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The Power Struggle Blocking the Strait of Hormuz
To get a deal, either the United States gives up its influence or Iran its identity.
3 hrs ago
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Ines Burrell
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Why Trump Seems Confused By His Own War
The president is attempting cold hard realism. He’s quickly discovering the limits to that approach.
Jun 8
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Sam Kahn
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Welcome to the Postmodern Presidency
Before there was Trump, there was French theory.
Jun 3
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Damon Linker
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The Democrats Sabotaged Their Own Autopsy
The report into the 2024 election was perfectly fine. So why will nobody say so?
May 26
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Sam Kahn
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H.W. Brands on the Making of George Washington
Yascha Mounk and H.W. Brands discuss the first U.S. president's life and legacy.
May 26
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Yascha Mounk
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Why Trump’s Slush Fund Is So Egregious
The president plans to use tax dollars to reward his friends—and ensure the IRS never investigates him again.
May 22
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Walter Olson
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Defunding ICE Would Be the Easy Part
What happens when people who have been taught that violence is acceptable are suddenly without a job?
May 21
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Benjamin Aimlin
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Ahmadinejad Leading Iran? Color Me Skeptical
Why the newly revealed American-Israeli plan never stood a chance.
May 21
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Saeid Golkar
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Marc Lipsitch on Playing Pandemic Roulette in the Lab
Yascha Mounk and Marc Lipsitch also discuss how worried we should be about Hantavirus and Ebola.
May 19
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Yascha Mounk
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Episode 187: Ian Shapiro on How Politicians Broke Our World
Bookstack at Persuasion is delivered to you every other Sunday at 6am EST.
May 17
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Richard Aldous
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The Good Fight Club: The Vibe Shift That Wasn’t, White Identity Politics, and “When They Go Low, We Go Low”
Amanda Ripley, Jesse Singal, Thomas Chatterton Williams, and Yascha Mounk explore Trump’s failed cultural revolution.
May 16
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Yascha Mounk
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What I Told Students At the College of William and Mary
Our liberal heritage will only survive with a revival of civic leadership.
May 15
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Francis Fukuyama
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