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If Most Professors Have the Same Politics, That's Bad for Democracy
The campus of Harvard University is seen behind the John Weeks Bridge from the Charles River on October 9, 2025. (Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images.)
Consider a pair of societies.
In the first society—let’s call i...
The Beginning of the End of History
Today marks the publication of Francis Fukuyama’s new memoir In the Realm of the Last Man. To purchase a copy, please click here. Thank you as ever for supporting Persuasion and Frank’s work!
Francis Fukuyama, National Press Club, 1990. (P...
Sarah Longwell on How Democrats Can Defeat Trump
Yascha Mounk and Sarah Longwell discuss why the pro-democracy coalition keeps losing the narrative war—and how it can fight back.
Sarah Longwell is publisher of The Bulwark, host of The Focus Group podcast, and author of How to Eat an Elep...
Jared Diamond on Whether Leaders Make History
Yascha Mounk and Jared Diamond discuss the age-old question of structure versus agency—and the Great Man theory of history.
Jared Diamond is a professor of geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. His books include Guns, Ger...
This Week At Persuasion
We’re back, baby! Plus, an event with Francis Fukuyama and Yascha Mounk in London on Sunday!
Our next London pub meet will be on Friday, September 25 at 6:30pm at Ye Olde Mitre in Holborn. Please email me at [email protected] if...
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Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Persuasion Author, The Identity Trap
German-British historian, journalist and author.
Never mind the manoeuvres...
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.
The magazine and community dedicated to defending liberal values and democracy wherever they are threatened. Editor in Chief: Yascha Mounk. Home of American Purpose and Francis Fukuyama's blog. Join us today! www.persuasion.community
Head of Podcasts at Persuasion.
Rob Feld is a journalist and filmmaker exploring political identity, polarization, and the cultural forces shaping public life. His film Jesters and Fools shows how humor, outrage, and spectacle drive politics—and what that means for civic trust.
Geopolitical analyst writing on Eastern Europe, Western Europe and Russia. Connecting individual events to the structural patterns behind them.
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