Newsweek: Why we need to buy off the Taliban Sep 16, 2009
The Way Out of Afghanistan. We need to buy off our enemies. (MSNBC -- International)
Yale Removes Prophet Muhammad Cartoons From Book Sep 9, 2009
" She said she consulted Muslim leaders and did not believe including the cartoons in a scholarly debate would spark violence. I have a reputation as a fair and sympathetic observer, Klausen told the Yale paper. There s absolutely nothing anti-Muslim about my book. Klausen said she reluctantly agreed to have the book published without the images because she did not believe any other university press would publish them, and she hopes Yale will include them in later editions. She argues in the... (Fox News)
Post First Comment Sep 9, 2009
Comic censorship ridiculous - Viewpoints. University of South Carolina Since 1908. (Gamecock Online, SC)
Comic censorship ridiculous Sep 9, 2009
University of South Carolina Since 1908. Yale University's removal of cartoons depicting Muhammed defies the First Amendment. (Gamecock Online, SC)
Yale criticized for nixing Muslim cartoons in book Sep 8, 2009
Fareed Zakaria, editor of Newsweek International, a world affairs columnist and CNN host who serves on Yale's governing board, said he told Yale that he believed publishing the images would have provoked violence. "As a journalist and public commentator, I believe deeply in the First Amendment and academic freedom," Zakaria said. (Anchorage Daily News)
US storm as Mohammed cartoons edited out of book Aug 31, 2009
In mid-August, the prestigious Yale University revealed that among the experts it had consulted were former US deputy secretary of state John Negroponte, and author and journalist Fareed Zakaria. And in a written statement explaining Yale's to pull the cartoons, UN under secretary general Ibrahim Gambari is quoted saying: "You can count on violence if any illustration of the prophet is published. It will cause riots I predict from Indonesia to Nigeria.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Caught up in a cartoon controversy Aug 22, 2009
Fareed Zakaria, editor of the international edition of Newsweek and a member of the Yale Corporation, said he advised Yale to drop the images. You re balancing issues of the First Amendment and academic freedom, but then you have this real question of what would be the consequences on human life, he said. (Boston Globe)
The Making of an Afghan Politician Aug 20, 2009
A Ghani supporter seeks relief in a pitcher of water outside the Khyber hotel in JalalabadJALALABAD, AfghanistanOn Aug. 2, Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai appeared on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS to make his case for the Afghan presidency. His answers were astute and his facts irrefutable, and he seemed more engaged than the other main challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, who spoke from an office in Kabul, wore a suit, and seemed to be trying, with an affect of singular disinterest, to appear modern and refined. (Slate)
Newsweek: Sacrifices of military kids are often ignored Aug 14, 2009
Children of Conflict. Since 9/11, more than a million kids have had a parent deployed. (MSNBC -- Health)
Raise Your Fingers Aug 12, 2009
Below the mesmerizing illustration read the headline for one of writer Fareed Zakaria s apologias for then-president George W. Bush: "Where Bush Was Right." Well-calibrated Madison Avenue genius collided with keen political spinography, competing only perhaps with the gratuitous manipulations of the other news magazines that week, all featuring exotic but wholesome-looking girls at the front lines of Bush s Middle East freedom dream with memorable headlines like "Party in Beruit Pass It On.".... (The American Conservative)
How Is America Going To End? Aug 4, 2009
Fareed Zakaria believes we're on the cusp of , and Paul Starobin's argues that "the global economic crisis, in exposing the tarnished American model of unfettered free-market capitalism, is hastening the transition to the next phase of global history.". Maybe the book-buying public is a mite too susceptible to the idea that America is half-dead. (Slate)
Wilhelmine China? Jul 30, 2009
" Newsweek's Fareed Zakaria, meanwhile, has written that "like Germany in the late 19th century, China is also growing rapidly. but uncertainly into a global system in which it feels it deserves more attention and honor. (Asia Times Online)
Africa's surprise Jul 21, 2009
Editor's note: Fareed Zakaria is an author and foreign affairs analyst who hosts "Fareed Zakaria GPS" on CNN on Sundays at 1 and 5 p.m. ET. Fareed Zakaria says Rwanda is Africa's biggest success story ... CNN spoke to author and foreign affairs analyst Fareed Zakaria about Obama's trip and the status of Africa. (CNN)
