Bret Stephens is an opinion columnist for The New York Times. He has held the position since 2017.

He also writes a column for The New York Times with Frank Bruni in which they engage points of view about political and cultural issues.

Stephens was previously a foreign affairs columnist and deputy editorial page editor at The Wall Street Journal. In 2013, he received the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. From 2002–2004, he was editor in chief of The Jerusalem Post in Israel.

Bret Stephens holds degrees from the University of Chicago and the London School of Economics.

This conversation comes at a critical moment when the midterm elections in the United States are in a few weeks, war continues in Iran and the Ukraine, and the debate over AI gets focused.

We will talk of many things including the elections, President Trump, Democrats, AI, China, the Iran war, the Ukrainian war, polarization in politics, Israel after 911, and the art of conversation.