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Yascha Mounk, Sam Kahn, Amichai Magen, Quico Toro, James Bosworth (Boz), Phillips P. OBrien, Francis Fukuyama, Eboo Patel, Nikola Mikovic, Dalibor Rohac, Persuasion, Leonora Barclay, Wayne Karol, Philip A. GLOTZBACH, R. M. AnghelThe community for those who believe that a free society is worth fighting for.
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The Moral Bankruptcy of Livestreaming An Execution
Pete Hegseth on October 6, 2026. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images.)
Since 9/11, U.S. intelligence personnel—from analysts and law enforcement agents to interrogators and case officers—have often endured a grisly task: studying execution...
The Search for a Post-Enlightenment Democracy
Jacques-Louis David, The Tennis Court Oath (1790-4).
We’re delighted to feature this article as part of our ongoing series on “Liberal Virtues and Values.”
The series, made possible with the generous support of the John Templeton Foundat...
David Deming on the Future of Universities in the Age of AI
Yascha Mounk and David Deming discuss how artificial intelligence will transform research, teaching, and the economic foundations of higher education.
David Deming is the Danoff Dean of Harvard College and an economist. He writes a Substac...
Thymos and American Foreign Policy
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks at the Pnyx in Athens on October 7, 2026. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein / POOL / AFP via Getty Images.)
If you have enjoyed Frank’s writing as a free subscriber, please consider joining thousands of...
Two Visions of Postwar Liberalism
St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York City. (Photo: roman_slavik via Getty.)
This article is brought to you by American Purpose, the magazine and community founded by Francis Fukuyama in 2020, which is proudly part of the Persuasion family.
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Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Persuasion Author, The Identity Trap
Sam Kahn writes the Substack Castalia.
Freeman-Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), Stanford University
Quico Toro is Director of Climate Repair at the Anthropocene Institute, and the writer behind OnePercentBrighter.com Based in Tokyo. And fascinated by it.
Founder of Hxagon
Professor of Strategic Studies, @univofstandrew. Writing about grand strategy, war, history, Romanesque and Baroque buildings I love, Sicily, and pretty much anything else that takes my fancy.
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
Nikola Mikovic is a Serbian journalist and political analyst who focuses mainly on political developments in the post-Soviet space.
Senior fellow at AEI. Senior research fellow at Humanities Research Institute, University of Buckingham, UK. Research associate at Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies.
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.
"In loyalty to their kind/They cannot tolerate our minds/In loyalty to our kind/We cannot tolerate their obstruction."
Retired college president.
R.M. Anghel holds a PhD in economics and has worked as an economist across academia, public policy, international organizations and private-sector advisory roles.
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