Friday April 18th 6:00 – 9:00 PM
Irvine Auditorium, McCone Building, Monterey Institute Campus

World Renowned Political Scientist Francis Fukuyama will Offer a Guest Lecture
on April 18 as part of the 2014 Spring Colloquium. The Topic: 
Economic Diplomacy and Global Governance in a Multi-Polar World 

• What is Governance in a G-Zero World?
• What is economic ‘hard’ power? Does it work? When and How?
• Is ‘soft power’ different in a world dominated by economic interests?
• Can cooperation emerge from economic competition?
• The growing impact of Non-State Actors

Fukuyama is best known for the international sensation caused when he published an essay called “The End of History?” which later led to his book, “The End of History and the Last Man.” He ignited a global debate with his revolutionary thesis, that the Cold War marked an endpoint of mankind’s ideological evolution and the universalization of Western liberal democracy would be the final form of human government. He later published “Trust: Social Virtues and Creation of Prosperity” which modified his earlier thesis to include that culture cannot be fully separated from economics. Fukuyama has immense global recognition for his theories on democracy, development and economics. Click here to view full bio.

Francis Fukuyama is Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), resident in FSI’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law. Dr. Fukuyama has written widely on questions concerning democratization and international political economy.  His book, The End of History and the Last Man, was published by Free Press in 1992 and has appeared in over twenty foreign editions.   His most recent books are America at the Crossroads:  Democracy, Power, and the Neoconservative Legacy, and Falling Behind:  Explaining the Development Gap between Latin America and the United States.  His latest book,The Origins of Political Order:  From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution was published in April 2011.