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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Iranian workers walk past a destroyed residential building due to Israeli attacks in Tehran, Iran, on June 13, 2025. (Morteza Nikoubazl via Getty Images)