Francis Fukuyama is a Professor at Stanford University's Institute for International Studies. He has previously taught at Johns Hopkins University and at George Mason University.

Fukuyama was a researcher at the RAND Corporation and served as the Deputy Director for the State Department's Policy planning staff.

He is the author of Political Order and Political Decay, The Origins of Political Order, The Great Disruption, Our Posthuman Future and State Building. He lives with his wife in California.