This week on What Really Matters, Walter Russell Mead discusses Russian drones entering Polish airspace, Israel’s failed strike on Hamas leadership in Qatar, President Donald Trump’s decision to rename the Defense Department the War Department, and the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
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US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Japan’s Minister of Defense Shinjiro Koizumi inspect a guard of honor on October 29, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. (Getty Images)