Timothy Garton Ash on Europe’s Political Fragmentation

About this episode

Yascha Mounk and Timothy Garton Ash discuss Europe's political fragmentation and the implications of Britain's shift toward populism.

Yascha Mounk and Timothy Garton Ash discuss how Britain’s shift toward populism reflects broader European trends. Timothy Garton Ash is the author of Homelands: A Personal History of Europe and writes the newsletter History of the Present. His upcoming book, Europe in 7½ Chapters, will be published in October 2026. In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Timothy Garton Ash discuss the crisis of Labour and rise of Reform, why Europeans are struggling to adapt to a new political, cultural, and technological age, and the future of the war in Ukraine. If you have not yet signed up for our podcast, please do so now by following ⁠this link on your phone⁠. Email: leonora.barclay@persuasion.community Podcast production by Jack Shields and Leonora Barclay. Connect with us! ⁠Spotify⁠ | ⁠Apple⁠ | ⁠Google⁠ X: ⁠@Yascha_Mounk⁠ & ⁠@JoinPersuasion⁠ YouTube: ⁠Yascha Mounk⁠, ⁠Persuasion⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠Persuasion Community Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Yascha Mounk

Guest: Timothy Garton Ash

Topics covered

• political fragmentation
• populism
• European trends
• Labour crisis
• Reform rise
• cultural adaptation
• technological change

Keywords

• politics
• Europe
• populism
• Labour
• Reform
• Ukraine
• cultural change
• technological age

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New America

Books & works: Homelands: A Personal History of Europe, Europe in 7½ Chapters

Places: Britain, Europe

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