A renowned American political scientist has predicted the end of the US hegemony, with a deeply polarized society affecting the country’s foreign policy. In an article published recently on The Economist's special 2022 outlook issue, called The World Ahead 2022, Francis Fukuyama, a senior fellow at Stanford University, said the United States suffered a humiliating defeat when it withdrew from Vietnam in 1975, but it regained its dominance within little ...