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Are We Tipping into a New World War?
Israeli army soldiers sit atop a tracked vehicle at a position in northern Israel on October 28. (Photo by JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images)
Walter Russell Mead reads the geopolitical tea leaves. Plus: Joe Nocera on Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial and Eli Lake on the legacy of Frantz Fanon.
By Oliver Wiseman
11.01.23
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A “world spinning out of control.” Those were the words Wall Street Journal Global View columnist Walter Russell Mead used to describe the latest geopolitical developments when Bari interviewed him on the latest episode of Honestly this week. And it’s not hard to see why. 

In the past 48 hours alone: 

  • Houthi fighters fired at Israel from Yemen.

  • An Israeli …

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Oliver Wiseman

Oliver Wiseman is a senior editor and writer for The Free Press. Previously, he was the executive editor of The Spectator World and a regular contributor to UnHerd, City Journal, the Evening Standard, and a range of other publications.

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