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Francis Fukuyama

Francis Fukuyama

Francis Fukuyama is chairman of the editorial board of American Purpose.

Fukuyama is Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow and director of the Ford Dorsey Master’s in International Policy program at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.

Fukuyama’s most recent book is Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment (2018). His forthcoming book is entitled Liberalism and Its Discontents, building off his American Purpose foundational article of the same name.

His two-volume analysis of political order—The Origins of Political Order and Political Order and Political Decay—appeared in 2011 and 2014. Other books include Our Posthuman Future (2000), The Great Disruption (1999), and Trust (1995).

His book The End of History and the Last Man (1992) has appeared in over twenty foreign editions.

Articles and Events

New Rules for Neoliberalism?

New Rules for Neoliberalism?

Can U.S. policymakers walk the tightrope between economic nationalism and a thriving free market? Francis Fukuyama’s latest.

Francis Fukuyama
Reconsidering 'Neoliberalism'

Reconsidering 'Neoliberalism'

The term has become an insult to some, but with inflation's resurgence, it's time to revisit the neoliberal agenda. Francis Fukuyama's latest.

Francis Fukuyama
NATO Membership for Ukraine

NATO Membership for Ukraine

Nothing short of NATO membership will deter the future resumption of Russia's war on Ukraine. Francis Fukuyama's latest.

Francis Fukuyama
Georgian Nightmare

Georgian Nightmare

The Georgian government is quietly shifting its support to Moscow–despite public protestations otherwise. Francis Fukuyama's latest.

Francis Fukuyama
When Conservatives Used to be Liberals

When Conservatives Used to be Liberals

From Disney to Dobbs, American conservatives have begun flirting with the authoritarian-adjacent European conservatism of old. Francis Fukuyama's latest.

Francis Fukuyama
Valuing the Deep State: A Nine-Part Series by Francis Fukuyama

Valuing the Deep State: A Nine-Part Series by Francis Fukuyama

Francis Fukuyama's nine-part series on the advantages, dangers, and complications of bureaucratic autonomy.

Francis Fukuyama
AI, Technology, and Equality

AI, Technology, and Equality

Will artificial intelligence destroy more jobs than it creates–or will it become the great equalizer? Frank Fukuyama on the possible societal impacts of AI.

Francis Fukuyama
Valuing the Deep State IX: Lessons from the Covid Crisis

Valuing the Deep State IX: Lessons from the Covid Crisis

In his final Deep State series post, Francis Fukuyama examines the Covid pandemic and what it can teach us about balancing bureaucratic autonomy and political control.

Francis Fukuyama