The Reaction Podcast: Walter Russell Mead
On the latest Reaction podcast, Iain Martin talks to Walter Russell Mead, WSJ columnist and leading geopolitical commentator.
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On the latest Reaction podcast, Iain Martin talks to Walter Russell Mead, WSJ columnist and leading geopolitical commentator.
Kim is turning – in some desperation – to Putin and vice versa, while Biden’s trip is part of a longer term policy to stop Hanoi shifting towards Beijing.
Xi is now trying to position China as more of a global peacemaker and is testing out new ways of creating alliances with the west and in Asia.
Russia has a vast military, nuclear and missile industrial complex, which could provide North Korea with much-needed technological fruits.
The five country bloc – made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – is seeking to counter US hegemony.
Although Russia called the peace talks in Jeddah “futile”, Chinese cooperation could mark a positive geopolitical shift away from recent US-Sino escalation.
China’s new export restrictions are an ominous reminder that the West has made itself far too reliant on Beijing for green products.
Some worry that Cleverly is trivialising one of the Great Offices of State, but polls suggest Tory members are enjoying his eccentric photoshoots.
Turkey’s president, the Sultan of Swing Policy, is good at reading the room. He’s also shamelessly transactional.
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