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War in Ukraine could reshape global supply chains

Voices // 2 years ago

War in Ukraine could reshape global supply chains

Francis Fukuyama, the American political scientist who once described the collapse of the Soviet Union as the "end of history," suggested that Russia's invasion of Ukraine might be called "the end of the end of history." He meant that Vladimir Putin's aggression signals a rollback of the ideals of a free Europe that emerged after 1991. Some observers suggest it may kick off a new Cold War, with an Iron Curtain separating the West from Russia.

Failure of governance drives fear in democracies

Voices // 5 years ago

Failure of governance drives fear in democracies

Francis Fukuyama famously and wrongly argued that the end of the Cold War, Communism and the Soviet Union assured the ascendancy of liberal democracy.

The seeds of the alt-right, America's emergent right-wing populist movement

Opinion // 7 years ago

The seeds of the alt-right, America's emergent right-wing populist movement

To its critics, the alt-right is just a code term for white nationalism, but it encompasses a much broader spectrum of right-wing activists and intellectuals.

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Opinion // 7 years ago

Russia's revenge: Why Donald Trump's triumph is a big win for Vladimir Putin

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Issue of the Day // 1 decade ago

The collapse of capitalism

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Commentary: Arnaud de Borchgrave // 1 decade ago

Commentary: Connecting slippery dots

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Iraq's future remains uncertain

Nine days before the United States transfers power to Iraq, how much American involvement there should be in the country's reconstruction remains unsettled.

Odd News // 2 decades ago

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Odd News // 2 decades ago

Muslim Politics 1: Clash or no clash?

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What we need is on the ground knowledge of political institutions, leaders, culture and history (in Iraq)
Iraq's future remains uncertain Jun 21, 2004

Iranians have come to view reform -- indeed, even democratization -- as inevitable, and they no longer ask 'why reform?' or 'what kind of reform?' but 'how?' and 'when?
Muslim Politics 2: Hope from Iran? Sep 23, 2003

Since Islamism is directed both against the Western world and its values as well as against traditional Islam, it makes sense to wonder if it could not become the source of creative construction
Muslim Politics 2: Hope from Iran? Sep 23, 2003

What Qutb preached was, in the opinion of experts, Leninism in an Islamic cloak
Muslim Politics 2: Hope from Iran? Sep 23, 2003

Since Islamism is directed against the Western World and its values as well as against traditional Islam, one might be permitted to wonder if it could not become the source of creative destruction
Muslim Politics 1: Clash or no clash? Sep 21, 2003

Yoshihiro Francis Fukuyama (born 27 October 1952) is an American philosopher, political economist, and author.

Francis Fukuyama was born in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. His father, Yoshio Fukuyama, a second-generation Japanese-American, was trained as a minister in the Congregational Church and received a doctorate in sociology from the University of Chicago. His mother, Toshiko Kawata Fukuyama, was born in Kyoto, Japan, and was the daughter of Shiro Kawata, founder of the Economics Department of Kyoto University and first president of Osaka City University in Osaka. Fukuyama's childhood years were spent in New York City. In 1967 his family moved to State College, Pennsylvania, where he attended high school.

Fukuyama received his Bachelor of Arts degree in classics from Cornell University, where he studied political philosophy under Allan Bloom. He earned his Ph.D. in government from Harvard University, studying with Samuel P. Huntington and Harvey C. Mansfield, among others. Fukuyama has been affiliated with the Telluride Association since his undergraduate years at Cornell, an educational enterprise that was home to other significant leaders and intellectuals, including Steven Weinberg, Paul Wolfowitz and Kathleen Sullivan.

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