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Walter Russell Mead
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Walter Russell Mead
@wrmead
Scholar @HudsonInstitute, professor @UF and columnist @WSJ. Latest book The Arc of a Covenant available for purchase using the link below.
Washington, DC
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    Walter Russell Mead
    @wrmead
    Dec 8, 2017
    I remember Watergate pretty well, and I don't remember anything like this level of journalistic carelessness back then. The constant stream of 'bombshells' that turn into duds is doing much more to damage the media than anything Trump could manage.
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    CNN Communications
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    Dec 8, 2017
    CNN's initial reporting of the date on an email sent to members of the Trump campaign about Wikileaks documents, which was confirmed by two sources to CNN, was incorrect. We have updated our story to include the correct date, and present the proper context for the timing of email
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    Walter Russell Mead
    @wrmead
    Jun 22, 2025
    Not a great day for Vladimir Putin. With Assad down and Fordow in flames, a Russian alliance is looking kind of… useless.
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    Walter Russell Mead
    @wrmead
    Jan 4, 2020
    Everybody seems so confident that they can predict the consequences of Qassim Solomeini's death and so contemptuous of those who disagree with their forecast. I must have skipped the class in Pundit School where they handed out the crystal balls.
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    Walter Russell Mead
    @wrmead
    Aug 1, 2025
    For someone like me who admires India’s culture and civilization, marvels at its growing economic power, appreciates its critical importance for the peaceful future of the Indo-Pacific and cares deeply about the US-India relationship, the past week was a shocker. Pakistan,
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    Walter Russell Mead
    @wrmead
    Aug 16, 2021
    Sentence you won't be hearing anyone saying this morning: "Trust the Americans. They know what they're doing."
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    Walter Russell Mead
    @wrmead
    Oct 27, 2019
    #WaPoDeathNotices Genghis Khan, accomplished horseman and indefatigable traveler, breathes his last.
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    Walter Russell Mead
    @wrmead
    Feb 12, 2019
    Growth since 2009: China 139%; India 96%; US 34%. Eurozone -2%. These numbers tell the story of Europe’s decline.
    Incredible Shrinking Europe
    Opinion | Incredible Shrinking Europe
    From wsj.com
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    Walter Russell Mead
    @wrmead
    Dec 9, 2023
    With Trump leading Biden in the latest @WSJ poll as the Ivies reel from the inept performance of their deeply mediocre leaders, this is less the Rise of Trump than the moral and intellectual collapse of the American Establishment. Sad. Tragic, really. Scary. But real.
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    Walter Russell Mead
    @wrmead
    Jun 13, 2025
    When historians look back at the Iran-Israel war that started October 7, they are likely to see two strategic blunders.
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    Walter Russell Mead
    @wrmead
    Nov 12, 2017
    Where was he with this message during the 2012 election, when the disingenuous downplaying of security threats was a central component of the Obama re-election campaign?
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    Brian Stelter
    @brianstelter
    Nov 12, 2017
    James Clapper: “The threat posed by Russia” is “manifest and obvious.” Downplaying it “poses a peril to this country." cnn.com/2017/11/12/pol…
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    Walter Russell Mead
    @wrmead
    Apr 13, 2024
    Iran now seems to be shifting from “The feeble Jews cower before my righteous wrath!” to “Make Israel stop hitting me, Mommy!”
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    Walter Russell Mead
    @wrmead
    Mar 5, 2021
    Replying to @_SalmanAnwar
    Paying people decent wages. Selling goods at low prices. Abolishing hereditary aristocracies. Having an effective two chamber legislature. Decentralizing government. Avoiding serious secession movements. Managing relations with EU.
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    Walter Russell Mead
    @wrmead
    Dec 7, 2024
    Both world and Syrian history suggest that what comes next could be ugly. Think Iraq. Think Libya. But the fall of Assad and the defeat of his Russian and Iranian enablers are good things. We can rejoice in this good news without losing sight of the potential downsides.
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    Walter Russell Mead
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    Oct 30, 2023
    Whew!! For a moment there I thought the mob baying for Jewish blood in Dagestan was anti-Semitic. That would be bad. But fortunately, they are just anti-Zionist, so all is well.
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    BBC News (World)
    BBC News (UK)
    @BBCWorld
    Oct 30, 2023
    Anti-Israel mob reportedly storms Dagestan airport bbc.in/40igxDp
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