On What Really Matters, Walter Russell Mead discusses the Pentagon's plans to use US commercial enterprises for weapons production, the rise in young American men’s religiosity, Trump’s fallout with the European populist right, and the political life of Viktor Orbán.
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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)