Javier Milei and Argentina’s Lessons for America
null By Walter Russell MeadJan. 8, 2024 5:43 pm ETJournal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Bill McGurn and Dan Henninger. Images: AP/Zuma Press Composite: Mark KellyBuenos AiresWhen God was creating Argentina, the story goes, the angels thought he was being unfair. “Lord,” they said, “you are giving this country fertile soil, rich mineral resources, a healthy climate, a wonderful port, oil and gas. These people will have everything, and they will rule the world.” Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8About this articleGlobal View“Global View” analyzes ongoing developments in foreign affairs, with a particular focus on American strategy and geopolitics. The column appears on the Wall Street Journal’s website every Monday evening and Tuesdays in print. Walter Russell MeadWalter Russell Mead is the Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship at Hudson Institute, the Global
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When God was creating Argentina, the story goes, the angels thought he was being unfair. “Lord,” they said, “you are giving this country fertile soil, rich mineral resources, a healthy climate, a wonderful port, oil and gas. These people will have everything, and they will rule the world.”
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About this article
Walter Russell Mead is the Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship at Hudson Institute, the Global View Columnist at The Wall Street Journal and the James Clarke Chace Professor of Foreign Affairs and Humanities at Bard College in New York.
He is also a member of Aspen Institute Italy and board member of Aspenia. Before joining Hudson, Mr. Mead was a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations as the Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy. He has authored numerous books, including the widely-recognized Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the World (Alfred A. Knopf, 2004). Mr. Mead’s next book is entitled The Arc of A Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Future of the Jewish People.
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