Making Sense of a Mad Mad World

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The US, Russia, Europe, China, Middle East - what's going on that matters, what isnโ€™t and what, if anything, does it mean to you?

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About John Walcott

John Walcott is one of Americaโ€™s foremost foreign affairs reporters and educators. Heโ€™s the co-author of โ€œBest Laid Plansโ€, on Americaโ€™s 1980s war on terrorism, and Rob Reiner played him in โ€œShock and Aweโ€, on challenging the case for invading Iraq.

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