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Francis Fukuyama
American writer and political theorist
Francis Fukuyama
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- “The American Interest”
Francis Fukuyama (born October 27, 1952, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) American writer and political theorist perhaps best known for his belief that the triumph of liberal democracy at the end of the Cold War marked the last ideological stage in the progression of human history. Fukuyama studied classics at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. (B.A., 1974), and political science at Harvard University (Ph.D., 1981). In 1979 he began a long-term association with the research organization RAND Corporation, in Santa Monica, California, and Washington, D.C. He later helped shape foreign policy for the U.S. Department of State (1981–82), specializing in Middle Eastern ...(100 of 658 words)