Jordan is the only Arab state that has provided citizenship to Palestinian refugees and integrated them. But something has to be done about the Palestinians living in refugee camps in Syria and Lebanon. — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share Image
This very individualistic form of Protestant Christianity that became so basic in English and then American life is to a large degree responsible for… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share
The American people are extraordinarily comfortable, affluent, and secure. It's easy for us to make the argument that God's purpose is being fulfilled through… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share
“The African villager with a solar powered smartphone has more access to more information than Louis XIV in the halls of Versailles.” — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share
Carter's hopes died when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and he ended up having to reverse policy and launch the military buildup that Reagan… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share
“Saying that Jesus was a moral teacher is like calling Winston Churchill a landscape painter; both statements are true (and Jesus was a much… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share
When Edward Gibbon was writing about the fall of the Roman Empire in the late 18th century, he could argue that transportation hadn't changed… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share
We Americans look at the last 300 years of history, and we basically see a world that's getting better and better. The rule of… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share
There is not a great sense that the Americans know what they are doing, or are making much progress in Iraq. And there is… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share
Unlike some, I don't claim to hold the mystic key to the future. But judging from past events, it seems to me that those… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share
Mr. Obama's approach to engagement to some degree makes him dependent on people who wish neither him nor America well. This doesn't have to… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share
It is a kind of ego booster, the way Egypt's winning the 1973 war, in the first stages, was an uplift. But I did… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share
Jordan is the only Arab state that has provided citizenship to Palestinian refugees and integrated them. But something has to be done about the… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share
The Arab states don't seem to do a good job of providing for their own people, so I am not sure why they would… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share
