My conversation with Walter Russell Mead (
@wrmead).
Walter has spent decades studying how America came to dominate the world and whether it can keep doing it in an era of AI, robotics and what he calls personal politics.
He's a columnist at the Wall Street Journal and the author of Special Providence and God and Gold, two of the best books on American power.
We discuss:
- The five point plan for global dominance
- How Trump turned fame into power
- The four schools of American foreign policy
- What worries Xi/China
- Ukraine, Iran, and the erosion of deterrence
Enjoy!
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
1:01 America, Trump and World Order
9:23 Why America Keeps Winning
20:40 China’s Structural Weakness
26:39 Technology and American Power
36:51 Four Foreign Policy Traditions
53:59 The Future of Warfare
1:00:52 Taiwan and Asian Power
1:08:39 Middle East and Deterrence
1:15:04 America’s Next 20 Years