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What Really Matters with Walter Russell Mead — 144 episodes
25 Years After 9/11
The Limits of Democracy in War
Zelensky, Universities, Syria, and Chinese Christians
Is the Era of Mass Migration Coming to an End?
Religion and Politics in the American Experiment
The Slop of War
Trump's Nuclear Switcheroo
Iran, Data Centers, Daylight Saving, and Lindsey Graham
Are Americans a People?
Socialists, Chinese AI, Air Conditioning, and Putin
The Global Crisis
Trump's Very Own Iran Deal
The Cuban Quagmire
US Foreign Policy in the Age of Trump
Why Peace With Iran Is Elusive
A Visit to Ukraine
The Rise of Islam and the Radicalization of America
25 Years of Putin
God Save the King
Trump v. Pope
What Orbán Meant
How Not to Follow Events in Iran
Will Trump Try to Get a Declaration of War?
How Everyone Got Iran Wrong
Kent, NATO, Orban, Iran
How Iran Ends
The Winners and Losers in Iran (So Far)
Tariffs Are Dead, Long Live Tariffs
Saudi Arabia's Coalition Against Israel
Xi, ICE, Iran, and the Tech Right
Live From Davos 2026
Trump on Antisemitism, Aid to Israel, and Iran
Venezuela, Greenland, Iran
Heritage, MAGA, Venezuela, Trump, and the Great Ben Sasse
Bondi Beach and the Nihilism of Palestinian Strategy
Trump's New National Security Strategy
The Higher Ed Doom Spiral
Trump’s Ukraine Ultimatum That Wasn’t
Orthodox Christianity in America
Trump in Africa
The Groyperization of the Right
Drug Wars, Sanctions, Nuclear Power, and Japan
The Return of the Hostages, an AfPak War, and India
The Week When Decades Happened
The Murder of Charlie Kirk
Mr. Modi Goes to China
The Trump-Putin Summit
How Trump Is Like Napoleon
The Art of Trump's Trade Deals
The Role of Public Intellectuals
Right Nation
Gaza, Ukraine, Energy, and the Big Beautiful Bill
What Does Trump’s Bombing of Iran Mean for the Middle East?
Trump and the Israel-Iran War
Unrest in Los Angeles
The Trump-Musk Eruption
The Foreign Policy Consequences of Biden’s Decline and Fall
Resistance Fighters of the World Unite
Trump's Persian Gulf Tour
The New Pope and the Scramble for Africa
Lurching Toward Hot War in Asia
Why the Papacy Is One of the Greatest Shows on Earth
The Almighty Dollar
The Consolidation of Trump's Power
Liberation Week
The View of the Middle East From Mar-a-Lago
The Current State of US-China Competition
Trump's Deal With Moscow?
Trump, China, and the Tariff Wars
Trump's Establishment Russia Policy
Which Way Euro Man?
JFK, DOGE, China, Jews
What Is Foreign Aid For?
Walter’s Holiday Gift Buying Guide
The Syrian Quagmire
The Trump Team: Season 2
Trump and the Spirit of Davy Crockett
America’s Crisis of Leadership
Ukraine’s Future Under Kamala and Trump
It’s a (Red) Trap!
One Year of October 7
Biden’s Magical Unicorn Diplomacy
America Is Sleepwalking Into World War III
How Sept. 11 Still Shapes Our Politics
Tucker Finds Hitler
Bibi the Great
Kamala’s Economics and Alexander Hamilton
Does Soft Power Actually Matter?
Walz, Sinwar, Biden, Stocks
Ding Dong Haniyeh and Shukr Are Dead
The Foreign Policy of Kamala Harris
Trump, Vance, and the Shot Heard Round the World
Putin, Xi, Modi, Kim
The Geopolitics of Biden’s Decline
About Last Night
Biden’s Fearful Foreign Policy
On The Front Lines in Ukraine
The Trump Verdict
The Sino-Russian-Iranian Alliance
Checking in on American Democracy Promotion
Did Biden Just Abandon Israel?
Where Did the Democratic Party’s Pro-Hamas Wing Come From?
America's Popular Universities for Palestine
The Rise of the Cyber City
Czar Tucker and the Antisemitic Right
Foreign Policy in a Second Trump Term
Twilight of the Wonks
Build Back Better Palestinian Authority
Biden v. Bibi
Where The Green Movement Went Wrong
The Great MacGuffin and the Quest for the Holy Grail
The Zionist Hindu Crusader Alliance
Biden, Tucker, Putin, Trump
America Isn’t Headed for Civil War
What Was the Iran Deal?
The Scourge of Elite Corruption
Live from Davos
Is America a Western Country?
That Was the Year That Was
Biden’s Suez Crisis
The Politics of Jewish Support for Israel
Kissinger’s Middle East Legacy
Biden Bear Hugs Israel and Ukraine
When Israel Policy is Iran Policy
How Israel Went From Enemy to Darling of the Right
How Israel Went From Darling to Enemy of the Left
The Quest for the Israel-Palestine Holy Grail
Why the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Pushes People’s Buttons
‘Paragliders From Hell
Americans Are Happier Than You Think
Why Is Everything Blue?
Roe v. Dobbs
America’s Near Abroad
Are the BRICS a Thing?
Debating Civil Rights Law
Trouble in China
Big Green
Ukraine Blame Games
The Blue Model: Rise and Fall
Cakes and Ale
The A(braham) Bomb
Surfin' USA
The Age of Apocalypse
What Really Matters - a Tablet Magazine Podcast Featuring Walter Russell Mead