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Fukuyama: It’s hard to build anything in the US with so many rules
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Fukuyama: It’s hard to build anything in the US with so many rules

Stanford's Francis Fukuyama warns that excessive US bureaucracy undermines progress and fuels support for authoritarian solutions.

Francis Fukuyama on the new leaderless global order
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Francis Fukuyama on the new leaderless global order

The biggest risk of 2025 is the culmination of the G-Zero World—a leaderless global order, as the U.S. retreats from its role and power vacuums invite instability. Francis Fukuyama joins Ian Bremmer on GZERO World to discuss this and more.

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GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

The rise of a leaderless world: Why 2025 marks a turning point, with Francis Fukuyama

Listen: On the GZERO World Podcast, we’re taking a look at some of the top geopolitical risks of 2025. This looks to be the year that the G-Zero wins. We’ve been living with this lack of international leadership for nearly a decade now. But in 2025, the problem will get a lot worse. We are heading back to the law of the jungle. A world where the strongest do what they can while the weakest are condemned to suffer what they must. Joining Ian Bremmer to peer into this cloudy crystal ball is renowned Stanford political scientist Francis Fukuyama.

El Salvador's Bukele: The posterboy for popular authoritarianism
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El Salvador's Bukele: The posterboy for popular authoritarianism

Nayib Bukele became El Salvador's president at 37, as LatAm's youngest elected head of state. He was an outspoken candidate on social media with an affinity for cryptocurrency but has since unraveled as a raging authoritarian.

Francis Fukuyama: Americans should be very worried about failing democracy
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Francis Fukuyama: Americans should be very worried about failing democracy

The prospect of another Trump presidency can be hard to imagine. Still, before we even get there, we must confront the possibility of political violence in the months leading up to November 5.

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GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

Podcast: America vs itself: Political scientist Francis Fukuyama on the state of democracy

Listen: In this edition of the GZERO World podcast, Ian Bremmer speaks with Stanford’s Francis Fukuyama about the state of democracy worldwide and here in the US.