June 2, 2020, 9:19 pm Walter Russell Mead: The world waits out Trump May 26, 2020, 9:01 pm Walter Russell Mead: A disruptive president in a storm of crisis May 17, 2020, 12:39 pm Walter Russell Mead: Germany needs to become a great power again May 12, 2020, 8:19 pm Walter Russell Mead: Biden wouldn’t be a second Obama May 7, 2020, 9:13 pm Walter Russell Mead: What Trump has in common with Napoleon May 5, 2020, 9:50 pm Walter Russell Mead: Boris and Bibi ride coronavirus pandemic popularity April 29, 2020, 9:48 pm Walter Russell Mead: Democrats should support America’s oil industry April 28, 2020, 8:36 pm Walter Russell Mead: The century of bioweapons April 16, 2020, 8:03 pm Walter Russell Mead: Amid the pandemic, anti-Semitism flares up April 14, 2020, 9:29 pm Walter Russell Mead: China still misleads the world on the coronavirus April 9, 2020, 9:47 pm Walter Russell Mead: Coronavirus reopens Europe’s old division April 1, 2020, 7:39 pm Walter Russell Mead: The Trump-Russia showdown over oil March 26, 2020, 7:27 pm Walter Russell Mead: The coronavirus may make Trump stronger March 25, 2020, 9:32 pm Walter Russell Mead: Will coronavirus kill populism? March 10, 2020, 10:15 pm Walter Russell Mead: Trump and the pandemic Feb. 25, 2020, 8:32 pm Walter Russell Mead: Does the arc of history bend toward Idlib? Feb. 18, 2020, 7:48 pm Walter Russell Mead: Europeans try to have it both ways Feb. 11, 2020, 7:29 pm Walter Russell Mead: The Cold War over Venezuela Jan. 29, 2020, 9:51 pm Walter Russell Mead: A stronger Germany could save Europe Jan. 22, 2020, 3:43 pm Walter Russell Mead: All aboard the crazy train Jan. 15, 2020, 10:00 pm Walter Russell Mead: Freedom stages a comeback Dec. 10, 2019, 7:52 pm Walter Russell Mead: ‘Ukrainegate’ – treason or common sense? July 30, 2019, 9:56 am Walter Russell Mead: Why Russia and China are joining forces Dec. 31, 2018, 10:13 am Walter Russell Mead: 2018’s biggest loser was liberal international order Nov. 30, 2017, 5:18 pm Walter Russell Mead: Trump brings foreign policy back to Earth Nov. 14, 2017, 6:13 pm Walter Russell Mead: Donald Trump’s high-wire foreign policy Nov. 8, 2016, 9:10 pm Walter Russell Mead: Saakashvili washes hands of Odesa Oct. 14, 2016, 8:12 pm Walter Russell Mead: What Erdogan’s pivot to Putin means Feb. 20, 2016, 11:01 am Walter Russell Mead and Damir Marusic: Ukraine’s grim slide Dec. 17, 2014, 1:22 pm Walter Russell Mead: Ruble crisis puts Putin’s back against the wall Sept. 24, 2014, 12:11 pm Walter Russell Mead: US gas cutting into Gazprom’s bottom line Aug. 25, 2014, 1:06 pm Walter Russell Mead: Ukraine’s economy is in meltdown Prev 1 2 Next