While international relations scholars primarily focus on the present interactions between states, and the events which lead up to them, they also predict future the development of the global system. Therefore, there are two diverging paths upon which the state of global affairs can develop in the future: degradation or utopianism.
The international relations scholar, Fukuyama, thinks the latter will occur. Believing that history is "a battle to determine which form of government is the best"(Fukuyama), liberalism will prevail over all other types of administration. This "liberal triumph" will originally be "in the realm of ideas or consciousness"(Fukuyama), but economic liberalism will follow. Moreover, this progressive viewpoint is similar
The international relations scholar, Fukuyama, thinks the latter will occur. Believing that history is "a battle to determine which form of government is the best"(Fukuyama), liberalism will prevail over all other types of administration. This "liberal triumph" will originally be "in the realm of ideas or consciousness"(Fukuyama), but economic liberalism will follow. Moreover, this progressive viewpoint is similar