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Francis Fukuyama

American political scientist

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Declared “the end of history” after the Cold War, arguing that liberal democracy had won, and later wrote about the need for capable states and the dangers of decay.

Francis Fukuyama sits in the right-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly institutional on institutions, leaning free market on economy and leaning globalist on nation.

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Where Francis Fukuyama sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyLeaning free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureSlightly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Francis Fukuyama

Anne Applebaum American-Polish journalist and historian99%Donald Tusk Prime Minister of Poland, 2007 to 2014 and 2023 to present99%Fareed Zakaria Indian-American journalist99%Valéry Giscard d’Estaing President of France, 1974 to 198199%Larry Summers American economist and former US Treasury Secretary99%Thomas Friedman American columnist and author99%Brian Mulroney Prime Minister of Canada, 1984 to 199399%Malcolm Turnbull Prime Minister of Australia, 2015 to 201899%

People furthest from Francis Fukuyama

Leo Tolstoy Russian novelist and moral thinker, 1828 to 191015%Dorothy Day American journalist and Catholic Worker founder, 1897 to 198017%Jair Bolsonaro President of Brazil, 2019 to 202219%Hibatullah Akhundzada Supreme Leader of Afghanistan, 2021 to present19%

Political views closest to Francis Fukuyama

Third Way centrismCombines market economics with moderate social policy and pragmatic problem solving.99%Liberal internationalismBacks a rules-based world order of alliances, trade and institutions to keep the peace.99%NeoliberalismPromotes markets, privatization, deregulation and free trade as the route to prosperity.98%European federalismWants Europe's states to pool sovereignty into a shared democratic federation.97%

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