War's Unlearned Lessons: Why We're Stuck on Repeat Francis Fukuyama, a senior fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution (not Spogli Institute), has spent decades warning about the dangers of repeating past mistakes in foreign policy.
His latest cautionary tale comes as we're once again embroiled in a conflict that echoes the lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan – this time with Iran.
Fukuyama's concerns extend beyond the war itself to its broader implications on the global stage. Military power alone, he notes, is often insufficient for producing lasting political change.