Francis Fukuyama

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Francis Fukuyama is a senior fellow at Stanford University and Director of the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law. His most recent book is Political Order and Political Decay.

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The Emergence of a Post-Fact World
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The Emergence of a Post-Fact World

Jan 12, 2017 Francis Fukuyama surveys the West's new political terrain – and sees a wilderness of uprooted institutional landmarks.

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Exporting the Chinese Model
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Exporting the Chinese Model

Jan 12, 2016 Francis Fukuyama asks what lies ahead for China's geopolitically momentous "One Belt, One Road" strategy.

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America’s Self-Defeating Hegemony

America’s Self-Defeating Hegemony

Oct 23, 2007 Francis Fukuyama

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Iran v. Britain: Who Blinked?

Iran v. Britain: Who Blinked?

Apr 11, 2007 Francis Fukuyama

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The History at the End of History

The History at the End of History

Mar 29, 2007 Francis Fukuyama

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The Economic Consequences of Automation

Robert Skidelsky

Economic theory does not provide a clear answer regarding the overall impact of technological progress on jobs. And even if automation has traditionally been beneficial in the long run, policymakers should never ignore its disruptive short-term effects on workers.

Jerome Powell’s Dilemma

Carmen M. Reinhart & Vincent Reinhart

There is a reason that the US Federal Reserve chair often has a haunted look. Probably to his deep and never-to-be-expressed frustration, the Fed is setting monetary policy in a way that increases the likelihood that President Donald Trump will be reelected next year.

Brexit House of Cards

Mark Malloch-Brown

Following British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's suspension of Parliament, and an appeals court ruling declaring that act unlawful, the United Kingdom finds itself in a state of political frenzy. With rational decision-making having become all but impossible, any new political agreement that emerges is likely to be both temporary and deeply flawed.