i am jeffrey macris deputy director of the stockdale and it's a great privilege to welcome another distinguished scholar. doctors francis fukuyama the senior fellow at stanford university's friedman institute for international and a faculty member of the center for democracy development of rule of law. he's the director of dorsey master in international policy professor by courtesy of political science. dr. fukuyama has written widely on issues of development and international politics. his 1992 book the end of history and the last man has appeared i2 over 20 foreign translations. his latest book is entitled liberalism. francis fukuyama received his va from cornell university and a ph.d. from harvard in political science but it's a great honor to welcome to annapolis francis fukuyama. [applause] i guess it's appropriate in the sense of liberalism, there he is okay. it will be an interesting counterpoint. i consider -- excuse me i had a little motorcycle accident on tuesday and still feeling the effects of out sofi stop and grimace a little bit you'll understand why. inin any event i consider mys

i'm jeffrey macris with the center for ethical leadership, and it's a great privilege to welcome yet another distinguished scholar here to annapolis. dr. francis puke yam ma is -- talk t about wrap ma is the senr fellow at the institute for international studies and a faculty member at the center for democracy development and the rule of law. he's also the director of dorsey masters in international policy and a professor of political science. dr. fukuyama's written widely on issues of development and international politics. his 1992 book, the end of history and the last man, has appeared in over 20 foreign transalations. his latest book is entitled liberalism and its discontent. francis fukuyama received his b.a. from cornell in classics and a ph.d. from harvard in political science, so it's a great i honor to welcome profesr francis fukuyama. [applause] >> i guess it's appropriate that i'm rising in defense of liberalism after patrick. is patrick still here? >> [inaudible] >> oh, there he is. okay. [laughter] well, it'll be, it'll be a, it'll be an interesting counterpoint. so i co