A recovery with many fathers
By Fareed Zakaria Looking back, it's now clear that Washington handled the 2008 financial crisis extremely well. It acted quickly and with massive firepower: rescuing overextended banks, enacting a...
View ArticleObama and Xi's summit success
By Fareed Zakaria While we were consumed by the crises of the moment – Turkey's riots, NSA snooping and Washington's "scandals" – something happened on June 7 and 8 that is potentially of more lasting...
View ArticleBig data, meet big brother
By Fareed Zakaria We are living with the consequences of two powerful, interrelated trends. The first is digital life. Your life today has a digital signature. Where you eat, shop and travel; whom you...
View ArticleA fool's errand worth pursuing
By Fareed Zakaria If you were to ask me what international problem is least likely to be resolved in the next few years, I would probably say the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians. It...
View ArticleNot the time for big sticks
By Fareed Zakaria When the Obama administration was selling the case for military action against Syria, it used every argument it could come up with, from preserving international norms to preventing...
View ArticleWhat an Iran deal would look like
By Fareed Zakaria We now know that the change in U.S.-China relations in 1972 led inexorably to China's becoming the economic power it is today–rich, market-based and open to the world. But that path...
View ArticleThe case for snooping
By Fareed Zakaria It's not always true that if you're under attack from both sides of the political spectrum, you're probably doing the right thing. The smart or moral course is sometimes resolutely...
View ArticleKarzai's not-so-crazy end game
By Fareed Zakaria Is Hamid Karzai crazy? on the face of it, the Afghan President has said lots of odd, inflammatory and contradictory things. Over the past year, he has criticized the U.S., wondered...
View ArticleTime to put trade above politics
By Fareed Zakaria We live in a world without war or even significant conflict among the major powers. We also live in an age of economic growth. All of this seems normal, but in fact, it isn't. The...
View ArticlePutin tactics don't bode well for Russia
By Fareed Zakaria There are those who are still trapped by history and geography. Think of Pakistan’s generals, still trying to establish “strategic depth” in their backyard while their country...
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