Francis Fukuyama

Francis Fukuyama predicted a Russian defeat in Ukraine would also spell the end of Vladimir Putin's rule.

Contra today’s populist spirit, America’s architects delegated authority to the few who would step back from the popular passions of prejudice and narrow self-interest to “refine and enlarge the public views.”

"Populism exists because institutions are elite-driven," but democracies don’t work well without elites, says the acclaimed author of The End of History.