Bio

Francis Fukuyama is Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), and Director of the Susan Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy (MIP) at Stanford. He is also a professor (by courtesy) 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 most recent book, Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment, was published in Sept. 2018.

Francis Fukuyama received his B.A. from Cornell University in classics, and his Ph.D. from Harvard in Political Science. He was a member of the Political Science Department of the RAND Corporation, and of the Policy Planning Staff of the US Department of State. From 1996-2000 he was Omer L. and Nancy Hirst Professor of Public Policy at the School of Public Policy at George Mason University, and from 2001-2010 he was Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. He served as a member of the President’s Council on Bioethics from 2001-2004.

Dr. Fukuyama holds honorary doctorates from Connecticut College, Doane College, Doshisha University (Japan), Kansai University (Japan), and Aarhus University (Denmark), and the Pardee Rand Graduate School. He is a non-resident fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and at the Center for Global Development. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the Pardee Rand Graduate School and the Volcker Alliance. He is a member of the American Political Science Association and the Council on Foreign Relations. He is married to Laura Holmgren and has three children.

November 2020

Academic Appointments

Honors & Awards

  • Book Critics Award, Los Angeles Times (1992)
  • Medal of the Presidency of the Italian Republic, Italian Presidency (1992)
  • Premio Capri, Premio Capri (1992)
  • Doctor Honoris Causa, Connecticut College (1995)
  • Doctor Honoris Causa, Doane College (2001)
  • Doctor Honoris Causa, Doshisha University (2007)
  • Doctor Honoris Causa, Kansai University (2009)
  • Democracy Service Medal, National Endowment for Democracy (2010)
  • Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Aahus (2010)
  • Founders Award, Johns Hopkins SAIS (2010)
  • Max M. Fisher Award for Excellence in Teaching, Johns Hopkins SAIS (2010)
  • Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Aarhus (2011)
  • Doctor Honoris Causa, Pardee Rand Graduate School (2012)
  • Johann Skytte Prize, Univ. of Gothenberg (2015)
  • Centennial Medal, Harvard University (2016)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

  • Chairman, Editorial Board, The American Interest Magazine (2005 - 2020)
  • Member, Board of Directors, National Endowment for Democracy (2000 - Present)
  • Member, Board of Directors, Inter-American Dialogue (2008 - Present)
  • Member, Board of Directors, The Volcker Alliance (2013 - Present)

Program Affiliations

  • Center for East Asian Studies
  • Center for Human Rights and International Justice
  • Center for Latin American Studies
  • Iranian Studies
  • Public Policy

Professional Education

  • PhD, Harvard University, Political Science (1981)
  • BA, Cornell University, Classics (1974)

Contact

  • Academic
    f.fukuyama@stanford.edu
    University - Faculty Department: FSI Position: Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow
    • 616 Serra St.
    • Room C140
    • Stanford,  California  94305 

Additional Info

  • Mail Code: 6055
  • Other Names:
    Frank Fukuyama
  • SUNet ID(s):
    frank.fukuyama
    ffukuyam
    f.fukuyama

Links

Current Research and Scholarly Interests

Developing nations; governance; international political economy; nation-building and democratization; strategic and security issues

Projects

  • The Governance Project (1/15/2012 - Present)

    Location

    US

    For More Information:

  • Leadership Academy for Development, Stanford University/Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies

    A case-based course for mid-level public officials in developing countries, geared toward public sector reforms and policies designed to improve private sector growth.

    Location

    partnership with INCAE, University of Cape Town, Singapore Management Univ., Strathmore Univ.

  • Knight Project on the Internet and Democracy, Stanford University (9/1/2017)

    This project brings together research done across Stanford University on the consequences of new digital technology on democratic institutions around the world.

