Fareed Zakaria


Fareed Zakaria is the host of CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS and the author, most recently, of Age of Revolutions. He writes a weekly Washington Post column, which is also syndicated in Foreign Policy.

Articles by Fareed Zakaria
A woman is seen from behind with her neck craned to look at a large screen affixed to a four-story building with big windows. On the screen, Trump and Xi stand side by side and shake hands.
A woman is seen from behind with her neck craned to look at a large screen affixed to a four-story building with big windows. On the screen, Trump and Xi stand side by side and shake hands.
Anti-war demonstrators protest the war in Iran as members of the U.S. National Guard look on in Washington on April 7.
Anti-war demonstrators protest the war in Iran as members of the U.S. National Guard look on in Washington on April 7.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni greets Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides at an informal meeting of European Union leaders in Ayia Napa, Cyprus, on April 23 to discuss the conflict in Iran and the Middle East.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni greets Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides at an informal meeting of European Union leaders in Ayia Napa, Cyprus, on April 23 to discuss the conflict in Iran and the Middle East.
A red-and-yellow Chinese flag flies from a flagpole on the top of a simple building of about two stories tall. The building is surrounded on all sides by colorful shipping containers stacked in various configurations.
A red-and-yellow Chinese flag flies from a flagpole on the top of a simple building of about two stories tall. The building is surrounded on all sides by colorful shipping containers stacked in various configurations.
A satellite image of the Strait of Hormuz, a vital maritime route connecting the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman, taken on Oct. 2, 2024.
A satellite image of the Strait of Hormuz, a vital maritime route connecting the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman, taken on Oct. 2, 2024.
Trump gestures with both hands, palms lifted to the sky, as he walks across an airport tarmac beneath a light blue sky with a few clouds. Secret Service agents wait by black cars in the background.
Trump gestures with both hands, palms lifted to the sky, as he walks across an airport tarmac beneath a light blue sky with a few clouds. Secret Service agents wait by black cars in the background.
U.S. President Donald Trump greets supporters before delivering remarks about energy at the Port of Corpus Christi in Texas.
U.S. President Donald Trump greets supporters before delivering remarks about energy at the Port of Corpus Christi in Texas.
A fireball rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs on March 11.
A fireball rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs on March 11.
British flags hang above New Street in Baghdad on Sept. 2 during the Iraqi Revolt of 1920.
British flags hang above New Street in Baghdad on Sept. 2 during the Iraqi Revolt of 1920.
Mourners are seen from overhead as they lay flowers on caskets covered in Iranian flags at funeral in Qom.
Mourners are seen from overhead as they lay flowers on caskets covered in Iranian flags at funeral in Qom.
An Iranian couple walks past an anti-United States mural on a building in Tehran.
An Iranian couple walks past an anti-United States mural on a building in Tehran.
Mamdani smiles as he speaks into a microphone with one arm open and extended to the side. He wears a dark suit and tie and is surrounded by a small crowd.
Mamdani smiles as he speaks into a microphone with one arm open and extended to the side. He wears a dark suit and tie and is surrounded by a small crowd.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi greets British Prime Minister Keir Starmer ahead of a bilateral meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 31.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi greets British Prime Minister Keir Starmer ahead of a bilateral meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 31.
A man in a gray suit stands in the foreground of four camouflaged ballistic missiles on trucks.
A man in a gray suit stands in the foreground of four camouflaged ballistic missiles on trucks.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to journalists as he attends the world premiere of Amazon MGM Studios' "Melania" at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Jan. 29.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to journalists as he attends the world premiere of Amazon MGM Studios' "Melania" at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Jan. 29.