Saving Democracy
with
Yascha Mounk
Moderated by Richard Wolffe
Wednesday, June 15th, 2022 5:00-6:00 pm ET
In recent years the fragility of our democracy has been exposed. Founded to offer both freedom and rights, this form of governance is precious. But it’s permanence cannot be taken for granted.
How do we preserve our democracy in the face of the many threats and challenges before us?
Join us in a conversation with one of the world’s leading experts on the crisis of liberal democracy, Yascha Mounk. With his brilliant insights, many that run counter to conventional wisdom, Mounk offers an optimistic set of ideas and proposals for how our democracies can endure and thrive in spite of our differences.
About the Speakers:
Yascha Mounk is one of the world’s leading experts on democracy and the rise of populism. His latest book is The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure, on how democracies can succeed.
TCG hosted Mounk for his last book, The People vs Democracy: Why Our Freedom is In Danger and How to Save It, which was translated into ten languages and recognized as a “Best Book of 2018” by the Financial Times and other publications. He is an Associate Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at Johns Hopkins University, a Contributing Editor at The Atlantic, a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, the founder of Persuasion, and the host of The Good Fight podcast.
Richard Wolffe is an award-winning journalist and political analyst for MSNBC television, appearing frequently on MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann and Hardball with Chris Matthews. He covered the entire length of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign for Newsweek magazine. Before Newsweek, Wolffe was a senior journalist at the Financial Times, serving as its deputy bureau chief and US diplomatic correspondent. Wolffe is the author of the New York Times bestseller Renegade: The Making of a President and Revival: The Struggle for Survival Inside the Obama White House. He currently writes a twice-weekly column for the Guardian.
