AbouttheAuthor
WalterRussellMeadisSeniorFellowforU.S.ForeignPolicyattheCouncilon
ForeignRelations.AcontributingeditorattheLosAngelesTimesanda senior
contributingeditorofWorthmagazine,hehasalsowrittenfortheNewYork
Times, theWashingtonPost,TheWallStreetJournal,TheNewYorker,Harper's,and
ForeignAffairs.HeistheauthorofMortalSplendor:TheAmericanEmpireIn
Transition.HelivesinJacksonHeights,NewYork.