Walter Russell Mead

Mead is the Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations and the author of God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World. He writes a blog at The American Interest.

How Obama Lost the Middle East

With the Palestinian leadership threatening to walk, Walter Russell Mead breaks down the president’s mistakes—and how we can get the peace process going again.

Walter Russell Mead | Published Nov 10, 2009

In Bed with Warlords

Drop the phony outrage over the CIA hiring a suspected drug dealer in Kabul's first family. Walter Russell Mead on why saving Afghanistan means cutting nasty deals with shady people.

Walter Russell Mead | Published Oct 28, 2009

What's Wrong With Winning?

Yes, he's got more words than deeds to his credit. But President Obama's Nobel is a reminder of America's unparalleled power to set the world’s agenda.

Walter Russell Mead | Published Oct 09, 2009