This week on What Really Matters, Walter Russell Mead discusses Russian drones entering Polish airspace, Israel’s failed strike on Hamas leadership in Qatar, President Donald Trump’s decision to rename the Defense Department the War Department, and the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
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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)