Fareed Zakaria

Fareed Zakaria At Harvard: The Apollo Space Capsule Couldn't Even Tweet

Posted 05.29.2012

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Fareed Zakaria told graduates at Harvard University he was happy to receive a degree from the school in person, 19 years after he earned a Ph.D. Z...

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Requiem for Reform?

Christopher Holshek | Posted 05.16.2012

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Christopher Holshek

Maddow succeeds in explaining, in a charmingly non-wonkish way, how we got ourselves to our current state of affairs -- the unhealthy distortion of our time-honored yet taken-for-granted civil-military relationship.

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Growth Isn't Going to Last Forever

Andrew Winston | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Bhutan, Economics, Gross National Happiness, Compound Growth, Physics, Renewable Energy, Economic Growth, Fareed Zakaria, Energy Use, Tom MUrphy, Green News
Andrew Winston

Aside from tiny Bhutan and their pursuit of Gross National Happiness, every country bases economic policy on the pursuit of endless GDP growth. But nothing can grow forever, and thus national goals alike have a sizable blind spot.

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Nigeria: Big for Nothing?

Dele Meiji Fatunla | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Nigeria, Fareed Zakaria, Africa, India, Nigeria Government, Nigeria Politics, World News
Dele Meiji Fatunla

Similar to India, Nigeria is a big player in its backyard, and has from its birth been hailed as the Giant of Africa; but it's likely in terms of global power, leadership and foreign policy, this giant will never wake from its slumber.

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The Biggest Commencement Lineups For 2012

Posted 04.04.2012

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It's getting closer to that time of year. That's right, it's nearly commencement season! It's that day when thousands of young 20-somethings wake u...

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The Showdown Over Liberal Education at Yale

Jim Sleeper | Posted 04.13.2012

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Jim Sleeper

The very survival of the new global economy and public sphere depends on colleges like Yale standing somewhat apart from "the arts and sciences of career management" that markets and states have insinuated increasingly into their training at places like Yale.

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Palin vs. Couric: Recounting the Infamous 2008 Campaign Interview

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 04.03.2012

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Geoffrey Dunn

While Sarah Palin admitted that her performance in the Couric interviews in 2008 "had let the team down," she never acknowledged that she had failed to prepare for them.

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Why Deterrence Won't Work Against Iran

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Iran, Fareed Zakaria, President Obama, World News
Alan Dershowitz

President Obama is correct in renouncing containment and insisting that he isn't bluffing when he says Iran will not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons, even if it takes a surgical military strike to stop them.

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The Reality of American Power: Why Robert Kagan Is Wrong

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Syria, Iran, George W. Bush, Russia, Neoconservatives, Obama, Iraq, Fareed Zakaria, China, Robert Kagan, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, World News
Leon T. Hadar

'You are not sick' is the kind of reassuring message that Robert Kagan is sending to the nation's foreign policy hypochondriacs aka 'declinists' in his new book, contending that America is in tip-top military and economic health and ready to take care of the rest of the world.

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WATCH: Fareed Zakaria's Plea To Focus On Poverty

Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Video, Childhood Poverty, Fareed Zakaria Poverty, Poverty, Steny Hoyer, Fareed Zakaria GPS, Chris Van Hollen, Julianne Moore, Mitt Romney 2012, Mitt Romney, Poor, Fareed Zakaria, Bill Frist, Impact News

Back on Feb. 1, GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney made a controversial comment on poverty. "I'm in this race because I care about Americans," Ro...

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Fareed's Take on Afghanistan's Future, Pakistan and the Middle East

Rahilla Zafar | Posted 03.19.2012

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Rahilla Zafar

Fareed Zakaria discusses the economic and geopolitical complexities facing Pakistan, India and Afghanistan, the influence of Saudi Arabia on the region, as well as regional challenges in the Middle East.

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As Obama Mishandles the Economy, Pundits Misjudge the Politics

Jim Sleeper | Posted 01.08.2012

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Jim Sleeper

About bare-knuckled politics, Beltway commentators have little to say. Ezra Klein gives us the inevitable, inexorable, crippling worldview in which the people don't exist, except in Pew polls.