    Location

    ca, usa

2024-25 Courses

Stanford Advisees

All Publications

  • Failing states and failed politics: A call for public administration research PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT Fukuyama, F. 2024

    View details for DOI 10.1002/pad.2049

    View details for Web of Science ID 001202527700001

  • Calibrating autonomy: How bureaucratic autonomy influences government quality in Brazil GOVERNANCE-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLICY ADMINISTRATION AND INSTITUTIONS Bersch, K., Fukuyama, F. 2024

    View details for DOI 10.1111/gove.12865

    View details for Web of Science ID 001198175700001

  • In Defense of the deep state ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Fukuyama, F. 2023

    View details for DOI 10.1080/23276665.2023.2249142

    View details for Web of Science ID 001054756000001

  • The Global Survey of Public Servants: Evidence from 1,300,000 Public Servants in 1,300 Government Institutions in 23 Countries PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW Schuster, C., Mikkelsen, K., Rogger, D., Fukuyama, F., Hasnain, Z., Mistree, D., Meyer-Sahling, J., Bersch, K., Kay, K. 2023

    View details for DOI 10.1111/puar.13611

    View details for Web of Science ID 000947917900001

  • Defining Bureaucratic Autonomy ANNUAL REVIEW OF POLITICAL SCIENCE Bersch, K., Fukuyama, F. 2023; 26: 213-232

    View details for DOI 10.1146/annurev-polisci-051921102914

    View details for Web of Science ID 001004794800011

  • Response to the Polity Collection POLITY Fukuyama, F. 2022; 54 (4): 834-840

    View details for DOI 10.1086/721670

    View details for Web of Science ID 000864722100012

  • The obsolescing bargain crosses the Belt and Road Initiative: renegotiations on BRI projects OXFORD REVIEW OF ECONOMIC POLICY Bennon, M., Fukuyama, F. 2022; 38 (2): 278-301

    View details for DOI 10.1093/oxrep/grac002

    View details for Web of Science ID 000797633700006

  • A Country of Their Own Liberalism Needs the Nation FOREIGN AFFAIRS Fukuyama, F. 2022; 101 (3): 80-91

    View details for Web of Science ID 000790866000008

  • Liberalism and Its Discontents Fukuyama, F. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2022
  • The Future of Platform Power SOLVING FOR A MOVING TARGET JOURNAL OF DEMOCRACY Fukuyama, F. 2021; 32 (3): 173-177

    View details for DOI 10.1353/jod.2021.0044

    View details for Web of Science ID 000672492000015

  • MAKING THE INTERNET SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY JOURNAL OF DEMOCRACY Fukuyama, F. 2021; 32 (2): 37-44

    View details for Web of Science ID 000640102300003

  • STRONGMEN Mussolini to the Present (Book Review) NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Book Review Authored by: Fukuyama, F. 2021; 126: 12

    View details for Web of Science ID 000606626300020

  • How to Save Democracy From Technology Ending Big Tech's Information Monopoly FOREIGN AFFAIRS Fukuyama, F., Richman, B., Goel, A. 2021; 100 (1): 98–110

    View details for Web of Science ID 000600506100009

  • The Pandemic and Political Order It Takes a State FOREIGN AFFAIRS Fukuyama, F. 2020; 99 (4): 26–32

    View details for Web of Science ID 000539456500003

  • Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States. (Book Review) PERSPECTIVES ON POLITICS Book Review Authored by: Fukuyama, F. 2020; 18 (1): 281–82

    View details for DOI 10.1017/S153759271900433X

    View details for Web of Science ID 000529365500065

  • 30 YEARS OF WORLD POLITICS: WHAT HAS CHANGED? JOURNAL OF DEMOCRACY Fukuyama, F. 2020; 31 (1): 11–21

    View details for Web of Science ID 000507373100002

  • Comparative Media Regulation in the United States and Europe SOCIAL MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY: THE STATE OF THE FIELD, PROSPECTS FOR REFORM Fukuyama, F., Grotto, A., Persily, N., Tucker, J. A. 2020: 199-219

