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The Failures of the Facebook Generation in the Arab Spring
In the upcoming Egyptian elections the country is choosing between Islamists and old Mubarak supporters. Francis Fukuyama on how the Facebook revolution of the Arab Spring has failed to deliver lasting political change.
Mention of Francis Fukuyama in Daily Beast on May 21, 2012

China has banished Bo but not the 'bad emperor' problem
Francis Fukuyama: "For more than 2000 years, the Chinese political system has been built around a highly sophisticated centralised bureaucracy, which has run what has always been a vast society through top-down methods. What China never developed was ... "
Mention of Francis Fukuyama in Financial Times on May 10, 2012

Why Hillary Clinton Should Join Anonymous
Evgeny Morozov: "It's hard to deny the intellectual ambiguity of “Internet freedom” when among its staunchest defenders are idealistic hacktivists from Anonymous and hard-nosed diplomats from the U.S. State Department—two groups that otherwise disagree on everything else. Ironically, both may end up ..."
Mention of Evgeny Morozov in Slate Magazine (blog) on April 23, 2012

Beware the unholy alliance of state and internet
Evgeny Morozov: "'Surveillance means safety.' This is the argument wherever and whenever governments seek new powers to monitor their citizens. Proposed legislation in the UK to enable police and intelligence services to access emails, Skype calls and Facebook messages is ..."
Mention of Evgeny Morozov in Financial Times (subscription) on April 3, 2012

FSI fellow addresses China education gap
While 80 percent of urban Chinese students have Internet access, only two percent of their rural counterparts have the same privileges. Rozelle argues that the vast gap could result in a “lost generation” of children from rural backgrounds denied the skills to work in a modern economy, derailing China’s rapid economic growth.
Mention of Scott Rozelle in The Stanford Daily on April 3, 2012

How automated journalism and loss of reading privacy may hurt civil discourse
Evgeny Morozov: "If there is one unambiguous trend in how the Internet is developing today, it's the drive toward the personalization of our online experience."
Mention of Evgeny Morozov in Slate Magazine (blog) on March 19, 2012

Kavita Ramdas: Why Educating Girls Is Not Enough
“The outcomes that we ascribe to girl’s education … are not anything that I would argue with,” says Kavita Ramdas, yet, this enchantment “has happened simultaneously with a significant drop in both funding and support … We cannot rely on education alone to do all the heavy lifting required to empower women.”
Mention of Kavita Ramdas in New Security Beat on March 15, 2012

Putin Wants 'Glory to Russia'
Kathryn Stoner-Weiss: "Vladimir Putin’s evidently resounding victory in this week's presidential election means that the U.S. will be dealing directly with him for at least six, and possibly 12 more years (he is eligible for re-election again in 2018). In practice, Putin’s formal return to the Russian presidency will not ..."
Mention of Kathryn Stoner-Weiss in New York Times on March 5, 2012

A Conversation with Peter Thiel
Francis Fukuyama talks with the renowned entrepreneur.
Mention of Francis Fukuyama in The American Interest (blog) on February 23, 2012

A Tour of Egypt's Half-Finished Revolution
Abbas Milani: "I arrived in the Egyptian town of Edfu on a Friday in early February. The temple there, a wondrous reminder of the Egyptian pharaohs’ obsession with eternity and architectural monumentalism, was eerily quiet and empty of tourists. But the silence was more than filled by ..."
Mention of Abbas Milani in New Republic on February 17, 2012