Who is Fareed Zakaria

Fareed Rafiq Zakaria (; born 20 January 1964) is an Indian-American journalist, political commentator, and author. He is the host of CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS and writes a weekly paid column for The Washington Post. He has been a columnist for Newsweek, editor of Newsweek International, and an editor at large of Time.

Early life

Zakaria was born in Mumbai, India, to a Konkani Muslim family. His father, Rafiq Zakaria (1920–2005), was a politician associated with the Indian National Congress and an Islamic theologian. His mother, Fatima Zakaria (1936–2021), his father's second wife, was for a time the editor of the Sunday Times of India. She died during the COVID-19 pandemic.Zakaria attended the Cathedral and John Connon School in Mumbai. He graduated with a Bach...
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Melo646705: fareed zakaria "the share of dollars in global central bank reserves has dropped from roughly 70% 20 yrs ago to less than 60% today, and falling steadily.the europeans and the chinese are trying to build international payment systems outside of the dollar-dominated swift system."
Normandearmond: cnn's fareed zakaria warns: “if the us dollar’s global supremacy erodes, america will face a reckoning like none before”
Georgemagnus1: did you see the widely viewed fareed zakaria video in which he claims the end of $ supremacy is nigh? a lot of folk did, and this is my riposte as to why it's a misinformed view, and $ dominance is set to last a while yet. it's paywalled but i have a pdf if you want to email me
Chevron: the best path toward an effective and lasting energy transition requires three key elements: scale, speed and solutions. ceo mike wirth discusses the future of lower carbon energy with cnn's fareed zakaria. watch the full interview here:
Web3aas: fareed zakaria gets it. dedollarization is in full swing the world over. the central bank stakeholders of the global financial system will try unprecedented actions to preserve it in the coming months and years. this will be the first reckoning- an…
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Her Name Liberty
 by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

I thought to do a deed of chivalry,
An act of worth, which haply in her sight
Who was my mistress should recorded be
And of the nations. And, when thus the fight
Faltered and men once bold with faces white
Turned this and that way in excuse to flee,
I only stood, and by the foeman's might
Was overborne and mangled cruelly.
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