Walter Russell Mead is the Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Technique and Statesmanship at Hudson Institute, the International View Columnist at The Wall Avenue Journal and the James Clarke Chace Professor of Overseas Affairs and Humanities at Bard School in New York. 

He’s additionally a member of Aspen Institute Italy and board member of Aspenia. Earlier than becoming a member of Hudson, Mr. Mead was a fellow on the Council on Overseas Relations because the Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Overseas Coverage. He has authored quite a few books, together with the widely-recognized Particular Windfall: American Overseas Coverage and How It Modified the World (Alfred A. Knopf, 2004). Mr. Mead’s subsequent ebook is entitled The Arc of A Covenant: The US, Israel, and the Way forward for the Jewish Individuals.