Francis Fukuyama, Senior Fellow at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University, delivered the 2014 Edwin L. Godkin lecture at the JFK Jr. Forum. Fukuyama discussed his recent book, Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy, emphasizing the importance of institutions in political development. The event was moderated by Graham Allison, Director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.