Francis Fukuyama

Jan 13, 2025 | persuasion.community | Francis Fukuyama

Back in 2021, I wrote a blog post for American Purpose on “Silvio Berlusconi and the Decline of Western Civilization.” In it I argued that when historians 50 or 100 years from now investigate how and why Western civilization collapsed, they would point to Silvio Berlusconi as the chief villain.

Dec 13, 2024 | wsj.com | Francis Fukuyama

In a democracy, elected officials rather than civil servants should make policy. But Congress cannot write detailed rules about, for instance, how many parts per million constitutes the right threshold for regulating a particular toxin or what specific level of certainty is adequate to certify a drug.  Instead, Congress issues broad policy mandates. These are often deliberately ambiguous or downright contradictory because they are the result of political bargaining and compromise.

Dec 6, 2024 | persuasion.community | Francis Fukuyama

This article is part of an ongoing project by American Purpose and Francis Fukuyama on “The ‘Deep State’ and Its Discontents.” The series aims to analyze the modern administrative state and critique the political right’s radical attempts to dismantle it.

Nov 22, 2024 | persuasion.community | Francis Fukuyama

Last August, Yascha Mounk posted “Stop Telling the Aliens that We’re Here,” inspired by Liu Cixin’s trilogy The Three Body Problem. In it Yascha makes the argument that attempts to contact alien civilizations are more likely than not to bring about disaster. The impulse to reach out beyond our earth comes from well-intentioned scientists and dreamers who hope to find solidarity not just with other human cultures, but with alien species from whom we might be able to learn.

Nov 13, 2024 | confidencial.digital | Francis Fukuyama

La aplastante victoria de Donald Trump y el Partido Republicano la noche del martes traerá grandes cambios en áreas políticas importantes, desde inmigración hasta Ucrania. Pero el significado de la elección va más allá de estos temas específicos y representa un rechazo decisivo por parte de los votantes estadounidenses al liberalismo y a la forma en que la comprensión de una “sociedad libre” ha evolucionado desde los años 80.