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#16 Fareed Zakaria
Newsweek and Fareed Zakaria GPS
Fareed Zakaria hosts CNN's GPS and is the editor of Newsweek International.
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If Zakaria didn't exist, someone would have to convene a panel at Davos to invent him. An Indian Muslim educated at Yale and Harvard and a former managing editor of the journal Foreign Affairs, a publication of the Council on Foreign Relations, Zakaria has an uncanny ability to charm the global elite. Whether arguing against the U.S. military’s abandonment of Afghanistan, discussing the difficulties of spreading democracy, or explaining in the days after 9/11 "why they hate us," he is at his best when dissecting international affairs. Guests on GPS, such as Jordan's King Abdullah, tend to treat their interviewer as a fellow head of state rather than a reporter.
A Reaganite in the 1980s, Zakaria became critical of President George W. Bush's foreign policy as the Iraq War, which he initially supported, dragged on. Though hawkish, he is difficult to categorize on the spectrum of foreign-policy positions. His columns are defined by carefully phrased analysis rather than blunt ideological force. His 2008 book, The Post-American World, captured the sense of declinism in the psyche of the American public.
If Zakaria didn't exist, someone would have to convene a panel at Davos to invent him. An Indian Muslim educated at Yale and Harvard and a former managing editor of the journal Foreign Affairs, a publication of the Council on Foreign Relations, Zakaria has an uncanny ability to charm the global elite. Whether arguing against the U.S. military’s abandonment of Afghanistan, discussing the difficulties of spreading democracy, or explaining in the days after 9/11 "why they hate us," he is at his best when dissecting international affairs. Guests on GPS, such as Jordan's King Abdullah, tend to treat their interviewer as a fellow head of state rather than a reporter.
A Reaganite in the 1980s, Zakaria became critical of President George W. Bush's foreign policy as the Iraq War, which he initially supported, dragged on. Though hawkish, he is difficult to categorize on the spectrum of foreign-policy positions. His columns are defined by carefully phrased analysis rather than blunt ideological force. His 2008 book, The Post-American World, captured the sense of declinism in the psyche of the American public.
Fareed Zakaria on All Topics
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January 22, 2010
Health Care Reform
Change We Can Believe In
“Barack Obama needs to act like a president, especially the president he campaigned to become.”
January 11, 2010
Flight 253
Don’t Panic
“Terrorism is an unusual military tactic in that it depends on the response of the onlookers. If we are not terrorized, then the attack didn't work. Alas, this one worked very well.”
December 21, 2009
Iraq
Don’t Forget America’s Other War
“Remember Iraq? For months our attention has been focused on Afghanistan, and you can be sure that the surge will be covered exhaustively as it unfolds in 2010. But the coming year could be even more pivotal in Iraq.”
December 7, 2009
War in Afghanistan
The Post-Imperial Presidency
“Even as Obama increases troop levels, he is scaling back American foreign policy.”
November 22, 2009
South Asia
The Prize Is India
“America can't and should not want India to banish itself from its own subcontinent.”
November 8, 2009
2009 Elections
The Rise of the Right
“The overall results are consistent with a surprising trend across the Western world -- the rise of the right.”
October 25, 2009
War in Afghanistan
A Third Surge?
“The real question we should be asking in Afghanistan is not 'Do we need a surge?' but rather 'Do we need a third surge?'”
October 17, 2009
World Economy
The Recession’s Real Winner
“The great surprise of 2009 has been the resilience of the big emerging markets—India, China, Indonesia—whose economies have stayed vibrant.”
October 10, 2009
War in Afghanistan
The Case Against a Surge
“The U.S. and its allies have close to 100,000 troops in Afghanistan now. Keeping them there is the right commitment.”
September 26, 2009
American Foreign Policy
Obama the Gambler
“Obama is gambling that America is now mature enough to understand that machismo is not foreign policy, and that grandstanding on the global stage just won't succeed.”
September 19, 2009
Missile Defense
A Return to Reality
“By canceling plans to station antiballistic-missile systems in Poland and the Czech Re-public, President Obama has traded fantasy for reality.”
September 12, 2009
War in Afghanistan
The Way Out of Afghanistan
“Buying, renting, or bribing Pashtun tribes should become the centerpiece of America's stabilization strategy, as it was Britain's when it ruled Afghanistan.”
August 15, 2009
Health Care Reform
America’s Fatal Flaw
“To see the weakness of the American system, consider the past week or two and the debacle of the health-care debate.”
August 1, 2009
Reassessing Capitalism
Get Out the Wallets
“The American consumer will likely start spending sooner than many imagine. That's good for the world, but is it good for America?”