President Donald Trump's ongoing criticism of allies and his isolationist foreign policy continue to raise eyebrows of concerned observers around the world. But his supporters don't blink an eye when he opines, "Sometimes our worst enemies are our so-called friends and allies." As Washington Post columnist Fareed Zakaria sees it,...
Right and Left Both Attack Merit-Based Society: Zakaria
Before merit-based systems became a dominant force in the way most modern societies are organized, individual advancement was determined largely by one's connection to those in power. In that era, Washington Post columnist Fareed Zakaria says, "people moved up in the world through a clubby, informal system that privileged wealth,...
Bannon: Trump Will Shut Down Government If He Doesn't Get 'His Wall'
The expected outcome of the mid-term elections will be the source of non-stop speculation among political observers until ballots are counted on Nov. 6. While Washington Post columnist Fareed Zakaria sees dim prospects for the GOP at the present time, he says the tide could yet turn. Zakaria spoke with...
Zakaria: Regime Change Drives Trump on Iran
President Trump's withdrawal from the six-nation Iran nuclear agreement last week left many in the international community, including close U.S. allies, scratching their heads. "It's hard to understand the rationale behind Trump's decision," says Washington Post columnist Fareed Zakaria in his May 10 commentary. "If there is a strategy behind Trump's move,...
Macron Struggles To Prevent Iran Deal Collapse
During his three-day U.S. visit last week, French president Emmanuel Macron lobbied hard to preserve the six-nation nuclear agreement with Iran that President Donald Trump seems determined to scuttle. In his April 27 column in The Washington Post, Fareed Zakaria writes, "He is trying to stop President Trump from dividing...
Zakaria: Comey’s Book Is About More Than Trump
The best-selling memoir by fired FBI Director James Comey covers a lot of ground that has already been widely explored in the media. But Washington Post columnist Fareed Zakaria, in his April 19 piece, points to an incident recounted in Comey's book that illustrates the importance of our nation's legal...
Tariffs Spell End of the Republican Party as We Know It: Zakaria
Has Donald Trump made the final play in his hostile takeover of the Republican Party? His imposition of trade tariffs, opposed by almost all other party leaders but embraced by Trump's voter base, may seal the deal. As Washington Post columnist Fareed Zakaria writes in his March 8 column, "The...