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Political Scientist - Francis Fukuyama

Political Scientist - Francis Fukuyama

Has a quarter century of global tumult changed his mind about the end of history?

The Interview · BBC World Service

September 2, 201423m 23s

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Show Notes

Hardtalk speaks to Francis Fukuyama, one of America's leading political scientists who, 25 years ago, watched the Communist bloc unravel and concluded that history had delivered a conclusive verdict - liberal democracy had vanquished its ideological rivals. How wise does that proposition sound today in Ukraine, Syria, China, or even in credit-crunched Greece? Has a quarter century of global tumult changed his mind about the end of history?

(Photo: Francis Fukuyama)