Francis Fukuyama

Renowned International Political Scientist and Author of the Much-Cited Book The End of History and The Last Man

"Liberal values like tolerance and individual freedom are prized most intensely when they are denied: People who live in brutal dictatorships want the simple freedom to speak, associate, and worship as they choose. But over time life in a liberal society comes to be taken for granted and its sense of shared community seems thin."

Francis Fukuyama is the Olivier Nomellini senior fellow at Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), and a faculty member of FSI's Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL). He is also director of Stanford's Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy, and a professor of Political Science.

Dr. Fukuyama has written widely on issues in development and international politics. His 1992 book, The End of History and the Last Man, has appeared in over twenty foreign editions. His latest book, Liberalism and Its Discontents, was published in May 2022.

Francis Fukuyama received his BA from Cornell University in classics, and his PhD from Harvard in Political Science. He was a member of Policy Planning Staff of the US Department of State. He obtained the Democracy Service Medal by the National Endowment for Democracy.

Dr. Fukuyama holds honorary doctorates from Connecticut College, Doane College, Doshisha University and Kansai University (both in Japan), Aarhus University (Denmark), and the Pardee Rand Graduate School.

He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Rand Corporation, the Board of Governors of the Pardee Rand Graduate School, the Volcker Alliance, the American Political Science Association and the Council on Foreign Relations.