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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 Liberalism and Its Discontents (2022), 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 Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment (2018), 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

It's the Internet, Dummy!

It's the Internet, Dummy!

From yoga mom to anti-vaxxer, our online algorithms are doing significantly more to radicalize and polarize us than Fox News. Francis Fukuyama's latest.

Francis Fukuyama
Boredom at the End of History, Part II

Boredom at the End of History, Part II

Francis Fukuyama takes on those who believe he should recant his "end of history" thesis, Part II.

Francis Fukuyama
Boredom at the End of History, Part I

Boredom at the End of History, Part I

Francis Fukuyama takes on those who believe he should recant his "end of history" thesis.

Francis Fukuyama
Save Georgia's Democracy

Save Georgia's Democracy

Democracy in the Republic of Georgia is in imminent peril, and the United States and Europe must act quickly to save it. Francis Fukuyama's latest.

Francis Fukuyama
On Public Service

On Public Service

Trump's hostility to public service–and those who serve–stands as a warning in the lead-up to elections. Francis Fukuyama's latest.

Francis Fukuyama
Why Public Administration?

Why Public Administration?

Our professional bureaucracy is a bulwark against the potential incompetence and corruption of elected officials. Francis Fukuyama's latest.

Francis Fukuyama
Seeking Authority Rather Than Authoritarians

Seeking Authority Rather Than Authoritarians

Proceduralism is crippling the U.S. government, but both Democrats and Republicans are fearful of the solution. Francis Fukuyama's latest.

Francis Fukuyama
Honoring Navalny

Honoring Navalny

Francis Fukuyama on Alexei Navalny and how Americans can honor his legacy.

Francis Fukuyama