Walter Russell Mead discusses Nagorno-Karabakh, a US government shutdown, the India-Canada spat, why every American institution is liberal, and the time Walter met Winston Churchill on What Really Matters.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth greets Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Christopher Cavoli before the North Atlantic Council meeting of defense ministers on February 13, 2025, in Brussels, Belgium. (Omar Havana via Getty Images)