Francis Fukuyama @Stanford
Abstract:
COVID-19 is a watershed moment in world history which will have long-term consequences for individual countries and the international order. Historians trace World War II, as well as the New Deal and the rise of the United States as a global superpower, back to the Great Depression. Like that major international crisis, COVID-19 will have long-term, global repercussions and affect the course of world history. The pandemic will likely reinforce certain trends that predate its inception – and these trends offer a glimpse of what the future may hold.
Bio:
Francis Fukuyama is Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), Mosbacher Director of FSI's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL), and Director of Stanford's Master's in International Policy Program. He is also professor (by courtesy) of Political Science.