NEW YORK — Wherever you look these days, the world seems on fire. New hot spots like Russia-Ukraine are competing with old ones like Gaza. Festering conflicts like those in Syria and Iraq are getting worse. Even Afghanistan, which seemed in better shape than the other places, had a setback this week. Is there any […]
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Fareed Zakaria: Europe become the world’s great no-show
NEW YORK — The Ukraine crisis has shone a spotlight on one of the glaring gaps in the world right now — the lack of a strategic and purposeful Europe. The United States can and should lead on the response to this conflict but nothing can really happen without Europe. The European Union is by […]
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Fareed Zakaria: Not the worst of times
NEW YORK — The world seems very messy these days, which might be an occasion to examine the broad forces producing the turmoil. But in Washington, of course, it becomes one more opportunity for partisanship. “I do believe that the things we’re seeing in the world today, [which is] in greater turmoil than at any […]
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J. Sirois: Zakaria provides intelligent alternative
I thank the Sun Journal for the recent addition of Fareed Zakaria to the syndicated columnists that the newspaper regularly prints. It is so refreshing to read thoughtful commentary on current events rather than the predictable and inane rants of Cal Thomas against our increasingly secular society. The divisive writings of the likes of Thomas […]
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Fareed Zakaria: U.S. action in Syria could make matters worse
NEW YORK — The Obama administration’s decision to seek $500 million to train and fund elements of the Syrian opposition has been greeted with bipartisan support in Washington. The general consensus is that if the administration had done this three years ago, the situation in Syria would not have turned into a sectarian civil war. […]
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Fareed Zakaria: It’s identity not ideology that is moving the world
WASHINGTON — July 4th, for me, is one of those special American holidays that are celebrations not of religion, ethnicity or sect but rather of freedom and of America’s unique national identity that is based on it. But around the world these days we’re seeing the rise of another kind of nationalism, one that can […]
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Fareed Zakaria: Tough choice ahead for Hillary
NEW YORK — Hillary Clinton’s problem is not her money. Despite the media flurry over a couple of awkward remarks she made, most people will understand her situation pretty quickly — she wasn’t born rich but has become very rich — and are unlikely to hold it against her. Mitt Romney did not lose the […]
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Fareed Zakaria: An enclave strategy
NEW YORK — Can Iraq hold together? It’s worth examining what is happening in that country through a broader prism. If you had looked at the Middle East 15 years ago, you would have seen a string of strikingly similar regimes — from Libya and Tunisia in the west to Syria and Iraq in the […]
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Fareed Zakaria: Obama’s leadership is right for today
WASHINGTON — “Because of unsure and indecisive leadership in the field of foreign policy, questions are being raised on all sides,” the writer declared, adding that the administration was “plagued by a Hamlet-like psychosis which seems to paralyze it every time decisive action is required.” Is this one of the many recent critics of Barack […]
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Fareed Zakaria: China unveils new hard-line policy
NEW YORK — Vladimir Putin might be a 19th-century statesmen, using old-fashioned muscle to get his way, but it has become clear that Chinese President Xi Jinping goes one step further, comfortably embracing both 19th- and 21st-century tactics. Start with the 19th-century aspect — the huge Sino-Russian natural gas deal signed recently that is perfectly […]