    View details for Web of Science ID 000614246400010

  • Responding to COVID-19 Through Surveys of Public Servants. Public administration review Schuster, C. n., Weitzman, L. n., Sass Mikkelsen, K. n., Meyer-Sahling, J. n., Bersch, K. n., Fukuyama, F. n., Paskov, P. n., Rogger, D. n., Mistree, D. n., Kay, K. n. 2020

    Abstract

    Responding to COVID-19 presents unprecedented challenges for public sector practitioners and addressing those challenges requires knowledge about the problems public sector workers face. This Viewpoint essay argues that timely, up-to-date surveys of public sector workers are an essential tool for identifying problems, resolving bottlenecks and enabling public sector workers to operate effectively during and in response to the challenges posed by the global pandemic. This article presents the COVID-19 Survey of Public Servants, which is currently rolled out in several countries by the Global Survey of Public Servants Consortium to assist governments in strategically compiling evidence to operate effectively during the COVID-19 pandemic. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

    View details for DOI 10.1111/puar.13246

    View details for PubMedID 32836447

    View details for PubMedCentralID PMC7283646

  • The Last English Civil War DAEDALUS Fukuyama, F. 2018; 147 (1): 15–24

    View details for DOI 10.1162/DAED_a_00470

    View details for Web of Science ID 000419156200002

  • WHY NATIONAL IDENTITY MATTERS JOURNAL OF DEMOCRACY Fukuyama, F. 2018; 29 (4): 5–15

    View details for DOI 10.1353/jod.2018.0058

    View details for Web of Science ID 000447627700001

  • Against Identity Politics The New Tribalism and the Crisis of Democracy FOREIGN AFFAIRS Fukuyama, F. 2018; 97 (5): 90-+

    View details for Web of Science ID 000441371600008

  • THE FUTURE IS HISTORY How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia (Book Review) NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Book Review Authored by: Fukuyama, F. 2017; 122 (43): 17

    View details for Web of Science ID 000412971500015

  • Macro Theory and the Study of Political Development SCANDINAVIAN POLITICAL STUDIES Fukuyama, F. 2016; 39 (3): 207-225

    View details for DOI 10.1111/1467-9477.12064

    View details for Web of Science ID 000389245700001

  • American Political Decay or Renewal? The Meaning of the 2016 Election FOREIGN AFFAIRS Fukuyama, F. 2016; 95 (4): 58-?

    View details for Web of Science ID 000377637500009

  • Governance: What Do We Know, and How Do We Know It? ANNUAL REVIEW OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, VOL 19 Fukuyama, F. 2016; 19: 89-105

    View details for DOI 10.1146/annurev-polisci-042214-044240

    View details for Web of Science ID 000376010900006

  • Reflections on Chinese governance JOURNAL OF CHINESE GOVERNANCE Fukuyama, F. 2016; 1 (3): 379–91

    View details for DOI 10.1080/23812346.2016.1212522

    View details for Web of Science ID 000450807400001

  • SCIENCE GOVERNANCE. A more systematic approach to biological risk. Science Palmer, M. J., Fukuyama, F., Relman, D. A. 2015; 350 (6267): 1471-1473

    View details for DOI 10.1126/science.aad8849

    View details for PubMedID 26680180

  • THE IMPORTANCE OF EQUALITY JOURNAL OF DEMOCRACY Fukuyama, F. 2015; 26 (3): 124–28

    View details for DOI 10.1353/jod.2015.0045

    View details for Web of Science ID 000357908300009

  • The Rise of the Public Authority: Statebuilding and Economic Development in Twentieth-Century America (Book Review) HISTORIAN Book Review Authored by: Fukuyama, F. 2015; 77 (2): 347–48

    View details for DOI 10.1111/hisn.12062_24

    View details for Web of Science ID 000355880900027

  • Why Is Democracy Performing So Poorly? Democracy in Decline? Fukuyama, F., Diamond, L., Plattner, M. F. 2015: 11–24

