Francis Fukuyama

Ideology March/April 2019 Response

E Pluribus Unum?

Stacey Abrams and other authors respond to Francis Fukuyama's Foreign Affairs essay "Against Identity Politics" and discuss the meaning and value of identity politics...

Stacey Y. Abrams; John Sides, Michael Tesler, and Lynn Vavreck; Jennifer A. Richeson; and Francis Fukuyama

Georgia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams speaks to supporters during a midterm election night party in Atlanta, November 2018.

Politics & Society September/October 2018 Essay

Against Identity Politics

Democratic societies are fracturing into segments based on ever-narrower identities, threatening the possibility of deliberation and collective action by society as a...

Francis Fukuyama

China May 21, 2018 Snapshot

Beijing’s Building Boom

The West long ago ceded leadership in overseas infrastructure building to China. Now U.S. and European-sponsored projects are less viable than their Chinese...

Bushra Bataineh, Michael Bennon, and Francis Fukuyama

Campaign 2016 Nov 9, 2016 Postscript

Trump and American Political Decay

Donald Trump’s impressive victory over Hillary Clinton on November 8 demonstrates that American democracy is still working in one important sense.

Francis Fukuyama

Donald Trump greets supporters at his election night rally in Manhattan.

Campaign 2016 July/August 2016 Essay

American Political Decay or Renewal?

The gap in the United States between the fortunes of the elites and those of the rest of the public has come to dominate national politics. What really needs to be...

Francis Fukuyama

Trump holds a rally with supporters in Anaheim, California, May 2016.

Domestic Politics September/October 2014 Comment

America in Decay

The problems with American politics today stem from the basic design of U.S. political institutions, exacerbated by increasingly hostile polarization. Unfortunately,...

Francis Fukuyama

Economics January/February 2012 Comment

The Future of History

Stagnating wages and growing inequality will soon threaten the stability of contemporary liberal democracies and dethrone democratic ideology as it is now understood....

Francis Fukuyama

Economic Development March/April 2011 Essay

The Post-Washington Consensus

The American version of capitalism is no longer dominant around the world. In the next decade, developing countries are likely to continue to trade the flexibility and...

Nancy Birdsall and Francis Fukuyama

Globalization November/December 2007 Review Essay

A Quiet Revolution

Latin America is deepening its democratic institutions, integrating into the global economy, and finally addressing endemic social inequalities -- in short, turning...

Reviewed by Francis Fukuyama

Global Institutions January/February 2005 Essay

Re-Envisioning Asia

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...

Francis Fukuyama

War & Military Strategy September/October 1998 Essay

Women and the Evolution of World Politics

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...

Francis Fukuyama

Political Development September/October 1998 Capsule Review

Nationalism

Reviewed by Francis Fukuyama

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Political Development September/October 1998 Capsule Review

The Political Economy of Dictatorship

Reviewed by Francis Fukuyama

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Political Development September/October 1998 Capsule Review

End-Time Visions: The Road to Armageddon?

Reviewed by Francis Fukuyama

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Political Development September/October 1998 Capsule Review

War and the Illiberal Conscience

Reviewed by Francis Fukuyama

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Political Development September/October 1998 Capsule Review

From Plato to NATO: The Idea of the West and Its Opponents

Reviewed by Francis Fukuyama

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Political Development September/October 1998 Capsule Review

The Contract of Mutual Indifference: Political Philosophy After the Holocaust

Reviewed by Francis Fukuyama

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Political Development July/August 1998 Capsule Review

Conquests and Cultures: Military Expansion and the Making of Civilization

Reviewed by Francis Fukuyama

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Political Development July/August 1998 Capsule Review

A Philosophy of International Law

Reviewed by Francis Fukuyama

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Political Development July/August 1998 Capsule Review

Activists Beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics

Reviewed by Francis Fukuyama

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Francis Fukuyama

E Pluribus Unum?

Against Identity Politics

Beijing’s Building Boom

Trump and American Political Decay

American Political Decay or Renewal?

America in Decay

The Future of History

The Post-Washington Consensus

A Quiet Revolution

Re-Envisioning Asia

Women and the Evolution of World Politics

Nationalism

The Political Economy of Dictatorship

End-Time Visions: The Road to Armageddon?

War and the Illiberal Conscience

From Plato to NATO: The Idea of the West and Its Opponents

The Contract of Mutual Indifference: Political Philosophy After the Holocaust

Conquests and Cultures: Military Expansion and the Making of Civilization

A Philosophy of International Law

Activists Beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics

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