Fareed Zakaria
Fareed Zakaria
Fareed Rafiq Zakariais an Indian American journalist and author. He is the host of CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS and writes a weekly column for The Washington Post. He has been a columnist for Newsweek, editor of Newsweek International, and an editor-at-large of Time. He is the author of five books, three of them international bestsellers, and the co-editor of one...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth20 January 1964
CityMumbai, India
CountryUnited States of America
America washes its dirty linen in public. When scandals such as this one hit, they do sully America's image in the world. But what usually also gets broadcast around the world is the vivid reality that the United States forces accountability and punishes wrongdoing, even at the highest levels.
Strip away the usual hot air, and bin Laden's audiotape is the sign of a seriously weakened man.
The markets are much more interested in America's long-term trajectory than they are in feeling that there is an acute short-term crisis.
In a very weak economy, when you say 'cut government spending,' what you mean is you're laying off school teachers and you're de-funding various programs that put money into the economy. This means you have more unemployed people that then draw unemployment benefits and don't pay taxes.
The situation in Syria is quite different from Libya.
There is a huge crisis of employment in America, in the Western world in general.
Things happening around the world are affecting you and me.
Whenever someone says the word community, I want to reach for an oxygen mask.
CNN is getting smarter, and you can feel it in the stories, you can feel it in the depth with which they're covered, the kinds of people in terms of guests who are brought on air, the way in which issues are discussed.
The American consumer, even today, the weight of the American consumer in the global economy is China plus India doubled. So, it's tough to replace that.
It is absolutely clear that government plays a key role, as a catalyst, in promoting long-run growth.
In the 1990s, we were certain that Saddam Hussein had a nuclear arsenal. In fact, his factories could barely make soap.
I should not be judged by a standard that's not applied to everyone else.
If a senator calls me up and asks me what should we do in Iraq, I'm happy to talk to him.