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Editor, Newsweek International
Dr. Zakaria is the editor of Newsweek International, overseeing all Newsweek's editions abroad. He also writes a regular column for Newsweek, which also appears in Newsweek International and fortnightly in the Washington Post. Starting in 2008, he will host a new foreign affairs show on CNN Worldwide. In 1992 he was appointed managing editor of Foreign Affairs, a position he held for eight years. He is the author of From Wealth To Power: The Unusual Origins of America's World Role, The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad., and the forthcoming The Post American World. Dr. Zakaria has won several awards for his columns and other writing. He currently serves on the boards of Yale University, the Trilateral Commission, and Shakespeare and Company. He is based in New York, N.Y.
May/June 2008
| Author: | Fareed Zakaria, Editor, Newsweek International |
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Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
Despite some eerie parallels between the position of the United States today and that of the British Empire a century ago, there are key differences. Britain's decline was driven by bad economics. The United States, in contrast, has the strength and dynamism to continue shaping the world -- but only if it can overcome its political dysfunction and reorient U.S. policy for a world defined by the rise of other powers.
See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics
April 21, 2008
| Author: | Fareed Zakaria, Editor, Newsweek International |
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Must Read
Newsweek's Fareed Zakaria argues that public humiliation does not work nearly as well on the regime in Beijing as private pressure.
See more in China, Nationalism
January 12, 2008
| Author: | Fareed Zakaria, Editor, Newsweek International |
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Must Read
Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf talks about fair elections, Benazir Bhutto's assassination, and security in the region.
See more in Pakistan, Defense/Homeland Security, Elections
October 31, 2007
| Author: | Fareed Zakaria, Editor, Newsweek International |
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Must Read
The United States has begun to stand apart from other countries on issues of trade policies and international cooperation. Whereas for many an unfettered U.S. exceptionalism has gone unquestioned, there are few able to keep up the denial that its reputation has been on a slide.
See more in United States, Global Governance
June 11, 2007
| Author: | Fareed Zakaria, Editor, Newsweek International |
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Must Read
Fareed Zakaria of Newsweek discusses the need to move U.S. foreign policy beyond reliance on fear and toward a more rational outlook.
See more in United States, U.S. Strategy and Politics, Presidency
December 11, 2006
| Author: | Fareed Zakaria, Editor, Newsweek International |
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Must Read
Fareed Zakaria warns in Newsweek that the U.S. is in danger of losing Afghanistan in addition to Iraq.
See more in United States, Afghanistan, Wars and Warfare
September 21, 2006
| Presider: | Fareed Zakaria, Editor, Newsweek International |
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Transcript
Afghan President Hamid Karzai discusses the current situation in Afghanistan, including political developments, the security situation, and the economy. He also talks about terrorism and relations with Pakistan.
See more in Afghanistan, Terrorism
September 21, 2006
| Speaker: | Hamid Karzai, President, Afghanistan |
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Audio
Listen to Afghan President Hamid Karzai discuss the current situation in Afghanistan, including political developments, security, the economy, terrorism, and relations with Pakistan.
See more in Afghanistan, Terrorism
September 21, 2006
| Speaker: | Hamid Karzai, President, Afghanistan |
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| Presider: | Fareed Zakaria, Editor, Newsweek International |
Video
Watch Afghan President Hamid Karzai discuss the current situation in Afghanistan, including political developments, security, the economy, terrorism, and relations with Pakistan.
See more in Afghanistan, Terrorism
June 16, 2006
| Speaker: | Hoshyar Zebari, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Iraq |
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| Presider: | Fareed Zakaria, Editor, Newsweek International |
Audio
Listen to Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iraq Hoshyar Zebari discuss the future of Iraq with Fareed Zakaria.
See more in Iraq
June 16, 2006
| Speaker: | Hoshyar Zebari, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Iraq |
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| Presider: | Fareed Zakaria, Editor, Newsweek International |
Video
Watch Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iraq Hoshyar Zebari discuss the future of Iraq with Fareed Zakaria.
See more in Iraq
June 16, 2006
| Speaker: | Hoshyar Zebari, Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs |
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| Presider: | Fareed Zakaria, Editor, Newsweek International |
Transcript
Hoshyar Zebari, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Iraq, discusses the future of Iraq with Fareed Zakaria and council members.
See more in Iraq
September 20, 2005
| Speaker: | Prince Saud al-Faisal, Foreign Minister, Saudi Arabia |
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| Presider: | Fareed Zakaria, Editor, Newsweek International |
Transcript
See more in Saudi Arabia, Terrorism
September 20, 2005
| Speaker: | Prince Saud al-Faisal, Foreign Minister, Saudi Arabia |
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| Presider: | Fareed Zakaria, Editor, Newsweek International |
Audio
See more in Saudi Arabia, Terrorism
June 22, 2005
| Speaker: | Fareed Zakaria, editor, Newsweek International |
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| Welcoming Remarks: | Nancy E. Roman, vice president and director, Washington Program, Council on Foreign Relations |
| Presider: | Jeff Greenfield, senior analyst and contributor, CNN |
Transcript
May 31, 2005
| Speaker: | Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations, and Author, The Opportunity |
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| Presider: | Fareed Zakaria, Editor, Newsweek International |
Audio
See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics
May 31, 2005
| Speaker: | Richard N. Haass, president, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Presider: | Fareed Zakaria, editor, Newsweek International |
Transcript
March 10, 2005
| Speakers: | Fareed Zakaria, editor, Newsweek International Richard N. Haass, president, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Presider: | Alan Murray, assistant managing editor and columnist, Wall Street Journal |
Transcript
March 24, 2004
| Speaker: | Zbigniew Brzezinski, Author, The Choice: Global Domination or Global Leadership; Counselor, Center for Strategic and International Studies; National Security Adviser, 1977 - 1981 |
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Video
See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics
February 27, 2004
| Speakers: | Jed Rubenfeld, Robert R. Slaughter professor of law, Yale Law School Anne-Marie Slaughter, dean, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University |
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| Presider: | Fareed Zakaria, editor, Newsweek International |
Transcript
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