Tag: Walter Russell Mead

President Donald Trump and Israeli's Bibi Netanyahu at the White House on Feb. 4, 2025.

What the 12-day war hath wrought

Michael Barone · July 2, 2025 11:56 am

In Los Angeles, a city with a population of 3,971,883, the total number of votes in the mayoral race was only 250,188. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Beltway Confidential

What if they held an election and nobody voted?

Michael Barone · March 9, 2017 5:29 pm

Obama gets really angry — at Americans

Obama gets really angry — at Americans

Michael Barone · November 18, 2015 11:22 pm

Amid much serious analysis, Walter Russell Mead introduces a devastating metaphor.Â (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

Beltway Confidential

The best metaphor on Obama’s Middle East mess

Michael Barone · October 13, 2015 4:55 pm

$Â Should we expect candidate Clinton to feel the need to flee to a "safe room" if things became fractious? (AP Photo)Â$ Columnists

Safety first

Noemie Emery · March 31, 2015 9:00 am

President Barack Obama listens during the U.N. Security Council summit on foreign terrorism, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, at the United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama stands aloof from America’s four foreign policy traditions

Michael Barone · September 29, 2014 9:00 am

For a devastating assessment of President Obama's Sept. 10 speech announcing a new policy of military engagement in the Middle East, read Walter Russell Mead's piece in his Via Meadia blog entitled, bleakly, "A President Surrenders." (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

A devastating verdict on Obama speech: ‘A president surrenders’

Michael Barone · September 11, 2014 7:09 pm