Walter Russell Mead discusses the Ivy League presidents, Benjamin Netanyahu’s phone call with Vladimir Putin, the crisis of homeownership in America, and why many American Jews prefer “refugee Zionism” to “national Zionism” on his podcast What Really Matters.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters after watching people board a repatriation flight bound for Colombia in Panama City on February 3, 2025. (Mark Schiefelbein/AFP via Getty Images)