Yascha Mounk

Yascha Mounk is a contributing writer at The Atlantic, an associate professor at Johns Hopkins University, a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund, and a senior adviser at Protect Democracy. He is the author of The People vs. Democracy.

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The Coming Crisis of Legitimacy

Whether Biden or Trump emerges as the winner, millions of Americans will likely believe that their candidate was robbed.
- Yascha Mounk
- September 14, 2020
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What Biden Understands That the Left Does Not

Far from being a source of weakness, the fact that Biden honed his political instincts decades ago is a source of electoral strength.
- Yascha Mounk
- September 4, 2020
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American Passports Are Useless Now

I can go just about anywhere with my German passport. But almost no one wants to let in Americans these days.
- Yascha Mounk
- August 14, 2020
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Cancel College

Reopening universities will accomplish little and endanger many.
- Yascha Mounk
- August 8, 2020
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When a Vaccine Arrives, People Will Ignore the Anti-Vaxxers

Even if some Americans opt out, the country will still reach herd immunity against COVID-19.
- Yascha Mounk
- July 31, 2020
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Stop Firing the Innocent

America needs a reckoning over racism. Punishing people who did not do anything wrong harms that important cause.
- Yascha Mounk
- June 27, 2020
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The Virus Will Win

Americans are pretending that the pandemic is over. It certainly is not.
- Yascha Mounk
- June 12, 2020
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Prepare for the Roaring Twenties

The human desire to socialize will survive the pandemic.
- Yascha Mounk
- May 21, 2020
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No Testing, No Treatment, No Herd Immunity, No Easy Way Out

We need to start preparing for a darker reality.
- Yascha Mounk
- April 28, 2020
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Authoritarian Populists Have Six Classic Moves. Trump’s Response to COVID-19 Uses Five of Them.

While the president may not be using the coronavirus to consolidate power, Americans should still be worried about the threat he poses to democracy.
- Kristy Parker and Yascha Mounk
- April 2, 2020
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For the First Time, I’m Doubting My Decision to Come to America

The coronavirus is making me experience what Germans poetically call heimweh, the hurt of being far from your native land.
- Yascha Mounk
- March 28, 2020
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This Is Just the Beginning

People who now advocate that we “choose the economy” are not being honest about the consequences of that decision.
- Yascha Mounk
- March 25, 2020
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Four Theories for Why People Are Still Out Partying

Our moral instincts don’t match this crisis.
- Yascha Mounk
- March 19, 2020
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The Extraordinary Decisions Facing Italian Doctors

There are now simply too many patients for each one of them to receive adequate care.
- Yascha Mounk
- March 11, 2020
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Cancel Everything

Social distancing is the only way to stop the coronavirus. We must start immediately.
- Yascha Mounk
- March 10, 2020
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Biden’s Agenda Is Plenty Bold

There is a large constituency for a racially inclusive form of social democracy that is not democratic socialism.
- Yascha Mounk
- March 4, 2020
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What the Dubious Corona Poll Reveals

Americans are desperate to believe the worst about one another.
- Yascha Mounk
- February 28, 2020
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What Nonvoters Want

Boosting turnout won’t necessarily help the most progressive candidate.
- Yascha Mounk
- February 26, 2020
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What Will the World Look Like in 2030?

One thing is certain: The next decade will look very different from what most people expect.
- Yascha Mounk
- February 1, 2020
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The European Union’s Double Crisis of Legitimacy

It isn’t sufficiently democratic, and there’s no push to penalize authoritarian member states.
- Yascha Mounk
- January 31, 2020

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