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The post-Cold War “end of history” era, a term popularized by political scientist Francis Fukuyama in 1989, was built around the idea that liberal democracy and the U.S.-led order had triumphed, Reid said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

The PA decided to hold elections in Deir el-Balah to test its "success or failure, since there are no post-war opinion polls", explained political scientist Jamal al-Fadi from Cairo's Al-Azhar University.

From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026

“Imran Khan’s prospects look very bleak,” Aqil Shah, a political scientist at McDaniel College in Maryland, says in a phone interview.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The central strategic question No Kings must now answer, according to political scientist Hahrie Han, is not whether the protests are legitimate, but whether they are durable.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

In The Remnants of War, the political scientist John Mueller covers the same territory as Keegan and picks up where Keegan left off.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker