Simon Sebag Montefiore on the Origins of the Modern Middle East

By Yascha MounkSeptember 26, 2026

Yascha Mounk and Simon Sebag Montefiore discuss how the fall of the Ottoman Empire shaped the region we know today.

Comments

No comments yet.

Bookstack at Persuasion is delivered to you every other Sunday at 6am EST.

Some survey results on the uses of AI.

Dan Williams joins Yascha Mounk in London! Plus: Vancouver, D.C., and London groups!

Mark Carney has called for the nations to work together if they are to succeed. But will they?

It's refreshing when professors put aside their own viewpoints.

Democrats can slay the dragon without becoming it themselves.