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Francis Fukuyama, Ph.D.

Foreign Policy Institute Senior Fellow

Based in Washington, D.C.

Background and Education

Based at Stanford University as the Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies; has served at SAIS as Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy, director of the International Development Program and dean of faculty; formerly Omer L. and Nancy Hirst Professor of Public Policy at the School of Public Policy at George Mason University; was a member of the Political Science Department of the Rand Corporation; twice served as a member of the Policy Planning Staff of the U.S. Department of State, the first time as a regular member specializing in Middle East affairs, later as deputy director for European political-military affairs; was a member of the U.S. delegation to the Egyptian-Israeli talks on Palestinian autonomy; serves on advisory boards for the Rand Corporation, The New America Foundation, the National Endowment for Democracy, The American Interest, the Journal of Democracy and others; has written widely on issues relating to democratization and international political economy, statebuilding, institutions and political development; Ph.D., political science, Harvard University
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New Ideas in Development After the Financial Crisis, co-editor (2011); The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution (2011); East Asian Multilateralism: Prospects for Regional Stability, co-editor (2008); Falling Behind: Explaining the Development Gap Between the United States and Latin America, editor (2008); America at the Crossroads: Democracy, Power and the Neoconservative Legacy (2006); Nation-Building: Beyond Afghanistan and Iraq, editor (2006); State-Building: Governance and World Order in the 21st Century (2004); Our Post-Human Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution (2002); The Great Disruption: Human Nature and the Reconstitution of Social Order (1999); Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity (1995); The End of History and the Last Man (1992)

  1. November 23, 2012 | France24

    Francis Fukuyama, senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute at SAIS, appeared on France24’s “The Interview” for a segment titled, “The Origins of Political Order.” Watch here

  2. November 19, 2012 | Global Times

    Francis Fukuyama, senior fellow at the SAIS Foreign Policy Institute, was quoted in a Global Times article titled, “China’s Rise Challenges End of History.”   Read more

  3. July 22, 2012 | Financial Times

    Francis Fukuyama, senior fellow at the SAIS Foreign Policy Institute, wrote an op-ed for the Financial Times titled, “The Right Must Fall Back in Love With the State.” Read more
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Developing Nations
Governance
International Political Economy
Nation-building and Democratization
Strategic and Security Issues
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