Francis Fukuyama on Trump’s War With Iran

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit <a href="https://www.persuasion.community?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_7">www.persuasion.community</a><br /><br /><p><em>We’re trying something new! Frank featured on today’s episode of </em><a href="https://www.persuasion.community/podcast" target="_blank"><em>The Good Fight,</em></a><em> so we’re sharing it with subscribers to the </em><a href="https://www.persuasion.community/s/frankly-fukuyama" target="_blank"><em>Frankly Fukuyama</em></a><em> podcast! If you’d like to sign up to The Good Fight or Frankly Fukuyama, please click </em><a href="https://www.persuasion.community/account" target="_blank"><em>here</em></a><em> and toggle the correct buttons! We hope you enjoy the conversation.</em></p><p>Francis Fukuyama is the Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at Stanford University. His latest book is <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374606718/liberalismanditsdiscontents" target="_blank"><em>Liberalism and Its Discontents</em></a>. He is also the author of the “<a href="https://www.persuasion.community/s/francis-fukuyama" target="_blank">Frankly Fukuyama</a>” column, carried forward from American Purpose, at Persuasion.</p><p>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.</p><p>If you have not yet signed up for our podcast, please do so now by following <a href="https://yaschamounk.substack.com/subscribe?next=https%3A%2F%2Fyaschamounk.substack.com%2Faccount%2Fadd-podcast%3Futm_source%3Dall-podcasts&#38;skipPodcastSetupPage=true" target="_blank">this link on your phone</a>.</p><p>Email: leonora.barclay@persuasion.community</p><p>Podcast production by Mickey Freeland and Leonora Barclay.</p><p><strong><em>Connect with us!</em></strong></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3nhfO2XVPsv2wZafZ5n7Hk" target="_blank">Spotify</a> | <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-good-fight/id1198765424" target="_blank">Apple</a> | <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL3RoZV9nb29kX2ZpZ2h0LmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz" target="_blank">Google</a></p><p>X: <a href="https://twitter.com/Yascha_Mounk?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" target="_blank">@Yascha_Mounk</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/JoinPersuasion" target="_blank">@JoinPersuasion</a></p><p>YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/TheUtopianMagazine" target="_blank">Yascha Mounk</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsyw69DKDfr9Vj1PkRmnI7w" target="_blank">Persuasion</a></p><p>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/persuasion-community/" target="_blank">Persuasion Community</a></p>