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Curry iii distinguished fellow in strategy and statesmanship at hudson institute, the james clarke chace professor of. He was born on june 04, 1956 in sunnyvale, california, united states and was the youngest among his 4 siblings. Objectivity is only one single moment in the life of the entire cycle. Introduction the wrc site walter russells unieverse. Walter russell mead has 16 books on goodreads with 29 ratings. Foreign policy at the council on foreign relations, is the author of mortal splendor and s pecial providence, which won the lionel gelber award for best book on international affairs in english for the year 2002. I first read walter russell meads special providence soon after it was published in 2001, just months prior to 911.