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<title><![CDATA[Walter Russell Mead - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/15172.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Walter Russell Mead]]></description><category domain="15172">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[AI's Threat to China's Control]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/ais-threat-to-chinas-control-8d7d9966?st=3ScDNn</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Walter Russell Mead</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Artificial intelligence isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t very intelligent if its knowledge base is lies and propaganda.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Higher Ed Will Soon Get Patriotic]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/higher-ed-will-soon-get-patriotic-5636f5ba?st=CGruHk</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Walter Russell Mead</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Renewed great-power rivalry will suppress employer demand for '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('˜').';'citizens of the world.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Constantine's Example for China]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/constantines-example-for-china-981aa064?st=MTMA1C</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Walter Russell Mead</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Roman emperor ended the persecution of Christians. Will Beijing follow suit?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran Is Winning? Don't Be So Sure]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/iran-is-a-hedgehog-trump-is-a-fox-7f2cf112?st=f9zSwo</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Walter Russell Mead</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump has not only ended, by his own count,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' eight wars'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in his second term. After the current pause in the latest series of American military strikes against'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Iran, Mr. Trump can also claim to have ended one war at least three times. There has truly never been anything like...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[China's Ambitious AI Blueprint]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/chinas-ambitious-ai-blueprint-bba89ca2?st=xhtQGM</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Walter Russell Mead</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hegseth Goes to Asia]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/pete-hegseth-goes-to-asia-a773e012?st=d1k2st</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Walter Russell Mead</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Allies try to reconcile the secretary'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s careful speech with Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s social-media blasts.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Peace May Not Be at Hand in Iran]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/peace-may-not-be-at-hand-in-iran-02a8315f?st=vz52Je</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Walter Russell Mead</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Both sides want the war over, but the gap between their basic requirements is wide.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[China's Decadence and the Military Purge]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/chinas-decadence-and-the-military-purge-47d17a8e?st=8Fg1WV</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Walter Russell Mead</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s an old lesson: Absolute power leaves those who wield it isolated and confused.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[At Davos, Trump Presses His Case on Greenland]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/at-davos-trump-presses-his-case-on-greenland-97d95213?st=9e6oRE</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Walter Russell Mead</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Change doesn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t have to mean dissolution, and the U.S. and Europe still have a great deal in common.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Captivates the Globe]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-captivates-the-globe-85d7c0a9?st=Vfo52p</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Walter Russell Mead</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For him, extreme volatility and risk are not a problem but an opportunity.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Intifada Comes to Australia]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-intifada-comes-to-australia-6698b449?st=y2VSUH</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Walter Russell Mead</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Unless the terrorism lets up, governments will eventually answer it with repression.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Introducing the &lsquo;Trump Corollary&rsquo;]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/introducing-the-trump-corollary-b2b0d4ad?st=UWnxR8</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Walter Russell Mead</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Taking a page from Teddy Roosevelt, the president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s National Security Strategy asserts a right of intervention.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Costly History of Peace]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-costly-history-of-peace-israel-europe-db472449?st=CcYrEe</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Walter Russell Mead</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Israel'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s brutal war against Hamas is the greatest ordeal for Israelis and Palestinians alike in more than 100 years of struggle between the Zionist movement and its opponents. From the scenes of barbarity that gleeful Hamas terrorists uploaded to the web in October 2023 to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A U.S.-India Repair Attempt]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-u-s-india-repair-attempt-9994ed50?st=J55vkj</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Walter Russell Mead</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The summer spat has eased, but Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s tariffs still stir anti-American sentiments.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fed Bashing&rsquo;s Populist Roots]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/fed-bashings-populist-roots-9641db8f?st=trQ7fd</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Walter Russell Mead</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s battle echoes Andrew Jackson'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s war with the Second Bank of the United States.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[An Energy Boom in the Americas]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-fossil-fuel-boom-in-the-americas-7b9b1d8a?st=vTeeKp</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Walter Russell Mead</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The U.S. is leading a revival of exploration and drilling in the Western Hemisphere.