Archive - Persuasion

Europe Can No Longer Trust America

The continent needs to build its own future—but to do so, it needs imagination.

just now • Dalibor Rohac

AI Companies Aren’t Evil. But They Are Reckless.

You can’t build machines that jeopardize civilization without expecting regulators to step in.

9 hrs ago • Julie Guirado

Episode 186: Odd Arne Westad on the Coming Storm

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May 3 • Richard Aldous

28:31

Lant Pritchett on Why Foreign Aid Misses the Point

Yascha Mounk and Lant Pritchett discuss why development requires building state capability, not just charitable interventions.

May 2 • Yascha Mounk

1:34:10

Ukraine Is Now An Arms Superpower

The country has made itself too important to abandon.

May 1 • Ines Burrell

This Week at Persuasion

Intellectual Bootcamp kicks off in 45 minutes!

May 1 • Leonora Barclay

British Jews Are Tired

Reflections on the UK’s latest antisemitic attack.

May 1 • Matt Marks

Reminder: Intellectual Bootcamp At Noon Eastern!

Reading Jonathan Haidt’s “Why the Past Ten Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid.”

May 1 • Sam Kahn

April 2026

If “86” Is Illegal Speech, Nobody is Free

The latest indictment against Comey is as baseless as it is alarming.

Apr 30 • Angel Eduardo and Aaron Terr

Trump Is Finally Fading

This may, at long last, be the beginning of his political end.

Apr 29 • Yascha Mounk

Link for Intellectual Bootcamp this Friday!

Reading Jonathan Haidt’s “Why the Past Ten Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid.”

Apr 28 • Sam Kahn

David Bromwich on Why Americans Have Lost Faith in Universities

Yascha Mounk and David Bromwich discuss grade inflation, political conformity, and the crisis of trust in higher education.

Apr 28 • Yascha Mounk

1:10:34

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