The Roots of American Political Division and Discontent https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/politics-current-affairs/2021/08/the-roots-of-american-political-division-and-discontent/

August 12, 2021 | Peter Berkowitz
About the author: Peter Berkowitz is the Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. In 2019 and 2020, he served as Director of Policy Planning at the U.S. State Department. His writings are posted at www.PeterBerkowitz.com.

Drawing on the some of the same themes he addressed in his recent essay for Mosaic, Peter Berkowitz seeks to explain how and why politics in the U.S. became so divisive and filled with hatred. In the process he also comments on Donald Trump’s presidency, the recent arguments about whether Viktor Orban’s Hungary should be seen as a model or a cautionary tale, and much else. (Video, one hour.)

Read more on American Purpose: https://www.americanpurpose.com/events/august-4-2021-peter-berkowitz-discusses-the-clash-within-liberal-democracy/