    View details for Web of Science ID 000362474500003

  • Nation Building and State Building BUILDING THE NATION: N.F.S. GRUNDTVIG AND DANISH NATIONAL IDENTITY Fukuyama, F., Hall, J. A., Korsgaard, O., Pedersen, O. K. 2015: 29–50

    View details for Web of Science ID 000359465400002

  • States and democracy DEMOCRATIZATION Fukuyama, F. 2014; 21 (7): 1326-1340

    View details for DOI 10.1080/13510347.2014.960208

    View details for Web of Science ID 000346237900007

  • America in Decay The Sources of Political Dysfunction FOREIGN AFFAIRS Fukuyama, F. 2014; 93 (5): 5-?

    View details for Web of Science ID 000340698200002

  • Democracy Before and After the State DEMOCRATIC THEORISTS IN CONVERSATION: TURNS IN CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT Fukuyama, F., Gagnon, J. 2014: 42–55

    View details for Web of Science ID 000337093900005

  • RECONSIDERING THE TRANSITION PARADIGM JOURNAL OF DEMOCRACY Diamond, L., Fukuyama, F., Horowitz, D. L., Plattner, M. F. 2014; 25 (1): 86–100

    View details for DOI 10.1353/jod.2014.0018

    View details for Web of Science ID 000329894600008

  • DEMOCRACY AND THE QUALITY OF THE STATE JOURNAL OF DEMOCRACY Fukuyama, F. 2013; 24 (4): 5-16

    View details for Web of Science ID 000325732100001

  • What Is Governance? GOVERNANCE-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLICY ADMINISTRATION AND INSTITUTIONS Fukuyama, F. 2013; 26 (3): 347-368

    View details for DOI 10.1111/gove.12035

    View details for Web of Science ID 000319217900002

  • Democracy and the Quality of the State Journal of Democracy Fukuyama, F. 2013; 24 (4)
  • THINKING THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (Book Review) NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Book Review Authored by: Fukuyama, F. 2012: 14

    View details for Web of Science ID 000299603100011

  • THE PATTERNS OF HISTORY JOURNAL OF DEMOCRACY Fukuyama, F. 2012; 23 (1): 14-26

    View details for Web of Science ID 000299145400002

  • Poverty, Inequality, and Democracy Fukuyama, F., Diamond, L., Plattner, M. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press. 2012
  • How We Got Here The Rise of the Modern Order FOREIGN AFFAIRS Laski, H. J., Chernov, V., Scheffir, P., Chamberlin, W. H., Gentile, G., Koch-Wser, E., Scheffer, P., Armstrong, H. F., Berlin, I., Croce, B., Trotsky, L., McIlwain, C. H., Hansen, A. H., KINDLEBERGER, C. P., Crowther, G., Saposs, D. J., Ikenberry, G. J., Gat, A., Inglehart, R., Welzel, C., Birdsall, N., Fukuyama, F. 2012; 91 (1): 7-?

    View details for Web of Science ID 000319023200002

  • The Future of History Can Liberal Democracy Survive the Decline of the Middle Class? FOREIGN AFFAIRS Fukuyama, F. 2012; 91 (1): 53-61

    View details for Web of Science ID 000319023200003

  • THE PATTERNS OF HISTORY JOURNAL OF DEMOCRACY Fukuyama, F. 2012; 23 (1): 14-26

    View details for Web of Science ID 000299145400002

  • Is There a Proper Sequence in Democratic Transitions? CURRENT HISTORY Fukuyama, F. 2011; 110 (739): 308-310

    View details for Web of Science ID 000296403700002

  • DEALING WITH INEQUALITY JOURNAL OF DEMOCRACY Fukuyama, F. 2011; 22 (3): 79-89

    View details for Web of Science ID 000292623000006

  • The Post-Washington Consensus Development After the Crisis FOREIGN AFFAIRS Birdsall, N., Fukuyama, F. 2011; 90 (2): 45-?

