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Francis Fukuyama | |||||||||||||
Francis Fukuyama has been at the heart of the American intellectual establishment for over twenty years. His groundbreaking thesis, "The End of History" put forward the idea that all society was moving inevitably towards a process of liberal democratisation. This meant the values that underpinned democracies such as the United States and the European Union were the ultimate model for success in the modern world. His theories became a bye-word for the neo conservatism that has underpinned the Bush Presidency. Events such as 9/11 and more recently the war in Iraq have prompted him to change his mind, increasingly publicly, making him enemies amongst his former supporters. The war in Iraq was misguided, he is now saying, and America and the rest of the world misunderstand each other more than ever before. Carrie Gracie asked Francis Fukuyama if that meant his thesis in The End of History was wrong? First Broadcast 25th March 2006 | ||||||||||||||
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Interview with Francis Fukuyama
Blasts in Algiers