On What Really Matters, Walter Russell Mead discusses Anthropic’s standoff with the Pentagon, whether munitions being used in Iran are really drawing down United States stockpiles in other theaters, the Central Intelligence Agency’s attempt to arm a Kurdish rebellion, the cards the ayatollahs still have left to play, and Trump’s war with the Tuckerverse.
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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)