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How to Reclaim Social Media from Big Tech
Reflections on the Jordan Peterson Generation
The Real Lesson of the Iran-Israel War
From Georgian Dream to Georgian Nightmare
Irshad Manji on Understanding Each Other in Turbulent Times
The Iran-Israel War Was Short. The Next One Will Not Be
18 Observations About Learning Chinese
I’m an Artist, and I’m Not Threatened by AI
Why Salman Rushdie Is Unable to Live or Die in Peace
Francis Fukuyama on War in the Middle East
There's Nothing "Enlightened" About Trump's Governing Style
Blasphemy Laws by a Different Name
Episode 166: Bryan Burrough on How Texas Gunfighters Made the West Wild
A Letter From An Israeli Shelter
Don’t Give Up So Quickly on the Liberal International Order
Helen Lewis on The Genius Myth
Learn to Pick Up Women For $2000
Is America Headed Towards Dictatorship?
Lenore Skenazy on Rejecting Helicopter Parenting
Israel, Palestine, and the Consequences of Moral Coarsening
The Authoritarian Impulse Behind Trump’s “Foreign Invasion” Rhetoric
Shashank Joshi on How Warfare is Changing
Writers, Abandon Literary Prizes
11 Theses on the Unrest in Los Angeles
Episode 165: Marc Fasteau and Ian Fletcher on U.S. Industrial Policy
Michael McFaul on The Emerging Geopolitical Order
You’re (Probably) Thinking About Extroversion All Wrong
A Chilling Prediction by Leo Strauss
David Leonhardt on Why the Left isn’t Reaching the Working Class
Merit, Not Trauma, Should Drive The Civil Service
Parag Khanna on How To Measure State Capacity
Mexico and the Road U.S. Democrats Can Never Take
Quico Toro on How to Save the Climate
The Slow Death of Effective Government
Georgia Tries, and Fails, to Emulate Hungary
Steve Stewart-Williams on Nature vs Nurture
Don’t Quit, You Wavering Bureaucrat
A Pivot Point for the American People
Teaching America’s Authoritarian Rollercoaster In Real Time
Paul Krugman on Why International Trade is Good
Trump’s Assault on Harvard Is an Astonishing Act of National Self-Sabotage
China’s Economy Is Weaker Than You Think
Three Tales from an Unelected Bureaucrat
Katja Hoyer on East Germany Then and Now
Don’t Celebrate Poland’s Results Yet
Check In on the Authoritarians in Your Life
Episode 164: Edward Luce on the Life of Zbig, America's Great Power Prophet
Frances Lee & Stephen Macedo on Why Institutions Failed During COVID
Why Liberals Must Not Give Up Hope
Pratap Mehta on the Global Crisis of Legitimacy
Fear and Loathing in the Nonprofit Sector
Elaine Kamarck and William Galston on How the Democrats Can Win
Yes, Harvard Deserves Due Process
The Resistance Is Gonna Be Woke
Eastern Europe Recognises the Power of NATO
Rutger Bregman on How to Live a Moral Life
Why It’s So Hard To Find Small Press Books
Introducing the Frankly Fukuyama Podcast!
Episode 163: Matthew C. Klein on Why Trade Wars are Class Wars
Claire Lehmann on The Psychology Behind Wokeness
Bill Maher's Complicated Dinner
Ukraine Holds More Cards Than You Think
A Victory for Boring White Guy Centrism
An Open Letter to America’s Law Firms
Don’t Call it a Vibe Shift—Yet
Sarah Longwell on What Voters Really Think
Europe Really Is Jailing People for Online Speech
Discourse on Race Has a Conformity Problem
Ivan Krastev on American Decline
A Good Man in a Strongman’s World
RFK Was Right: Severe Autism Can Be Devastating
Don’t Squander the Potential of Abundance
10 Observations About Kyrgyzstan
Episode 162: Jonathan Rauch on Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy
Larry Summers on Harvard’s Showdown With Trump
The Material Basis of Changing Gender Relations
The Only Consistent Thread of Trumpism
The Third Humbling of Humanity
Refusing To Lift a Finger for Justice
Coleman Hughes on the Legacy of Slavery
The Voice of America Falls Silent
A Brief History of Culture As Soft Power
Our First 100,000 Subscribers...
