Walter Russell Mead discusses the Ivy League presidents, Benjamin Netanyahu’s phone call with Vladimir Putin, the crisis of homeownership in America, and why many American Jews prefer “refugee Zionism” to “national Zionism” on his podcast What Really Matters.
 
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                  A see-off ceremony for newly recruited soldiers is held on September 16, 2025, in Fuyang, China. (Getty Images)
               
 
   
 
   
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