    View details for Web of Science ID 000208711300006

  • The Post-Washington Consensus Development After the Crisis FOREIGN AFFAIRS Birdsall, N., Fukuyama, F. 2011; 90 (2): 45-?

    View details for Web of Science ID 000208711300006

  • American Political Dysfunction The American Interest Fukuyama, F. 2011; III (2)
  • Dealing with Inequality Journal of Democracy Fukuyama, F. 2011; 22 (3)
  • New Ideas in Development After the Financial Crisis Fukuyama, F., Birdsall, N. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press. 2011
  • The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution Fukuyama, F. Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux. 2011
  • East Asian Multilateralism: Prospects for Regional Stability Fukuyama, F., Calder, K. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press. 2008
  • Falling Behind: Explaining the Development Gap between the United States and Latin America Fukuyama, F. Oxford Univ. Press. 2008
  • Should democracy be promoted or demoted? WASHINGTON QUARTERLY Fukuyama, F., McFaul, M. 2007; 31 (1): 23-45

    View details for Web of Science ID 000251164400002

  • Blindside: How to Anticipate Forcing Events and Wild Cards in Global Politics Fukuyama, F. Brookings Institution Press. 2007
  • Identity, Immigration, and Liberal Democracy Journal of Democracy Fukuyama, F. 2006; 17 (2)
  • America at the Crossroads: Democracy, Power, and the Neoconservative Legacy Fukuyama, F. 2006
  • Facing the perils of presidentialism? JOURNAL OF DEMOCRACY Fukuyama, F., Dressel, B., Chang, B. S. 2005; 16 (2): 102-116

    View details for Web of Science ID 000228686300008

  • Human biomedicine and the problem of governance PERSPECTIVES IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE Fukuyama, F. 2005; 48 (2): 195-200

    View details for Web of Science ID 000228807900004

    View details for PubMedID 15834192

  • What Went Wrong and Right in Iraq Nation-Building: Beyond Afghanistan and Iraq Fukuyama, F., Diamond, L. Johns Hopkins University Press. 2005
  • Re-envisioning Asia FOREIGN AFFAIRS Fukuyama, F. 2005; 84 (1): 75-?

    View details for Web of Science ID 000225943100007

  • "Stateness" first JOURNAL OF DEMOCRACY Fukuyama, F. 2005; 16 (1): 84-88

    View details for Web of Science ID 000226347100007

  • Why There is No Science of Public Administration Journal of International Affairs Fukuyama, F. 2004; 58 (1)
  • State-Building: Governance and World Order in the 21st Century Fukuyama, F. Cornell University Press. 2004
  • Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution Fukuyama, F. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2002
  • Differing disciplinary perspectives on the origins of trust BOSTON UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW Fukuyama, F. 2001; 81 (3): 479-494

    View details for Web of Science ID 000169011100001

  • Social capital, civil society and development International Monetary Fund Conference on Second Generation Reforms Fukuyama, F. ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. 2001: 7–20

    View details for Web of Science ID 000166527100001

  • Comparing East Asia and Latin America: Dimensions of Development Journal of Democracy Fukuyama, F., Marwah, S. 2000
  • The Great Disruption: Human Nature and the Reconstitution of Social Order Fukuyama, F. 1999
  • Women and the evolution of world politics FOREIGN AFFAIRS Fukuyama, F. 1998; 77 (5): 24-?

    View details for Web of Science ID 000075741000004

  • The illusion of exceptionalism JOURNAL OF DEMOCRACY Fukuyama, F. 1997; 8 (3): 146-149

    View details for Web of Science ID A1997XK89100011

  • Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity Fukuyama, F. Free Press. 1995
  • The End of History and the Last Man Fukuyama, F. Free Press. 1992
  • Capitalism and Democracy: The Missing Link Journal of Democracy Fukuyama, F. 1992; 3 (3)
  • The Soviet Union and the Third World: The Last Three Decades Fukuyama, F., Korbonski, A. Cornell Univ. Press. 1987