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Francis Fukuyama

Also known as Frank Fukuyama

Political scientist at Stanford; author of The End of History and the Last Man.

• Francis Fukuyama is an American political scientist at Stanford University.
• His 1992 book The End of History and the Last Man argued that liberal democracy may be the final form of government.
• He later wrote two volumes on how states, rule of law and accountability develop.
• He worked at the RAND Corporation and the State Department's Policy Planning Staff.

Key facts

Born

27 October 1952, Chicago, Illinois2

Education

BA in classics, Cornell University; PhD in political science, Harvard1

Government and RAND

Member of the RAND Corporation's Political Science Department and of the US State Department's Policy Planning Staff1

George Mason University

Omer L. and Nancy Hirst Professor of Public Policy, 1996 to 20001

Johns Hopkins SAIS

Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy, 2001 to 20101

President's Council on Bioethics

Member from 2001 to 20041

Stanford

Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute; director of the Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy; professor (by courtesy) of political science1

Ford Dorsey Master's

Named its director in August 20192

American Purpose

Editor-in-chief, per his own site (Wikipedia calls him chair of its editorial board; this page follows his site)1

Books

The End of History and the Last Man (1992); Trust (1995); The Origins of Political Order (2011); Political Order and Political Decay (2014); Identity (2018); Liberalism and Its Discontents (2022)2

Memoir

In the Realm of the Last Man: A Memoir, due in fall 20261

Boards

Trustee of the RAND Corporation and of Freedom House; board of the Volcker Alliance1

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