Yascha Mounk

Yascha Mounk

Political scientist, author, associate professor at Johns Hopkins University

Yascha Mounk is a political scientist known for his work on the rise of populism and the crisis of liberal democracy. His third and most recent book, The People vs Democracy: Why Our Freedom is In Danger and How to Save It, has been translated into 10 languages and recognized as a “Best Book of 2018” by the Financial Times and other publications. Mounk is a contributing editor at The Atlantic, a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund, and host of The Good Fight podcast. He is also a frequent contributor to international newspapers and magazines including The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Foreign Affairs. (1)

Yascha participated in The Common Good Forum & American Spirit Awards on May 21st, 2018, giving a talk entitled “The People vs. Democracy”.

Twitter: @Yascha_Mounk

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Read more:

Yascha Mounk, ‘Republicans Don’t Understand Democrats—And Democrats Don’t Understand Republicans’, The Atlantic, 23 June 2019

Yascha Mounk, ‘When Exerting Power Means Abuse’, Slate, 4 June 2019

George Eaton, ‘Yascha Mounk: ‘I thought democracy was in crisis before it was cool’’, New Statesman America, 15 August 2018

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(1) Material from the Johns Hopkins Stavros Niarchos Foundation SNF Agora Institute website.