The Future of Diverse Democracies, With Yascha Mounk

Yascha Mounk, senior fellow at CFR and professor of the practice of international affairs at Johns Hopkins University, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the challenges that ethnically, racially, and religiously diverse democracies face. This episode is part of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Diamonstein-Spielvogel Project on the Future of Democracy.
 

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Books Mentioned on the Podcast

Yascha Mounk, The Great Experiment (2022)

Yascha Mounk, The People Vs. Democracy (2018)

Articles and Reports Mentioned

Dillingham Commission Reports, U.S. Senate via Hathi Trust (1911)

Publius Decius Mus [Michael Anton], “The Flight 93 Election,” Claremont Review of Books, September 5, 2016

The Future of NATO, With Ivo H. Daalder

Ivo H. Daalder, president of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss what the Russian invasion of Ukraine means for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Articles and Podcasts Mentioned on the Podcast

Ivo H. Daalder, "The Return of Containment,” Foreign Affairs, March 1, 2022

Ivo H. Daalder and James M. Lindsay, "Why Putin Underestimated the West," Foreign Affairs, April 7, 2022

Ivo H. Daalder, World Review with Ivo Daalder, Chicago Council on Global Affairs

Books Mentioned

Ivo H. Daalder and James M. Lindsay, The Empty Throne: America's Abdication of Global Leadership (2018)

Ivo H. Daalder, Getting to Dayton: The Making of America's Bosnia Policy (2000)

War in the Digital Age, With Audrey Kurth Cronin

Audrey Kurth Cronin, distinguished professor at American University’s School of International Service and founding director of the Center for Security, Innovation and New Technology, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how technology, innovation, and social media are shaping Russia’s war in Ukraine and what it might mean for the future.

Books Mentioned on the Podcast

Audrey Kurth Cronin, Great Power Politics and the Struggle over Austria, 1945-1955 (1986)

Audrey Kurth Cronin, Power to the People: How Open Technological Innovation is Arming Tomorrow’s Terrorists (2020)

Putin’s Choices, With Michael Kimmage

The North Korea Challenge, With Scott A. Snyder

The Emerging China-Russia Alliance, With Patricia M. Kim

Preventing a Wider European War, With Thomas Graham

Thomas Graham, distinguished fellow at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss why Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine and whether the fighting might spread beyond its borders.

Reports Mentioned on the Podcast

Thomas Graham, “Preventing a Wider European Conflict,” Council on Foreign Relations, March 8, 2022

Europe’s Response to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, With Matthias Matthijs

Matthias Matthijs, senior fellow for Europe at CFR and associate professor of international political economy at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how European capitals are reacting to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Statements Mentioned on the Podcast

“A French-German Initiative for the European Recovery from the Coronavirus Crisis,” Élysée, May 18, 2020

TPI Special: The War in Ukraine, With Charles A. Kupchan

The U.S.-Mexico Relationship, With Shannon K. O’Neil