Damon Linker on Leo Strauss, Glory, and Gender

Dara Massicot on Where the Russia-Ukraine War Stands Today

Dara Massicot is a military analyst at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, who previously worked for the Department of Defense and the Rand Corporation. Learn more about Ukraine’s defense tech sector in this recent piece [https://www.persuasion.community/p/ukraine-is-now-an-arms-superpower] in American Purpose. You can watch the full conversation below: All episodes of the Frankly Fukuyama podcast are available here [https://www.persuasion.community/t/frankly-fukuyama-podcast]. Podcast production by Ringo Harrison. Connect with us! X: @FukuyamaFrancis [https://x.com/FukuyamaFrancis] & @JoinPersuasion [https://twitter.com/JoinPersuasion] YouTube: Frankly Fukuyama [https://www.youtube.com/@ffukuyam] & Persuasion [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsyw69DKDfr9Vj1PkRmnI7w] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.persuasion.community/subscribe [https://www.persuasion.community/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Francis Fukuyama on Trump’s War With Iran

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.persuasion.community [https://www.persuasion.community?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7] We’re trying something new! Frank featured on today’s episode of The Good Fight, [https://www.persuasion.community/podcast] so we’re sharing it with subscribers to the Frankly Fukuyama [https://www.persuasion.community/s/frankly-fukuyama] podcast! If you’d like to sign up to The Good Fight or Frankly Fukuyama, please click here [https://www.persuasion.community/account] and toggle the correct buttons! We hope you enjoy the conversation. Francis Fukuyama is the Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at Stanford University. His latest book is Liberalism and Its Discontents [https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374606718/liberalismanditsdiscontents]. He is also the author of the “Frankly Fukuyama [https://www.persuasion.community/s/francis-fukuyama]” column, carried forward from American Purpose, at Persuasion. In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Francis Fukuyama discuss whether the unprecedented strikes on Iran will lead to the downfall of the mullahs, whether America can avoid getting drawn into a Middle Eastern quagmire, and whether the midterms will turn Donald Trump into a lame duck. If you have not yet signed up for our podcast, please do so now by following this link on your phone [https://yaschamounk.substack.com/subscribe?next=https%3A%2F%2Fyaschamounk.substack.com%2Faccount%2Fadd-podcast%3Futm_source%3Dall-podcasts&skipPodcastSetupPage=true]. Email: leonora.barclay@persuasion.community Podcast production by Mickey Freeland and Leonora Barclay. Connect with us! Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3nhfO2XVPsv2wZafZ5n7Hk] | Apple [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-good-fight/id1198765424] | Google [https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL3RoZV9nb29kX2ZpZ2h0LmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz] X: @Yascha_Mounk [https://twitter.com/Yascha_Mounk?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor] & @JoinPersuasion [https://twitter.com/JoinPersuasion] YouTube: Yascha Mounk [https://www.youtube.com/user/TheUtopianMagazine], Persuasion [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsyw69DKDfr9Vj1PkRmnI7w] LinkedIn: Persuasion Community [https://www.linkedin.com/company/persuasion-community/]

Stephen E. Hanson and Jeffrey S. Kopstein on America as a Family Business

Francis Fukuyama is joined by Steve Hanson and Jeff Kopstein to discuss why Donald Trump’s regime can be described as “patrimonial [https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-patrimonial-president],” how this approach leads to high corruption, and why reversing it will pose special challenges.Stephen E. Hanson and Jeffrey . Kopstein are professors of political science at William and Mary College and the University of California, Irvine, respectively. Podcast production by Ringo Harrison. Connect with us! X: @FukuyamaFrancis [https://x.com/FukuyamaFrancis] & @JoinPersuasion [https://twitter.com/JoinPersuasion] YouTube: Frankly Fukuyama [https://www.youtube.com/@ffukuyam] & Persuasion [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsyw69DKDfr9Vj1PkRmnI7w] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.persuasion.community/subscribe [https://www.persuasion.community/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Damon Linker on Leo Strauss, Glory, and Gender

Damon Linker is a senior lecturer in political science at the University of Pennsylvania and writes the subscription newsletter “Notes from the Middleground [https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://damonlinker.substack.com/__;!!G92We9drHetJ8EofZw!YNY1Sj5nHwRljwFn2ULA1DRBIeTiY71OjFzsRbd31fCJlV6p9n0HqajYxVm8yxlQpy-w9UunKhESGxakYptn9nV33JUgDdWfiYX7St0$]” at Substack. He discusses divisions among Straussians, why an internal longing for glory drives so much of the right and why gender remains such a divisive topic. All episodes of the Frankly Fukuyama podcast are available here [https://www.persuasion.community/t/frankly-fukuyama-podcast]. Podcast production by Ringo Harrison. Connect with us! X: @FukuyamaFrancis [https://x.com/FukuyamaFrancis] & @JoinPersuasion [https://twitter.com/JoinPersuasion] YouTube: Frankly Fukuyama [https://www.youtube.com/@ffukuyam] & Persuasion [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsyw69DKDfr9Vj1PkRmnI7w] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.persuasion.community/subscribe [https://www.persuasion.community/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Alex Stamos on the Real Threat Posed By AI

Alex Stamos was formerly head of security at Facebook/Meta and is a leading expert on computer security. He discusses the threats to computer security posed by the most recent advances in AI, and explains why those are much more dangerous and urgent than the “existential” threats feared by many. All episodes of the Frankly Fukuyama podcast are available here [https://www.persuasion.community/t/frankly-fukuyama-podcast]. Podcast production by Ringo Harrison. Connect with us! X: @FukuyamaFrancis [https://x.com/FukuyamaFrancis] & @JoinPersuasion [https://twitter.com/JoinPersuasion] YouTube: Frankly Fukuyama [https://www.youtube.com/@ffukuyam] & Persuasion [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsyw69DKDfr9Vj1PkRmnI7w] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.persuasion.community/subscribe [https://www.persuasion.community/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]