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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
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
One Year Later

One Year Later

Francis Fukuyama evaluates the past year of the Russia-Ukraine war and the critical factors shaping the months ahead.

Francis Fukuyama
Valuing the Deep State Part II: The Origin of States

Valuing the Deep State Part II: The Origin of States

The full compilation of Francis Fukuyama's Valuing the Deep State series can be accessed here. My dissatisfaction with existing theories of political development in the early 2000s eventually led to the publication of my two volume series, The Origins of Political Order (2011) and Political Order and Political Decay (2014)

Francis Fukuyama
Chief Twit Elon Musk

Chief Twit Elon Musk

Elon Musk claims that he wants to promote free speech on Twitter. But what happens when Egypt or India demands the takedown of certain content critical of their government?

Francis Fukuyama
January 6 and Ukraine

January 6 and Ukraine

I haven’t posted to this blog for a while due to an extraordinarily heavy travel schedule related to Liberalism and Its Discontents [https://www.amazon.com/Liberalism-Its-Discontents-Francis-Fukuyama/dp/0374606714/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=] , but the book promotion phase is largely over now and the

Francis Fukuyama
Systemic Errors

Systemic Errors

Over the past few weeks, we have been treated to two major examples of disastrous decision-making by authoritarian great powers. The first was, clearly, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which to date has killed tens of thousands of innocent Ukrainian civilians. The cost to Russia has been enormous as well,

Francis Fukuyama