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Jake Sullivan on National Security
Jake Sullivan served as national security advisor under President Biden. In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Jake Sullivan discuss the reco…
1 year, 3 months ago
Wolfgang Münchau on German decline
Wolfgang Münchau is the Director of Eurointelligence and a journalist focusing on the European Union and European economy. His most recent book is Ka…
1 year, 3 months ago
Marc Dunkelman on Why Nothing Works
Marc Dunkelman on Why Nothing Works Marc Dunkelman is a fellow at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. His mos…
1 year, 3 months ago
Arlie Hochschild on Trump Voters, Old and New
Arlie Hochschild is an author and professor emerita of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. Her books include Stolen Pride: Loss, Sha…
1 year, 3 months ago
Oren Cass on the Case for Tariffs
Yascha Mounk and Oren Cass discuss the reasoning behind Trump’s economic policy. Oren Cass is the founder and executive director of American Compas…
1 year, 3 months ago
Eric Kaufmann on “The Third Awokening”
Yascha Mounk and Eric Kaufmann also discuss "asymmetrical multiculturalism" and the global fertility crisis. Eric Kaufmann is a professor of Politi…
1 year, 4 months ago
Francis Fukuyama on Trump 2.0
Yascha Mounk and Francis Fukuyama discuss the first few days of the Trump administration–and what it means for domestic and foreign policy. Francis…
1 year, 4 months ago
Yanis Varoufakis on What Comes After Capitalism
Yascha Mounk and Yanis Varoufakis discuss whether the dominance of large cloud-focused tech companies signals the arrival of a new economic order. …
1 year, 4 months ago
What Are Children For?
Yascha Mounk and Anastasia Berg discuss the case for having—or not having—kids. Anastasia Berg is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Unive…
1 year, 4 months ago
Fraser Nelson on Great Britain
Yascha Mounk and Fraser Nelson discuss the Labour government’s shrinking popularity and the challenges facing a post-Brexit Britain. Fraser Nelson …
1 year, 4 months ago