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Why Does Anyone Listen to Donald Trump?

Peter Sims | Posted 12.31.2011

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Peter Sims

To have a historically credible media outlet like CNN help perpetuate the notion that Donald Trump is a serious ideas person or policy mind ultimately reflects very poorly not just on CNN, but on the country.

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Libyan Victory Validates Obama Doctrine

Joe Cirincione | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Libya, Steve Clemons, Susan Rice, National Security, David Cameron, Neoconservatives, Hosni Mubarak, Obama National Security Team, Fareed Zakaria, Syria, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Nicolas Sarkozy, Victory, Politics News
Joe Cirincione

The collapse of the Gaddafi regime firmly establishes the benefits of Obama's national security strategy over the failed war policies that preceded him -- and are still promoted by his critics.

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Let These "Independents" Reelect Obama, I Think I Will Sit This One Out (Updated and Success Claimed)

Stephen Kaus | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Deficit, President Obama, Pre-Compromise, Robert Gibbs, Fareed Zakaria, Stimulus, Pre-Rolled, Savannah Guthrie, Politics News
Stephen Kaus

Liberals understand that Obama is not going to enact an economic policy by fiat; that something has to actually pass. But all this kowtowing to the need for a long term deficit fix has made the president look like he has been pre-rolled.

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Paul Krugman's Wacky Cure To End Economic Crisis

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 10.15.2011

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Paul Krugman is so frustrated by the lack of support for another round of stimulus spending that he's now calling for a fake alien invasion of the Uni...

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Arianna On 'Fareed Zakaria GPS': The Debt Deal 'Is Not Working'

Huff TV | Posted 10.07.2011

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Huff TV

Arianna Huffington appeared on CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS" to discuss the fallout of the debt ceiling deal. She said that President Obama "failed" at ...

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Arianna On CNN: The Debt Deal 'Is Not Working'

Huff TV | Posted 10.07.2011

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Huff TV

Arianna Huffington appeared on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS to discuss the fallout of the debt ceiling deal. She said that President Obama "failed" at ga...

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CNN Host: Tea Party Responsible For Terrible State Of U.S. Politics

Posted 09.24.2011

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CNN's Fareed Zakaria lamented the Tea Party's prominence in today's politics on his Sunday show. He said the movement is "ideologically extreme, re...

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CNN Host's Swipe At Fox News

Posted 09.02.2011

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CNN's Fareed Zakaria said that the network he works for shouldn't try to get viewers of Fox News to watch it—because they won't. Zakaria spoke to...

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Fareed Zakaria's Republican Case for a National Infrastructure Bank

Michael Likosky | Posted 08.22.2011

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Michael Likosky

Zakaria begins to make the case for Republican and Tea Party support. Let's flesh it out a bit.

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How Today's Conservatives Have Lost Touch with Reality

TIME | Fareed Zakaria | Posted 08.16.2011

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We need conservative ideas to modernize the U.S. economy and reform American government. But what we have instead are policies that don't reform but j...

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The Myth of American Financial Competence

Robert Lenzner | Posted 08.01.2011

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Robert Lenzner

The myth of American financial competence is underscored by the latest story of how Goldman Sachs lost 98% of a $1.3 billion investment by Libya's sovereign wealth fund. Wow, in Goldman Sachs We Trust!

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Fareed Zakaria: My Marriage Is 'Having Troubles'

nypost.com | Posted 07.27.2011

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Fareed Zakaria and his stunning wife, Paula Throckmorton, have hit a rough patch. The host of CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS" and Paula, who owns a jewelry...

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What's Wrong With Washington?

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Debt, Osama Bin Laden Dead, Debt Ceiling, Medicare, Corporate Taxes, Off-Shore, Fareed Zakaria, Barack Obama, Recession, Bush Tax Cuts, Politics News
Sen. Fritz Hollings

President Obama led from the front on getting rid of Osama bin Laden. But he leads from behind on jobs and the economy. Obama needs to lead against the big banks, Wall Street, and the multi-nationals off-shoring for easy profits.

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