Australia landsin Chinese soup Jul 14, 2009
China often leverages the size of its market (immortalized by Fareed Zakaria, editor of Newsweek, as "2 billion armpits to deodorize") and vigilant state apparatus to extract the best terms from foreign multinational corporations and governments. Hu's incarceration is a rude awakening for Rudd's government to the reality that China calls the shots in most bilateral relationships these days. (Asia Times Online)
Revisiting and Reconsidering AFRICOM Jul 12, 2009
Second the U.S. should openly recognize that Chinas influence in Africa is only a part of a new emerging world order that has peacefully replaced it and Europe as traditional major players in global trade as indicted by Fareed Zakaria in his book The Post-American World. It may want to consider that none of these new global players are using the military to advance their interests in Africa. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Zakaria on Iran rallies Jun 30, 2009
Editor's note: Fareed Zakaria is an author and foreign affairs analyst who hosts "Fareed Zakaria GPS" on CNN on Sundays at 1 and 5 p.m. ET. Fareed Zakaria says the Iranian regime is facing a "real crackup," but that doesn't mean there will be a revolution ... CNN spoke to author and world affairs analyst Fareed Zakaria about this week's developments in Iran. (CNN -- World)
Evan Feinberg, Fairfield Warde valedictorian Jun 27, 2009
While his favorite author may be the iconoclastic and creative physicist Richard Feynman, he's also a big fan of those analysts of the political/economic world, Thomas Friedman and Fareed Zakaria. Evan is extremely grateful to all his teachers and to the Fairfield School system for giving him so many chances to achieve. (Fairfield Minuteman, CT)
* Can Obama relax his hard stance on fighting Taliban? Jun 21, 2009
Last month Indian-born US journalist Fareed Zakaria told Jon Stewart on the Daily Show that Pakistan was emerging from its state of denial since his Pakistani friends, who previously opposed the drone attacks, now tell him: You know what. If thats the only thing that will work, kill those guys. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Divine authority? Jun 20, 2009
"We are watching the fall of Islamic theocracy" in Iran, Fareed Zakaria tells CNN ... Editor's note: Fareed Zakaria is an author and foreign affairs analyst who hosts "Fareed Zakaria GPS" on CNN at 1 and 5 p.m. ET Sundays ... Fareed Zakaria says "no one bought" Khamenei's "divine assessment" of the official election result. (CNN -- World)
What could have been Jun 16, 2009
Fareed Zakaria: Ahmadinejad is not popular with Iran's mullahs ... Editor's note: Fareed Zakaria is an author and foreign affairs analyst who hosts "Fareed Zakaria GPS" on CNN at 1 and 5 p.m. ET Sundays ... Fareed Zakaria says an incumbent president of the Iranian Republic has never been defeated in an election. (CNN -- World)
Keep Quiet About Iran, Mr. President Jun 16, 2009
Fareed Zakaria s GPS show had a guest who mentioned the paradox that during Mousavi s earlier stint as Prime Minister, dissidents were being executed. Well, hopefully there will be a peaceful and just resolution. (The American Conservative)
The Recipe Detectives Jun 3, 2009
Fareed Zakaria offered advice on. After Hurricane Katrina, Tyler Cowen. (Slate)
Prince Harry's Brand Power May 30, 2009
Rise Of The Rest Fareed Zakaria says the world is changing, but don. t be scared. (Forbes -- Business)
Bad Medicine May 27, 2009
Newsweek, June 1As part of a cover package on Iran, a of ex-leftist revolutionary, abstract painter, and reformist candidate for the Iranian presidency Mir Hossein Mousavi tries to gauge what his platform promises beyond "a government that can mend the damage caused by an irrational [Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad." Fareed Zakaria bucks the conventional wisdom and that Iranians "could well be happy with a peaceful civilian [nuclear] program." Finally, an describes how White House Chief of Staff Rahm... (Slate)
India's huge election May 26, 2009
Fareed Zakaria is a foreign affairs analyst who hosts "Fareed Zakaria GPS" on CNN at 1 and 5 p.m. ET Sundays ... CNN spoke to author and foreign affairs analyst Fareed Zakaria about the results ... Fareed Zakaria: These elections I think may be looked upon as India's debut as a great power -- the way the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics heralded China's debut. (CNN)
On teaching the chiefs May 24, 2009
