Curtis Yarvin joins us to discuss the Anglo-American “empire of love,” the bohemian libertines of the ancien regime, Putin’s relative weakness, Xi’s advantages over Mamdani, and populism’s last chance.

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*The Trialogue Podcast is hosted by the Stimson Center and produced by University FM.

Time Stamps:

• 00:55 Alt-right? New Right? Modern Right?
• 02:36 Brief biography
• 06:26 From Westphalian order to Empire of Love
• 09:22 The tragedy of the French Revolution
• 11:04 Liberalism as an instrument of Anglo empire
• 17:55 Yarvin’s communist grandparents
• 20:51 Rebooting the US
• 23:00 The problem with populism
• 31:43 The potential strength of monarchy
• 34:41 Authority, popularity and prestige
• 40:30 The American Revolution is no longer sacred
• 43:08 Populism has one shot