Trump is right: China’s a trade cheat
By Fareed Zakaria Thursday, April 5, 2018 Ever since the resignation of top advisers Gary Cohn and H.R. McMaster, it does seem as if the Trump White House has gotten more chaotic, if that is possible. But amid the noise and tumult, including the alarming tweets about Amazon and Mexico, let’s be honest — on … Continue reading
Trump’s Art of the Deal isn’t working in foreign policy
By Fareed Zakaria Thursday, March 29, 2018 By way of explanation for some of President Trump’s bizarre foreign policy moves, we are often told that he is “unconventional” and that this could well be an asset. It’s certainly true that he doesn’t follow standard operating procedure on almost anything, from getting daily intelligence briefings to staffing … Continue reading
Facebook, Google, your reign may soon be over
By Fareed Zakaria Thursday, Mar. 22, 2018 We might look back on 2017 as the last moment of unbridled faith and optimism in the technology industry. The revelations about Cambridge Analytica’s use of Facebook data — mining more than 50 million users’ personal information — came at a time when people were already considering appropriate … Continue reading
Mike Pompeo has a crisis to handle — even before the North Korea summit
By Fareed Zakaria Saturday, March 17, 2018 LONDON If confirmed as secretary of state, Mike Pompeo will arrive at a State Department that has been battered by proposed budget cuts, hollowed out by resignations and vacancies, and neutered by President Trump’s impulsive and personal decision-making style. But Pompeo’s most immediate challenge will not be rebuilding … Continue reading
Trade is the Republican Party’s last stand
By Fareed Zakaria Thursday, Mar. 8, 2018 The tussle over tariffs is the most significant political battle taking place in the United States right now — much broader than a dispute over steel and aluminum imports. It is the Republican Party’s last stand against a total takeover by President Trump. Having ceded ground to Trump … Continue reading
Xi is transforming China. Is Washington taking notice?
By Fareed Zakaria Thursday, Mar. 1, 2018 Amid the flurry of news about Hope Hicks and Jared Kushner and this week’s Trump reality show on guns, it would be easy to miss what’s happening in China. But it is huge and consequential. China is making the most significant change to its political system in 35 … Continue reading
Democracy is decaying worldwide. America isn’t immune.
By Fareed Zakaria, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018 A few weeks ago, the Economist Intelligence Unit published the 10th edition of its Democracy Index, a comprehensive ranking of nations that looks at 60 measures in five categories, ranging from electoral process to civil liberties. For the second consecutive year, the United States failed to make the … Continue reading
There’s a lot to be optimistic about these days. And then there’s the Middle East.
By Fareed Zakaria Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018 There’s a lot to be optimistic about today. In almost every part of the world, economies are growing and war, poverty and disease are receding. But then there is the Middle East. Syria remains a collapsed country; more than 5 million of its people have already fled. Yemen … Continue reading
Give South Korea a gold medal
By Fareed Zakaria Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018 As the world’s attention turns briefly away from President Trump and toward the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, it’s worth focusing not just on the sports but also on this year’s host country. South Korea is, in some senses, the most successful nation in the world, and its success … Continue reading
Trump has drawn three red lines. They’re all likely to be crossed.
By Fareed Zakaria Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018 President Trump’s State of the Union speech mostly ignored the world outside the United States. He made a few tough statements on the Iran deal and Guantanamo and described (accurately) the evil nature of the North Korean regime, but he said very little about his foreign policy. This … Continue reading
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