Persuasion
Yascha Mounk, Sam Kahn, Katja Hoyer, Joseph Heath, Jacob Mchangama, Francis Fukuyama, Eboo Patel, Anastasia Lebedenko, Nikola Mikovic, Garry Kasparov, Teresa M. Bejan, Leonora Barclay, Charles Lane, Ines Burrell, Adam Fefer, Kathryn StonerThe community for those who believe that a free society is worth fighting for.
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The Eras of Francis Fukuyama: How States Form
Yascha Mounk and Francis Fukuyama delve into 9/11, the hubris of humanitarian intervention, and the letter he regretted signing.
Francis Fukuyama is the Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at Stanford University. His latest book is In the Real...
This Week at Persuasion
Persuasion goes on vacation for two weeks! In the meantime, enjoy our podcast series with Francis Fukuyama.
Our next London pub meet will be on Friday, September 25 at 6:30pm at Ye Olde Mitre in Holborn. Please email me at london@persuasio...
What Locke Knew About Elites
In an event exclusively for readers of American Purpose and Persuasion, Yascha Mounk will be interviewing Francis Fukuyama about his life and thought at 5pm on Sunday, September 6 at The Abbey Centre, London. Find out more and get tickets h...
On Executive Authority
Francis Fukuyama explores how President Trump has tried to expand executive authority, the impact of his actions on how America will be governed in the future, and the choice facing the next U.S. president.
In an event exclusively for read...
Serbia Turns Toward the West
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić on July 13, 2026. (Photo by Magali Cohen / Hans Lucas / AFP via Getty Images.)
This article is brought to you by American Purpose, the magazine and community founded by Francis Fukuyama in 2020, which is...
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Authors
The writers behind this newsletter.
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Persuasion Author, The Identity Trap
Sam Kahn writes the Substack Castalia.
German-British historian, journalist and author.
Never mind the manoeuvres...
CEO of The Future of Free Speech, research professor at Vanderbilt University. Senior Fellow at FIRE. Author of "Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media", host of the podcast "Clear and Present Danger: A History of Free Speech".
Senior Fellow at Stanford's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, furniture maker, drone pilot, fan of classic social theory.
Founder and President, Interfaith America
Ukrainian woman. Living through a 21st-century war. Here to share my experience & bridge the gaps between us.
Nikola Mikovic is a Serbian journalist and political analyst who focuses mainly on political developments in the post-Soviet space.
Former World Chess Champion; Chairman & Founder of the Renew Democracy Initiative (rdi.org); Russian dissident
Teresa M. Bejan is Professor of Political Theory and Fellow of Oriel College at the University of Oxford.
Head of Podcasts at Persuasion.
Nonresident senior fellow, American Enterprise Institute. Former deputy opinion editor, Washington Post. Author, "The Day Freedom Died." Adult Lego builder. Ask me about the S2K.
Geopolitical analyst writing on Eastern Europe, Western Europe and Russia. Connecting individual events to the structural patterns behind them.
Senior Researcher with the Horizons Project and Researcher with the Stanford Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law. Research on authoritarianism, federalism, and ethnic conflict.
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