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
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.
Honoring Navalny
Francis Fukuyama on Alexei Navalny and how Americans can honor his legacy.
Democracy and the AI Revolution
How are AI and biotechnology impacting democracy? Francis Fukuyama weighs in.
New Rules for Neoliberalism?
Can U.S. policymakers walk the tightrope between economic nationalism and a thriving free market? Francis Fukuyama’s latest.
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?
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
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,
