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Interview with Steven Levitsky, David Rockefeller professor of Latin American Studies at Harvard University, conducted by Scott Harris.

Professor Levitsky, co-author with Daniel Ziblatt of How Democracies Die and Tyranny of the Minority, talks about his recent article, “The Price of American Authoritarianism,” assessing Donald Trump’s first 12 months back in the White House and the threat he now poses to the 2026 midterm election, U.S. democracy and our republic.