- Remain intellectually active by reading one good book per month (my top recommendations: The Tipping Point, by malcolm Gladwell; The Post-American World, by Fareed Zakaria; Hot, Flat and Crowded, by Thomas L. Friedman; and Medal of Honor, by Peter Collier). THESE POINTS ALSO are part of the workshops I conduct with "emerging executives" in the Secret Service, with students in the MBA and Executive MBA programs at Emory University, with the attendees at the Blue Ridge Leadership Conference and... (The Augusta Chronicle)
Generation Skill May 20, 2009
Newsweek, May 25In the newly redesigned magazine, Fareed Zakaria argues that despite pervasive apocalyptic attitudes, we're "living in a world in which deep, structural forces create stability." Urgent and early responses to the recession and swine flu, he says, prevented full-blown catastrophes. A on Nico Muhly praises the 27-year-old classical composer's "consistently tasty work," which ranges from the film score for The Reader to an opera he's working on for the Met. (Slate)
Pakistan crackdown May 16, 2009
Fareed Zakaria is a foreign affairs analyst who hosts "Fareed Zakaria GPS" on CNN at 1 and 5 p.m. ET Sundays ... As the Pakistani offensive continued against the Taliban, Fareed Zakaria interviewed the nation's former president, Pervez Musharraf, for his show Sunday ... Fareed Zakaria: It will certainly succeed in a short-term military sense. (CNN -- World)
Was Last Week the Media's Worst? May 5, 2009
NBC s The Today Show turned to Newsweek scribe Fareed Zakaria to paint the first 100 days in the most glowing terms possible. How glowing. (Human Events Online)
Iraqi Sunni fighters detained May 4, 2009
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, speaking on CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS," said Washington strongly favors efforts at political compromises between Shiites and Sunnis. "Regardless of what he says, Prime Minister (Nouri) al-Maliki also is reaching out to elements of the Sunni community as potential political allies," said Gates, "so the key for us is the Iraqis themselves, working these differences out and their problems in a political way.". (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Iraqi Soldier Kills 2 U.S. Soldiers in Iraq May 3, 2009
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, speaking on CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS" in a segment to air Sunday, described Kirkuk's ethnic rifts as one of Iraq's most complicated puzzles. "From an Arab-Kurd point of view, Kirkuk is a bigger problem by far than Mosul," he said. (Time.com)
10 comments Apr 19, 2009
Newsweek's strategy in the midst of all its financial decline is to double and triple the amount of editorializing, cast aside all semblance of "news" in favor of long, liberal essays by self-impressed Newsweek editor Jon Meacham and his international editor Fareed Zakaria ... A month ago, Newsweek's cover announced, "Radical Islam is a fact of life. How to live with it." Fareed Zakaria argued the smart strategy was "nuanced, noncombative rhetoric" that avoids sweeping declarations like "war on... (Human Events Online)
Zakaria: Obama critics have it wrong Apr 5, 2009
Fareed Zakaria: Some observers say president failing in role as free world's leader ... Fareed Zakaria is a foreign affairs analyst who hosts "Fareed Zakaria: GPS" on CNN at 1 and 5 p.m. ET Sundays ... Analyst Fareed Zakaria says President Obama has found resistance to his policy proposals on his European trip. (CNN -- Law)
Fareed Zakaria is India Abroad Person of the Year 2008 Mar 22, 2009
Newsweek International Editor and television personality Fareed Zakaria, author of the best-selling The Post-American World, and host of CNNs Fareed Zakaria GPS, was chosen India Abroad Person of the Year 2008 at the National Museum of the American Indian in New York on March 20 ... The event, emceed by Columbia Journalism School Professor Sreenath Sreenivasan, came to a fitting conclusion when Fareed Zakaria accepted his award as the India Abroad Person of the Year 2008. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
How will the economy turn around? Mar 20, 2009
Fareed Zakaria in Newsweek (a stark raving liberal publication - I know). Here is the link and the last paragraph of the article. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
Newsweek: Obama's foreign policy gets unfair criticism Mar 18, 2009
to join the NEWSWEEK community, post comments and subscribe to our e-mail newsletters. Why Washington Worries. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Zakaria: Obama's start Mar 14, 2009