Emily Oster on What’s Gone Wrong with Modern Parenting
How Universities Can Save Themselves
Authoritarianism Without Ideology
Teach Pluralism, Not Antiracism
Episode 161: Nicole Karlis Explores Your Brain on Altruism
Jason Furman on “Liberation Day”
These Tariffs Are a Democratic Crisis, Not Just an Economic One
The College Essay Is Everything That’s Wrong With America
Turkey’s Resistance Takes to the Streets
There’s Nothing Righteous About Vandalizing Teslas
Yascha Answers Your Questions #2
Don’t Assume Trump Is Joking About a Third Term
Trump is Emboldening Strongmen in Hungary and Slovakia
The Average College Student Is Illiterate
They Really Just Might Invade Greenland
Audrey Tang on “Misinformation”
Aaron Sibarium on Identity Politics under Joe Biden and Donald Trump
Netanyahu's Wars of Dismantlement
For JD Vance, Europe Really Is the Enemy
Defending Democracy in America
How to Save the Climate Despite Everything
Episode 160: Nir Arielli on 10,000 Years of Dead Sea History
Hamish McKenzie on How Substack is Transforming Public Discourse
We Are Uncomfortably Close to 1933
The World Happiness Report Is a Sham
Jacob Mchangama on Free Speech
Britain Chose Stagnation. There’s Another Way
Francis Fukuyama on Donald Trump at Home and Abroad
Can Europe Act as Leader of the Free World?
Jonathan Rauch on the Politicization of Christianity
How to Navigate Transgender Issues in the Trump Era
What Musk Doesn’t Understand About the Civil Service
Anyone Who Knows What's About to Happen Is Lying
As Trump Vandalizes the Transatlantic Alliance, Norway Feels the Heat
Episode 159: Wolfgang Münchau on Germany Going Kaput
How to Have Difficult Conversations
Modern Life Is Ruining Storytelling
Making the World Safe for Criminals
The U.S. Capitulation to Putin
Yascha Answers Your Questions #1
How DeepSeek Rewrote the Rules of AI
Spencer Case on Defending Patriotism
The United States is Appeasing Evil
What Erratic Government Does to a Country
The Never-Ending American Eye Exam Racket
The Execution of Humphrey’s Executor
Lessons in Freedom From the Puritans
Psychedelics Go Mainstream, Kind Of
The Last Stand of Germany’s Establishment
Episode 158: Tevi Troy on the Epic Clashes between Commanders in Chief and Titans of Industry
Jake Sullivan on National Security
The DOGE Attack on Democracy Promotion
Larry Diamond on the Spreading Crisis of Democracy
Wolfgang Münchau on Germany in Decline
Europe Has a Free Speech Problem
The Crisis of Democracy Is Here
Trump Is Actually Warren Harding
Don't Say "Chaotic" or "Transactional"
Marc Dunkelman on Why Nothing Works
Humpty Dumpty Had a Great Fall
Therapists Are Still Behaving Like Activists
The Five Steps Towards Autocracy
A New Threat to the Freedom of the Press
Arlie Hochschild on Trump Voters, Old and New
Trump’s Wrecking Ball Comes for Foreign Aid
Oren Cass on the Case for Tariffs
Trump’s Anarchic European Agenda
There's No Substitute For Public Opinion
Don't Just Let Radicals Dictate Your Opinions
Eric Kaufmann on “The Third Awokening”
Iran’s Strategy for Trump 2.0: Stay Afloat
America's Churches Are Radicalizing Themselves
15 Observations About Artificial Intelligence
Lukashenko Is Proud to be a Dictator
The Deep and Dangerous Roots of Trump’s Foreign Policy
Yanis Varoufakis on What Comes After Capitalism
Putting the Worst Green Ideas in the Dustbin of History
The state of democracy in the United States after the 2024 election
Larry Diamond on the state of democracy in the "year of elections"
The Tangled Legacy of JFK and the Cultural Cold War
The World’s Aged Major Leaders are a Menace
Episode 156: Lindsay Chervinsky on John Adams' Republic-Forging Precedents
There’s Got to Be More to This Ceasefire Deal
The Birth of Aspirational Populism
How Not to Resist Donald Trump
What to Expect When You’re Expecting a Second Trump Administration
We Need Policy Implementers, Not Policy Makers
Spare A Thought For Your Broke Professor
Proportional Representation Is Not the Answer to America’s Problems
Farewell to a Mediocre President
The Democrats Trying to Win Back Rural America
Elon Musk and the Decline of Western Civilization
Fraser Nelson on Great Britain
Can Trump bring peace to Ukraine?
The Future of Warfare is Remote Controlled