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Seeks To Remake the World]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-seeks-to-remake-the-world-foreign-policy-4e41c836?st=p7so9T</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Walter Russell Mead</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Five months into the most consequential foreign-policy presidency since'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Richard Nixon'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' left the White House,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s approach to the world is taking on a definitive shape.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Democracy Is in Retreat]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-democracy-is-in-retreat-advocates-invert-its-meaning-to-claim-partisan-losses-as-undemocratic-22ceee2d?st=KMaBMe</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Walter Russell Mead</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Advocates invert its meaning to claim any loss for their side is '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('˜').';'undemocratic.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Wants a Calm Middle East]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-wants-a-calm-middle-east-region-foreign-policy-global-economy-peace-a69f525f?st=6adz8b</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-wants-a-calm-middle-east-region-foreign-policy-global-economy-peace-a69f525f?st=6adz8b]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Walter Russell Mead</author>
							<description><![CDATA[He wants the region to pump fuel and buy our goods'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'not entangle the U.S. in more wars.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Outsmarts China by Dismantling Net-Zero]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-outsmarts-china-on-green-energy-net-zero-agenda-economic-pressure-policy-e8c10602?st=r6qe9T</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Walter Russell Mead</author>
							<description><![CDATA[So much is happening so quickly in Washington these days that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s war on the green climate agenda has passed almost unnoticed. Steps like pulling out of the Paris Agreement, dropping electric-vehicle mandates, ending offshore leasing for wind projects, and fast-tracking...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hard Power Behind Olympic Triumph]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-hard-power-behind-olympic-triumph-national-security-made-paris-games-possible-e67bca55?mod=opinion_lead_pos10</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-hard-power-behind-olympic-triumph-national-security-made-paris-games-possible-e67bca55?mod=opinion_lead_pos10]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Walter Russell Mead</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Games in Paris succeeded because they were protected by a ring of steel.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Israel Brings Deterrence Back]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/articles/israel-brings-deterrence-back-to-the-war-on-terror-hezbollah-and-iran-constraint-a64e9847?mod=opinion_lead_pos6</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Walter Russell Mead</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hezbollah and Iran may feel constrained to limit their responses to the Jewish state'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s strikes.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America's Jacksonian Turn]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/articles/americas-jacksonian-turn-presidential-election-history-9e684333?mod=opinion_lead_pos11</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.wsj.com/articles/americas-jacksonian-turn-presidential-election-history-9e684333?mod=opinion_lead_pos11]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Walter Russell Mead</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The assassination attempt gives new power to an old political tendency.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Presidential Debate Heard &rsquo;Round the World]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-debate-heard-round-the-world-presidential-election-foreign-policy-ff0f2bf8?mod=opinion_lead_pos9</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Walter Russell Mead</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Seeing foreign policy as a crucial Biden weakness, Trump hammers away.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Foreign Policy Wanders Aimlessly]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/articles/us-wanders-aimlessly-through-the-world-biden-g7-china-russia-iran-07965c8f?mod=opinion_lead_pos10</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Walter Russell Mead</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Washington assumes erroneously that China, Russia and Iran want '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('˜').';'stability.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Israel Shouldn&rsquo;t 'Take the Win' Against Iran]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/articles/israel-shouldnt-take-the-win-iran-mideast-conflict-0b6be756?mod=opinion_lead_pos5</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Walter Russell Mead</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It would be political suicide for Benjamin Netanyahu to follow Joe Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s advice.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Political Stability Requires a Secure Border]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/articles/political-stability-requires-a-secure-border-chaos-invites-illiberal-policies-4b09f74b?mod=opinion_lead_pos9</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.wsj.com/articles/political-stability-requires-a-secure-border-chaos-invites-illiberal-policies-4b09f74b?mod=opinion_lead_pos9]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Walter Russell Mead</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Leaders who invite chaos also give voters a reason to support illiberal alternatives.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reign of Well Credentialed But Mediocre Elites Is Over]]></title>
							<link>https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/twilight-wonks-walter-russell-mead</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Walter Russell Mead</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The 100-year reign of impeccably credentialed but utterly mediocre meme processors is coming to an end]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Weakens America&rsquo;s Global Clout]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-weakens-americas-global-clout-defense-budget-deterrence-failure-44d13d14?mod=opinion_recentauth_pos1</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Walter Russell Mead</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Has the World Situation Grown Worse Under Biden?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/articles/global-chaos-or-the-orange-peril-biden-hopes-voters-fear-trump-more-than-war-555e35c8?mod=opinion_lead_pos10</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Walter Russell Mead</author>
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