Francis Fukuyama Articles

Close, but No Democracy

Ray Takeyh | Dec 01, 2004
Washington must realize that unless Arab regimes allow pluralism, power-sharing and judicial independence, liberal autocracy--not democracy--will be the result.

The Right Stuff

F. Stephen Larrabee
John Gordon IV
Peter A. Wilson
| Sep 01, 2004
America in the 21st century will be targeting terrorism and fighting small wars in distant places. While we remain ready to win the war, we must be equally ready to win the peace.

Spies Like Them

Richard L. Russell | Sep 01, 2004
If you want to improve America's intelligence, don't read the 9/11 report. Read Buchan's Greenmantle or Kipling's Kim. We need agents of daring and skill, not better bureaucrats.

In Defense of Democratic Realism

Charles Krauthammer | Sep 01, 2004
What distinguishes "democratic globalism" --the target of Francis Fukuyama's attack-- from the author's own "democratic realism"?  The second chooses its battles more carefully.

The 'Amazing and Mysterious Life' of Ronald Reagan

Josef Joffe | Sep 01, 2004
Mr. Reagan was a simple man with simple straightforward ideas. But he pursued a subtle and complex foreign policy. Maybe we missed something. Where was the rest of him?

The Authoritarian Illusion

Gerard Alexander | Sep 01, 2004
Authoritarian states are judged to be the breeding grounds of poverty, resentment and terrorism, but this is not always the case. What kind of despot fosters extremism?

Advancing Democracy

Paula J. Dobriansky | Sep 01, 2004
Despots have long formed coalitions on the international stage. Democracies are finally responding.

Reversing Proliferation

Ira Straus | Sep 01, 2004
For the first time since Hiroshima, we have the objective conditions for halting and reversing WMD proliferation. All we need is for the great powers to cooperate.

The Neoconservative Moment

Francis Fukuyama | Jun 01, 2004
Charles Krauthammer's "democratic globalism" fails as a guiding principle of foreign policy and creates more questions than answers.

Averting an Iraq Syndrome

David B. Rivkin, Jr. | Jun 01, 2004
As "senior" members of the foreign policy establishment, Abramowitz's and General Odom's calls for withdrawal from Iraq deserve consideration. But they they are unconvincing, Rivkin writes.

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