dr. francis fukuyama. france is a political scientist and economist and made senior fellow at stanford university's freeman institute for international studies as well as the director of its center democracy, development and the rule of law. he previously taught the pharmacy school at john hopkins as well as the george mason university school of public policy or served as a researcher at the red corporation as deputy director of the state department policy planning staff and in addition to his latest book which we've invited him to address tonight, he's the author of political order and political decay, the origins of political order. perhaps his most famous comedian of history and the last man trust in america at the crossroads. as a council member of the international forum for democratic studies, fellow of the world academy for the arts and sciences advisory council member of the democracy fund and alumni of harvard university where he received his phd. after doctors transfers customers run transfers cu