The Latest Breaking News from Francis Fukuyama

Bestselling foreign affairs expert: "Trump has blemished America’s reputation" — but liberal democracy will endure

In 1989, political scientist Francis Fukuyama predicted we were approaching the end of history. He meant that similar liberal democratic values were taking hold in societies around the world. How wrong could he have been? Democracy today is clearly on the decline. Despots and autocrats are on the rise.

27 times in world history when a single country made a 180° turn in its development, according to members of this online group. The post Person Asks Online “What Country Has The Craziest Rebranding Ever And Why?”, Gets 27 Responses first appeared on Bored Panda.

In a post on X, Mr Musk appeared to express sympathies towards Donald Trump

This month, journalist and public intellectual Stan Grant published his fifth book, The Queen is Dead. And last week, he abruptly stepped away from his career in the public realm, citing toxic racism enabled by social media, and betrayal on the part of his employer, the ABC.

After years of rising authoritarianism and xenophobic populism, democracy is strengthening. But a long struggle lies ahead.

The drama was initially intended as a piece of historical fiction, but the longer it has gone on, the more tawdry it’s become

The drama was initially intended as a piece of historical fiction, but the longer it has gone on, the more tawdry it’s become

The drama was initially intended as a piece of historical fiction, but the longer it has gone on, the more tawdry it’s become