Topic: Francis Fukuyama
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The Monitor's View China's new leaders can't rule by pedigree
Xi Jinping, the new leader of the Communist Party, takes power along with others as descendants of Mao's revolutionary elite. But China needs rulers open to change, not those who cling to hereditary privilege.
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The Monitor's View Facebook IPO as a measure of social trust
Facebook's 900 million users are a trusting lot, in each other and Mark Zuckerberg. The Facebook IPO on May 18 will be a rare measure of trust in this one-seventh of humanity.
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Global Viewpoint Confab in Silicon Valley: How to move from 'dumb mob' to 'smart mob'
In early March, leading thinkers in the private and public sectors gathered in the epicenter of California's Silicon Valley – Palo Alto – to take in a bird's eye view of how social media is affecting governance. Social media can empower people, but turning a 'dumb mob' into a 'smart mob' is another matter.
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Global Viewpoint Mario Monti is working through Italy's debt crisis. Is the US watching?
Italy may find Prime Minister Mario Monti's dose of discipline hard to swallow, but his depoliticized democracy is the only form of government that can move Italy forward. Monti's experiment may also serve as an antidote to the political dysfunction in the West – especially the US.
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Global Viewpoint Francis Fukuyama: Democracy still rules. But will US catch up in a changing world?
Political scientist Francis Fukuyama discusses the crumbling European Union, what the West should learn from China, and the power of – and problems with – democracy.
06/08/2011 02:24 pm -
The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
Francis Fukuyama’s analysis of the development of the modern state is a masterwork.
04/19/2011 07:05 am -
Growthology My 10 most important books
Among the 10 most important books that influenced this blogger are an encyclopedia and a comic book.
04/16/2010 03:50 am -
Global Viewpoint China, Wall Street, and the financial crisis: Francis Fukuyama talks with Henry Paulson
Scholar Francis Fukuyama and former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson talk about China, Wall Street, and the global financial crisis.
03/30/2010 12:52 pm -
Opinion Obama, West, reread Fukuyama to the end, and look East
The Western footprint on the world is about to get a whole lot smaller.
11/10/2009 12:00 am -
Opinion Societies don't have to be secular to be modern
An interview with Francis Fukuyama, author of 'The End of History and the Last Man.'
10/21/2009 01:00 am -
Amid British furor over Afghan rescue mission, war support plummets
The day after New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell was released by British commandos, a new poll finds growing opposition to the UK's troop commitment to the war.
09/10/2009 01:00 am -
Global News Blog Karzai leads Afghan vote, but election watchdog finds fraud
The Independent Election Commission said preliminary results gave Karzai 54.1 percent of the vote. But a UN-backed vote monitor ordered a partial recount, citing evidence of fraud.
09/08/2009 01:00 am -
Global News Blog Germany’s Merkel under siege after Afghanistan airstrike
The deadliest use of force by German troops since World War II has ignited a debate among an increasingly skeptical electorate.
09/08/2009 01:00 am -
Opinion Afghanistan is still worth fighting for
A Q&A with foreign affairs scholar Francis Fukuyama
09/08/2009 01:00 am
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