Francis Fukuyama

“The End of History?” was an announcement of victory. But a quarter-century later, its author remains unsure if liberalism truly won.

Francis Fukuyama pines for that old-time liberalism.

The political scientist argues that the desire of identity groups for recognition is a key threat to liberalism.

For all of its faults and weaknesses, no serious competitor has emerged to capture people’s imagination or seriously challenge it.

Fights over history like those in the U.S. are happening all over the world.

What does it mean to live in a world in which history has rusted under the monstrous weight of the permanent now?

Remember Perot?

History isn’t fixed or inevitable; it’s shaped by human choices. Flattening the past blinds us to present injustices and alternatives.

The outrageous assault on birthright citizenship should prompt us to reflect on the fragility of democratic progress - and our own responsibility to defend it.

As a Polish émigré and fervent Polish nationalist, Zbigniew Brzezinski focused most of his fear on the Soviet Union.

A Talmudic tale of an attempt to cheat death is a metaphor for the Trump's attempts to portray U.S. empire as alive and well.

After 9/11, Samuel P. Huntington’s big idea was everywhere. But he missed the coming war within.

When the American Dream came to Africa.

Georgios Varouxakis reexamines when and why people began to conceptualize "the West."

Humans love to imagine their own demise.

For a brief window at the end of the Cold War, British alt-rock band Jesus Jones tapped into global feelings of optimism and hope.

What role do we really want history to be playing in our public life? And is the history we have actually doing that work?

John Ganz offers a whirlwind tour of the cranks, conservatives, and con artists who helped remake the American right at the turn of the 21st century.

In ‘When the Clock Broke,’ John Ganz revisits the era of Pat Buchanan and Ross Perot to find the roots of our populist moment.

The struggle for progress is always two steps forward and at least one step back.