Francis Fukuyama

Stanford University

Bio

Francis Fukuyama is Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) at Stanford University and Mosbacher Director of FSI's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law. He is the author of The End of History and the Last Man, The Origins of Political Order, and Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy.

Featured Work

SEP 17, 2018 Podcast

Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment, with Francis Fukuyama

The rise of global populism is the greatest threat to global democracy, and it's mainly driven not by economics, but by people's demand for public ...

Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy

OCT 15, 2014 Podcast

Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy

What are the requirements for a liberal democracy? It's not just voting, says Fukuyama. It needs a distinction between public and private interest; rule of ...

MAY 13, 2011 Podcast

Ethics Matter: Political Scientist and Economist Francis Fukuyama

How does Francis Fukuyama view state formation, normative issues, and human behavior? Does he believe (as Andrew Carnegie did) that history moves in an upward ...

Book "The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution" by Francis Fukuyama

MAY 12, 2011 Podcast

The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution

How did human beings succeed in creating the ideal of strong, accountable governments that adhere to the rule of law? Francis Fukuyama provides a sweeping ...

Book "State-Building: Governance and World Order in the 21st Century" by Francis_Fukuyama

MAY 19, 2004 Podcast

State-Building: Governance and World Order in the 21st Century

According to Fukuyama, we know less than we think we do about building political institutions, designing constitutions, and bolstering civil society in failed or weak ...

Book "Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution" by Francis Fukuyama

MAY 10, 2002 Transcript

Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution

"We need to steer technology towards aims that are clearly therapeutic and away from ones that involve essentially human redesign, trying to improve our human ...