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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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)