
Yascha Mounk
Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, Johns Hopkins University; Founder, Persuasion; Contributing Editor, The Atlantic
Yascha Mounk is a Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at Johns Hopkins University, founder of the publishing platform and online community Persuasion, and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is a contributing editor at The Atlantic and hosts “The Good Fight” podcast. Mounk was previously a lecturer at Harvard University, a senior fellow at New America, and executive director of the Renewing the Centre team at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. A frequent speaker and regular contributor to many publications, his latest book is The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure. His previous books include The People vs. Democracy and Stranger in My Own Country.
Previously

2022 Festival
Will Democracy Self-Destruct?
Video — 43m 47s

2022 Festival
Can the United States be United?
Video — 45m 21s

2018 Festival
The People vs. Democracy
Video — 58m 55s

2018 Festival
Liberal Democracy is at Risk at Home and Abroad
Video — 51m 7s

2017 Festival
Has Democracy Run Its Course?
Video — 59m 9s

2017 Festival
Is Democracy in Danger?
Audio — 58m