Mr. Obama's approach to engagement to some degree makes him dependent on people who wish neither him nor America well. This doesn't have to end badly and I hope that it doesn't - but it's not an ideal position after one's first year in power.
We Americans look at the last 300 years of history, and we basically see a world that's getting better and better. The rule of freedom expands. The e… - Walter Russell Mead
We Americans look at the last 300 years of history, and we basically see a world that's getting better and better. The rule of freedom expands. The e…
- Walter Russell Mead
It is a kind of ego booster, the way Egypt's winning the 1973 war, in the first stages, was an uplift. But I did not find when I spoke to people that… - Walter Russell Mead
It is a kind of ego booster, the way Egypt's winning the 1973 war, in the first stages, was an uplift. But I did not find when I spoke to people that…
The American people are extraordinarily comfortable, affluent, and secure. It's easy for us to make the argument that God's purpose is being fulfille… - Walter Russell Mead
The American people are extraordinarily comfortable, affluent, and secure. It's easy for us to make the argument that God's purpose is being fulfille…
This very individualistic form of Protestant Christianity that became so basic in English and then American life is to a large degree responsible for… - Walter Russell Mead
This very individualistic form of Protestant Christianity that became so basic in English and then American life is to a large degree responsible for…
Unlike some, I don't claim to hold the mystic key to the future. But judging from past events, it seems to me that those who want to prophesy the imm… - Walter Russell Mead
Unlike some, I don't claim to hold the mystic key to the future. But judging from past events, it seems to me that those who want to prophesy the imm…
The historian assesses that the investment of the wealthy classes in the Bank of England wedded them to the fate of the nation as a whole and to the … - Walter Russell Mead
The historian assesses that the investment of the wealthy classes in the Bank of England wedded them to the fate of the nation as a whole and to the …
When Edward Gibbon was writing about the fall of the Roman Empire in the late 18th century, he could argue that transportation hadn't changed since a… - Walter Russell Mead
When Edward Gibbon was writing about the fall of the Roman Empire in the late 18th century, he could argue that transportation hadn't changed since a…
What begins in arrogance often ends in shame. - Walter Russell Mead
What begins in arrogance often ends in shame.
Mr. Obama's approach to engagement to some degree makes him dependent on people who wish neither him nor America well. This doesn't have to end badly… - Walter Russell Mead
Mr. Obama's approach to engagement to some degree makes him dependent on people who wish neither him nor America well. This doesn't have to end badly…
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