Walter Russell Mead, the Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, is one of the country’s leading students of American foreign policy. His chief intellectual interests include the rise and development of a liberal, capitalist world order based on the economic, social and military power of the United States and its closest allies. In addition, Mead directs a high-level study group on religion and foreign policy with the Pew Foundation on Religion and Public Life.
His most recent book, “Power, Terror, Peace and War,” was hailed as “elegant and most timely” by Zbigniew Brzezinski. His previous book,
“Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the World,” was widely acclaimed by reviewers, historians and diplomats as an important study that will change the way Americans and others think about American foreign policy. Among several honors and prizes, "Special Providence," received the Lionel Gelber Award for the best book in English on international relations in 2002.
Mead is a contributing editor for The Los Angeles Times, and contributes articles, book reviews and op-eds to leading newspapers and magazines. He frequently appears on national and international radio and television programs. He is a founding board member of the New America Foundation and also serves on the editorial board of The American Interest. A native of South Carolina, he lives in Jackson Heights, New York.
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