Walter Russell Mead discusses the crisis of faith in higher education, what German cars have to do with right-wing populism, why the United States Navy is mothballing its submarine sinkers, and how abortion politics have changed one year after Dobbs on his podcast, What Really Matters.
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Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan, Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, and Indonesia's Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka during the G20 Leaders' Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 22, 2025. (Getty Images)