Fareed Rafiq Zakaria (pronounced /fəˈriːd zəˈkɑriə/) born January 20, 1964) is an Indian-American journalist and author. He is the host of CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS.
Zakaria is a frequent commentator and author about issues related to international relations, trade and U.S. foreign policy.
Zakaria was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India to a Muslim family. His father, Rafiq Zakaria, was a politician associated with the Indian National Congress and ...
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Fareed Rafiq Zakaria (pronounced /fəˈriːd zəˈkɑriə/) born January 20, 1964) is an Indian-American journalist and author. He is the host of CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS.
Zakaria is a frequent commentator and author about issues related to international relations, trade and U.S. foreign policy.
Zakaria was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India to a Muslim family. His father, Rafiq Zakaria, was a politician associated with the Indian National Congress and an Islamic scholar. His mother, Fatima Zakaria, was for a time the editor of the Sunday Times of India.
Zakaria attended The Cathedral and John Connon School in Mumbai. He received a B.A. degree from Yale University where he was President of the Yale Political Union and editor-in-chief of the Yale Political Monthly. He later earned Ph.D. degree in Political Science from Harvard University in 1993, where he studied under Samuel P. Huntington and Stanley Hoffmann.
After directing a research project on American foreign policy at Harvard, Zakaria...
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