On What Really Matters, Walter Russell Mead discusses the impact of tariffs on China’s economy, Trump’s mineral deal with Ukraine, the Canadian election, and how rising tensions between India and Pakistan could suck the United States and China into war.
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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)