Walter Russell Mead discusses a new United States–Indonesia defense agreement, robots replacing manual labor in Kentucky, Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s support for Hamas, and Joe Biden's approach to Israel through the lens of Iran policy on the podcast What Really Matters.
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US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Japan’s Minister of Defense Shinjiro Koizumi inspect a guard of honor on October 29, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. (Getty Images)