Fareed Zakaria is a foreign affairs analyst who hosts "Fareed Zakaria: GPS" on CNN at 1 and 5 p.m. ET Sundays. Fareed Zakaria says the Obama administration has maintained a number of President Bush's policies ... Author and world affairs expert Fareed Zakaria gave his assessment of Obama's first days to CNN.. (CNN -- World)
Hitchens: Handing the Swat Valley to the Taliban Was Shameful and Wrong Mar 10, 2009
Fareed Zakaria makes the perfectly good observation in his Newsweek essay that no Afghans have been found among the transnational terrorist groups that apparently most concern us. (He's righter than he knows: It's more likely now that a wanted would-be hijacker would be a British citizen than an Afghan one. (Slate)
Read the 'News Watch' transcript Mar 10, 2009
But I think that the larger issue and Fareed Zakaria, the author of the piece, was right to say, look, there's over a billion Muslims in the world and plenty of them don't like us and that's bad news. There's not a lot we can do about it. (Fox News)
A great start Mar 7, 2009
Fareed Zakaria is a foreign affairs analyst who hosts "Fareed Zakaria: GPS" on CNN at 1 and 5 p.m. ET Sundays. Fareed Zakaria says Cllinton's Mideast trip shows people there that the U.S. is working on their problems ... Author and world affairs expert Fareed Zakaria talked to CNN about Clinton's first trip to the Middle East. (CNN -- World)
Editor's Mailbag (March 5) (18) Mar 6, 2009
As Fareed Zakaria points out in his book The Post-American World, at the current rate, as our population ages there will be fewer and fewer workers supporting the retirees. Unlike many European countries, Japan, Taiwan and other countries that are faced with this same problem, the United States has something going for it: immigration. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
'Slumdog' clears path for all things Indian Mar 4, 2009
South Asian names and faces are becoming more familiar in screen credits (director M. Night Shayamalan, The Sixth Sense); on TV (Kal Penn in House, Naveen Andrews in Lost, Sanjaya Malakar and Anoop Desai on American Idol, Aasif Mandvi on The Daily Show, even Apu on The Simpsons); on the news (Martin Bashir on Nightline, and Ali Velshi and Fareed Zakaria on CNN); and advertising (Indian-American Ajay Mehta stars in Fiber One cereal ads). In music, Western pop stars such as Snoop Dogg, Jay-Z and... (USA Today -- Life)
Jack McDonald: CEO | Perficient, Inc. Mar 3, 2009
A: The Post-American World, by Fareed Zakaria. Q: What s your worst habit. (Austin Business Journal, TX)
Canada, allies will never defeat Taliban Mar 2, 2009
Mr. Harper, in an interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria, said that despite sending thousands of soldiers to Afghanistan and suffering more than 100 troop deaths, the success has been modest and any gains made could be lost. We're not going to win this war just by staying, Mr. Harper said, and pointed to the long history of Afghan insurgencies successfully driving out foreign invaders including the Soviet army in the 1980s and the British a century earlier. (Globe and Mail -- International)
HADES TO HOBBIES Mar 2, 2009
We like Newsweek's cover story: "Learning to Live With Radical Islam," by Fareed Zakaria. The piece argues that Islamic fundamentalism doesn't necessarily go hand-in-hand with terrorism And the two problems - growing Islamic fundamentalism and terrorism of the Al Qaeda sort - require very different political responses. (New York Post -- Business)
Indian-American profile up, from politics to film Mar 1, 2009
Gupta, a neurosurgeon and medical correspondent, and Fareed Zakaria, editor of Newsweek International, have their own weekend shows on CNN, for example. And Gupta and Jindal demonstrate a deepening role in U.S. politics and government. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
And The Political Oscar Goes To Feb 27, 2009
Best Comedic Pratfall -- Imran Khan: The former Pakistani cricket player turned politician/bozo-clown, who was once married to Jemima Khan, one of Princess Di s best friends, successfully slipped past CNN s Fareed Zakaria that America made a mistake in targeting the Taliban, because they weren t the terrorists, only Al Qaeda was. Which is, I suppose, why the United Nations struck up the sufficiently verbose Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) concerning... (Human Events Online)
What's next? Feb 17, 2009
"Canada has done more than survive this financial crisis," Newsweek international editor Fareed Zakaria writes in the magazine's current issue. "The country is positively thriving in it.". (Globe and Mail -- Business)
