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Thu Nov 17

The End of History: Francis Fukuyama's idea explained

Written by: Chris Fleming, Associate Professor in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University

Vladimir Putin has eschewed liberal democracy and remains vulnerable because of this, according to Fukuyama.Sergei Bobylev/AP

In 1989, a policy wonk in the US State Department wrote a paper for the right-leaning international relations magazine The National Interest entitled “The End of History?”. His name was Francis Fukuyama, and the...