Memories of a Nobler Nation What Europe shows us about the ideals America once held dear.

Memories of a Nobler Nation
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Blockading the Blockade Is Not as Insane as It Sounds Putting economic pressure on Iran could work—provided it’s part of a genuine strategy.

Blockading the Blockade Is Not as Insane as It Sounds
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Francis Fukuyama: Is Western Civilization in Decline? | Endgame #263 YouTube video by Gita Wirjawan

How are liberalism, realism, and nationalism colliding and reshaping global geopolitics?

@frankfukuyama.bsky.social joins Gita Wirjawan to discuss America's role in the deepening crisis within the liberal international order. ow.ly/c7w450YHVtK

How Péter Magyar Won He met Hungary's electorate where they were—warts and all.

How Péter Magyar Won
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Good example of how the truth or falsity of a statement is just irrelevant in Trump’s mind. He says whatever he thinks he needs to say at a particular time to accomplish whatever goal he has at that particular time. That’s what his brain thinks words are for.

Orbán’s On the Ropes. But Don’t Pray for a Miracle Just Yet Hungary’s strongman has drastically reshaped his country, and the election on Sunday may not change that.

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Lionel Jospin: French Prime Minister, Secret Trotskyist What his complicated legacy tells us about France.

Lionel Jospin: French Prime Minister, Secret Trotskyist
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Beijing Is Winning the Energy Race And with it, the race to power the future.

Beijing Is Winning the Energy Race
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Can We Pull People Out Of The Rabbit Hole? YouTube video by Daliban Clips

Featuring @destiny.gg & @frankfukuyama.bsky.social

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The World Simply Does Not Trust America In much the same way that Americans no longer trust themselves.

The World Simply Does Not Trust America
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Trump Betrayed His Own National Security Strategy There is no doctrine, just whim.

What happens when foreign policy is shaped by personal impulse rather than strategic clarity?

@frankfukuyama.bsky.social examines the widening gap between doctrine, institutions, and decision-making in U.S. foreign policy. www.persuasion.community/p/theres-no-...

Resisting the Third Wave of Democratic Backsliding How democracy defenders can press their advantage. (Part 2 of 2.)

Resisting the Third Wave of Democratic Backsliding
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Trump Betrayed His Own National Security Strategy There is no doctrine, just whim.

Trump Betrayed His Own National Security Strategy
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Why Independent Magazines Are Dying The Liberal Patriot’s closure reveals how donor demands and foundation neglect threaten publications that challenge ideological orthodoxy.

Why Independent Magazines Are Dying
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The version of "western civilization" that MAGA keeps invoking is highly selective and simply discards important inheritances, from international human rights law to limits on war to cosmopolitanism to the Enlightenment. (cc @frankfukuyama.bsky.social)

If Mojtaba Khamenei Isn’t Leading Iran, Who Is? Why the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are likely making the decisions.

If Mojtaba Khamenei Isn’t Leading Iran, Who Is?
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A Path For Europe The Iran War poses a diplomatic dilemma. One solution is for Europeans to aid the Gulf states directly.

A Path For Europe
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What AI Hypists Miss These systems still struggle with implementing real world solutions.

Intelligence alone is not enough to create viable, usable policy, says @frankfukuyama.bsky.social, which is why he believes AI will fall short of being able to single-handedly solve complex issues without humans in the loop. ow.ly/uiC250YvZRR

The Two Nightmares of Jürgen Habermas In remembrance of Germany's acclaimed philosopher.

The Two Nightmares of Jürgen Habermas
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Unbalanced Powers The saga of the Government Accountability Office tells the story of the Trump administration’s campaign for a unitary executive.

Unbalanced Powers
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What AI Hypists Miss These systems still struggle with implementing real world solutions.

AI Can’t Deal With The Real World
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How Not To Do Regime Change Nearly two weeks in, it’s clear just how ill thought-through Trump’s regional war is.

How Not To Do Regime Change
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What Regime Change Could Mean for Iran The Islamic Republic enters a moment that could quickly become a legitimacy crisis.

What Regime Change Could Mean for Iran
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North Korea Was Right About Nuclear Weapons Yes, really.

North Korea Was Right About Nuclear Weapons
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Expecting Iran to Unconditionally Surrender Is a Fool’s Errand Here’s why.

Expecting Iran to Unconditionally Surrender Is a Fool’s Errand
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What Is Western Civilization? YouTube video by Frankly Fukuyama

What is Western Civilization?
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What “Western Civilization” Really Means It has less to do with faith—and more to do with the Enlightenment—than Marco Rubio thinks.

What “Western Civilization” Really Means
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Francis Fukuyama on Trump’s War With Iran Yascha Mounk and Francis Fukuyama examine why military strikes rarely achieve their political objectives.

In Persuasion, @frankfukuyama.bsky.social discusses whether the unprecedented strikes on #Iran will lead to the downfall of the mullahs and whether America can avoid getting drawn into a new Middle Eastern quagmire. ow.ly/itsF50YnSrK

Francis Fukuyama on Trump’s War With Iran Yascha Mounk and Francis Fukuyama examine why military strikes rarely achieve their political objectives.

Francis Fukuyama on Trump’s War With Iran
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The Supreme Court takes away the Tariff Weapon YouTube video by Frankly Fukuyama

Your regular invitation to subscribe to my Frankly Fukuyama YouTube channel.
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