Francis Fukuyama

Review Essay
Nov/Dec
2007
Francis Fukuyama

Latin America is deepening its democratic institutions, integrating into the global economy, and finally addressing endemic social inequalities -- in short, turning into something of a success story even as most outsiders look the other way.

Capsule Review
Mar/Apr
2006
Walter Russell Mead
Essay
Jan/Feb
2005
Francis Fukuyama

Washington's system of Asian alliances may have worked during the Cold War, but it ignores today's political reality. Although the six-party talks now underway on North Korea's nukes were born of necessity, their format should be made permanent, so the White House can help reshape Asian diplomacy.

Capsule Review
Sep/Oct
2004
G. John Ikenberry
Capsule Review
Sep/Oct
2002
G. John Ikenberry
Capsule Review
Sep/Oct
1998
Francis Fukuyama
Essay
Sep/Oct
1998
Francis Fukuyama

To some degree, biology is destiny. The feminist school of international relations has a point: a truly matriarchal world would be less prone to conflict and more cooperative than the one we now inhabit. And world politics has been gradually feminizing over the past century. But the broader scene will still be populated by states led by men like Mobutu, Milosevic, or Saddam. If tomorrow's troublemakers are armed with nuclear weapons, we might be better off being led by women like Margaret Thatcher than, say, Gro Harlem Brundtland. Masculine policies will still be essential even in a feminized world.

Capsule Review
Jul/Aug
1998
Francis Fukuyama
Capsule Review
May/Jun
1998
Francis Fukuyama