Fareed Zakaria

Best of 2016 November/December 2016 Comment

Populism on the March

Donald Trump’s candidacy is part of a broad populist upsurge throughout the Western world. Economic stasis and rapid cultural change have provoked a backlash across...

Fareed Zakaria

Storming the gates: refugees at the Greek border, February 2016.

May/June 2013 Response

How to Fix America

For the U.S. economy to reach its full potential, argues Edward Conard, Washington should decrease federal spending and ease government regulation. Fareed Zakaria...

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Economic Development January/February 2013 Essay

Can America Be Fixed?

The crisis of democracy identified in the 1970s never really went away; it was just papered over with temporary solutions and obscured by a series of lucky breaks....

Fareed Zakaria

Economics Nov 1, 2010 Review Essay

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Fareed Zakaria assesses Ian Bremmer's The End of the Free Market.

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Globalization May/June 2008 Essay

The Future of American Power

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...

Fareed Zakaria

Asia July/August 1998 Capsule Review

India: From Midnight to the Millennium

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Political Development May/June 1998 Capsule Review

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Reviewed by Fareed Zakaria

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Human Rights November/December 1997 Essay

The Rise of Illiberal Democracy

Around the world, democratically elected regimes are routinely ignoring limits on their power and depriving citizens of basic freedoms.

Fareed Zakaria

The United Nations Security Council at U.N. Headquarters in New York, March 2014.

Politics & Society March/April 1994 Essay

A Conversation with Lee Kuan Yew

An interview with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew in which he emphasizes the importance of culture in a nation's future.

Fareed Zakaria

Politics & Society March/April 1994 Essay

A Conversation with Lee Kuan Yew

More than economics, more than politics, a nation's culture will determine its fate. So says the man who built Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew. Lee is not optimistic that...

Fareed Zakaria

Politics & Society September/October 1993 Capsule Review

Reconstructing Nations and States, Summer 1993 issue of Daedalus, Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Vol. 122, No. 3.

Reviewed by Fareed Zakaria

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Fareed Zakaria

Populism on the March

How to Fix America

Can America Be Fixed?

Fareed Zakaria

The Future of American Power

India: From Midnight to the Millennium

Newsletter

The Rise of Illiberal Democracy

A Conversation with Lee Kuan Yew

A Conversation with Lee Kuan Yew

Reconstructing Nations and States, Summer 1993 issue of Daedalus, Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Vol. 122, No. 3.

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Cyber Week in Review: May 24, 2019

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Where Exactly is the Islamic State in West Africa?

The Link Between Foreign Languages and U.S. National Security

Aung San Suu Kyi’s Major Speech on Rakhine State

Creating a State Department Office for American State and Local Diplomacy

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NAFTA’s Economic Impact

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