Walter Russell Mead

Walter Mead is Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and a political economist who studies the global economy and its impact on American policy and society. Mr. Mead is a Senior Contributing Editor at Worth, and a Contributing Editor at the Los Angeles Times. His writings have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, Harper’s, and Le Monde.

The New York Times called Mead's book, Mortal Splendor: The American Empire in Transition, “required reading for presidential candidates and their staffs.” His latest book, Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the World, won the Gelber Prize, one of the most prestigious awards for foreign policy writing.