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PhD, MA, Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago
BA, political science, School of Public Affairs, American University
Scholars
Senior Fellow; Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy; Director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies; and Editor in Chief, National Affairs
Congress, the presidency and the courts, Political philosophy, Law, regulation, and constitutionalism, American social, political, and civic life
Yuval Levin is the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he also holds the Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy. The founder and editor of National Affairs, he is also a senior editor at The New Atlantis, and a contributing editor at National Review.
Dr. Levin served as a member of the White House domestic policy staff under President George W. Bush. He was also executive director of the President’s Council on Bioethics and a congressional staffer at the member, committee, and leadership levels.
In addition to being interviewed frequently on radio and television, Dr. Levin has published essays and articles in numerous publications, including The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, The Atlantic, and Commentary. He is the author of several books on political theory and public policy, most recently American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation – and Could Again (Basic Books, 2024).
He holds an MA and PhD from the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago.
PhD, MA, Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago
BA, political science, School of Public Affairs, American University
Book
A top conservative scholar reveals the Constitution’s remarkable power to repair our broken civic culture, rescue our malfunctioning politics, and unify a fractious America
BY Yuval Levin ON 10 Jun 24
Op-Ed
The filibuster is a crucial safeguard, forcing bipartisan compromise and preventing wild, partisan legislative swings that could otherwise cause destabilization.
BY Yuval Levin ON 19 Mar 26
Multimedia
Not since the Marquis de Lafayette’s triumphant 1824 tour of the United States has a return been more welcome than Yuval Levin’s to The Remnant.
BY Jonah Goldberg + Yuval Levin ON 18 Mar 26
Multimedia
Yuval Levin joins Coleman Hughes to discuss conservatism and the constitutional order.
BY Yuval Levin ON 2 Mar 26
Op-Ed
Is the president running out of ideas?
BY Yuval Levin ON 25 Feb 26
Book
In the sixth volume of this series, scholars of American history and international relations survey how the United States defined its place among the community of nations following independence.
BY Yuval Levin + Adam J. White + John Yoo ON 9 Feb 26
Op-Ed
The rules and norms that stand in the way of our pursuing national election administration are protecting us from our worst selves.
BY Yuval Levin ON 6 Feb 26
Op-Ed
The filibuster is a crucial safeguard, forcing bipartisan compromise and preventing wild, partisan legislative swings that could otherwise cause destabilization.
BY Yuval Levin ON 19 Mar 26
Op-Ed
Is the president running out of ideas?
BY Yuval Levin ON 25 Feb 26
Op-Ed
The rules and norms that stand in the way of our pursuing national election administration are protecting us from our worst selves.
BY Yuval Levin ON 6 Feb 26
Op-Ed
President Donald Trump and his team are beginning to pay a price for their willful blindness to both the dynamics of American public opinion and the logic of the American constitutional system.
BY Yuval Levin ON 27 Jan 26
Op-Ed
As we approach the 250th anniversary of the political endeavor launched by that generation, we should not overlook how extraordinary the longevity and durability of our regime have been.
BY Yuval Levin ON 22 Jan 26
Op-Ed
If the president is not doing much of the core work of the office, what is he doing instead?
BY Yuval Levin ON 20 Jan 26
Book
In the sixth volume of this series, scholars of American history and international relations survey how the United States defined its place among the community of nations following independence.
BY Yuval Levin + Adam J. White + John Yoo ON 9 Feb 26
Book
In the fifth volume of this series, legal scholars and political scientists discuss how the American Revolution both perpetuated slavery and created the conditions for its abolition.
BY Yuval Levin + Adam J. White + John Yoo ON 2 Dec 25
Special Feature
The United States and the American Enterprise Institute lost a great leader, patriot, and friend on Monday morning with the passing of Vice President Richard Cheney.
BY Robert Doar + Yuval Levin + Kori Schake + et al. ON 4 Nov 25
Speech
Yuval Levin delivered remarks at the University of Tennessee’s Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs to mark Constitution Day on September 18, 2025.
BY Yuval Levin ON 23 Sep 25
Book
In the fourth volume of this series, legal scholars and political scientists examine the many ways in which the founding generation understood the “unalienable rights” immortalized by the Declaration of Independence.
BY Yuval Levin + Adam J. White + John Yoo ON 4 Sep 25
Book
In the third volume of this series, scholars of American history and law consider the place of religion in the American Revolution.
BY Yuval Levin + Adam J. White + John Yoo ON 1 Jul 25
Event
Join us for a conversation with The Dispatch’s Sarah Isgur on her new book, Last Branch Standing: A Potentially Surprising, Occasionally Witty Journey Inside Today’s Supreme Court.
BY Adam J. White + Yuval Levin ON 24 Mar 26
Event
Join us for a presentation and discussion with Brink Lindsey of the Niskanen Center on his new book, The Permanent Problem: The Uncertain Transition from Mass Plenty to Mass Flourishing.
BY Yuval Levin ON 10 Dec 25
Event
Please join the American Enterprise Institute for a symposium cosponsored with the Ethics & Public Policy Center on Justice Antonin Scalia’s legacy 10 years since his death.
BY J. Joel Alicea + Robert Doar + Robert P. George + et al. ON 25 Nov 25
Event
Structured around In Covid’s Wake, this flagship event hosted by AEI and Johns Hopkins University features discussions with diverse experts examining pandemic health outcomes, policy responses, and lessons to strengthen future public health preparedness.
BY Robert Doar + Yuval Levin + M. Anthony Mills + et al. ON 14 Oct 25
Event
Join us for a presentation and panel with Johns Hopkins University’s William G. Howell on "Trajectory of Power: The Rise of the Strongman Presidency," a new book he coauthored with Stanford University’s Terry M. Moe.
BY Yuval Levin + Gary J. Schmitt + Adam J. White ON 27 Aug 25
Event
Please join AEI for a conversation with AEI’s Jack Landman Goldsmith and Adam J. White on presidential departmentalism and the challenge it poses to the Supreme Court.
BY Yuval Levin + Jack Goldsmith + Adam J. White ON 14 Aug 25
Multimedia
Not since the Marquis de Lafayette’s triumphant 1824 tour of the United States has a return been more welcome than Yuval Levin’s to The Remnant.
BY Jonah Goldberg + Yuval Levin ON 18 Mar 26
Multimedia
Yuval Levin joins Coleman Hughes to discuss conservatism and the constitutional order.
BY Yuval Levin ON 2 Mar 26
Multimedia
This is an edited transcript of “The Ezra Klein Show.” Ezra Klein: As long as it may have felt, we are only one year into Donald Trump’s second term as president. To follow the Trump...
BY Yuval Levin + Ezra Klein ON 17 Jan 26
Multimedia
Brennan Center for Justice
BY Yuval Levin + Michael Waldman ON 2 Dec 25
Multimedia
Jonah Goldberg is not a populist, but when the masses demand an appearance by modern-day Founding Father Yuval Levin, even Jonah is powerless to resist. Jonah and Yuval reminisce about the life and legacy of Dick Cheney, discuss the rise of right-wing antisemitism, and ultimately agree that we need more boring politicians.
BY Jonah Goldberg + Yuval Levin ON 5 Nov 25
