Former NSA & CIA director Michael Hayden tells Fareed Zakaria about the NSA's phone surveillance program.
Fareed Zakaria gives his take on the U.S. decision to arm Syrian rebels. What will it mean for the conflict?
Mona Eltahawy tells Fareed Zakaria about writing part of the film "Girl Rising."
Jeffrey Sachs tells Fareed Zakaria about a JFK speech that helped bring peace between U.S. and the Soviet Union.
Karim Sadjadpour says Iran's election were rigged by the choice of candidates by Ayatollah Khamenei.
It's been in Turkey, Tahrir Square, and films. Fareed Zakaria looks at the new face of protest: the Guy Fawkes mask.
Fareed Zakaria gives his take on why U.S. and China need a strong relationship.
Fareed Zakaria looks at Oklahoma's comeback and the rise of the Great Plains.
Trukish journalist Mustafa Akyol tells Fareed Zakaria why the protests are not a "spring", but still a crisis.
Former National Security Adviser Kissinger on replacement of Tom Donlin, Obama's national security adviser, by Susan Rice.
Henry Kissinger tells Fareed Zakaria that China's new president Xi Jinping wants a new, more stable relationship with U.S.
What's the happiest developed country in the world? What's the safest? Fareed Zakaria looks at new global rankings.
Fareed Zakaria gives his take on new data about the U.S. economy.
Paul Krugman tells Fareed Zakaria about his on-going dispute with economists Carmen Reinhart and Ken Rogoff.
A new voice is calling for smaller government. Fareed Zakaria takes a look at reforms by China's Communist Party.
Fareed Zakaria and Paul Krugman debate how to fix a broken economy. Is austerity enough? Or do you also need reform?
A look back at a memorable moment from GPS: Fareed Zakaria interviews Senator Barack Obama in 2008.
A look back at a memorable moment from GPS: Fareed Zakaria interviews Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2009.
A look back at a memorable moment from GPS: Fareed Zakaria interviews former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in 2011.
A look back at a memorable moment from GPS: Fareed Zakaria interviews Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in 2008.
A look back at a memorable moment from GPS: Fareed Zakaria interviews radical Islamist Anjem Choudary in 2010.
Did the spenders beat the savers? Fareed Zakaria talks about austerity v. growth.
Will a new moat separate the U.S. and UK? Fareed Zakaria looks at the future U.S. embassy in London.
Fareed Zakaria gives his take on the attack in Woolwich, and how to approach terrorism.
Fareed Zakaria talks to Matthew Dunn & Edward Lucas about spies, their props, and why Russia outed an alleged U.S. spy.
Assad isn't winning the conflict in Syria, but neither is the opposition, Syria expert Fawaz Gerges tells Fareed Zakaria.
Does more income make you happier? Fareed Zakaria takes a look at a new study about income and life satisfaction.
Ken Duberstein says White House needs to react appropriately to controversies or risk losing the public's trust.
Fareed Zakaria gives his take on American isolationism (or lack thereof).
How can fracking in China save the environment? Fareed Zakaria explains why the U.S. should teach China to frack safely.
How should we read the falling deficit? Zanny Minton Beddoes & Glenn Hubbard debate whether this is good for the economy.
Farea Al-Muslimi, a journalist & activist from Yemen, says drones might radicalize Yemeni people and strengthen al Qaeda.
Fareed Zakaria talks to former director of the CIA Michael Hayden about how to stop the next Boston-like attack.
Fareed Zakaria talks to two of the actual women in the hunt for bin Laden.
Fareed Zakaria talks to terrorism experts about the future of al Qaeda. Are we safer today than we were before 9/11?
Is Joseph Stalin getting a rehabilitation? Fareed Zakaria takes a look at a revival of some old Soviet traditions.
Former director of the CIA, Leon Panetta, talks to Fareed Zakaria about the use of enhanced interrogation techniques.
Fareed Zakaria explains why immigration reform may be the fix for high unemployment, slow growth, and low tax revenue.
Fareed gives his take on why the U.S. should not intervene in Syria; the U.S. should not get mired in a sectarian war.
Should the U.S. intervene in Syria?On GPS, Anne-Marie Slaughter and Richard Haass debate U.S. involvement in the region.
The Tsarnaev brothers' act of terrorism shows the dark side of immigration, Salman Rushdie tells Fareed Zakaria on GPS.
Former FBI agent, Ali Soufan, tells Fareed Zakaria that enhanced interrogation techniques do not work.
A new $100 bill was just announced, but what's all the fuss about? Fareed Zakaria looks at the new Ben Franklin.
On GPS, Eric Schmidt tells Fareed Zakaria why he thinks technology is overwhelmingly a positive force.
Global poverty is falling, so what's the problem? Fareed Zakaria explains why the stats may not be as great as they seem.
Fareed Zakaria says that the U.S. needs to learn a lesson from Europe: how to better assimilate the Muslim community.
Ex-CIA head Michael Hayden tells Fareed Zakaria about trying to balance security and privacy while gathering intelligence.
When is it good that an economic indicator collapses? Fareed Zakaria says the drop in gold prices is good for the economy.
On GPS, Fareed Zakaria gives his take on why the attack in Boston was textbook terrorism, and how we should respond.
Lilting lawmakers? Fareed Zakaria explains what inspired these New Zealand parliamentarians to burst into song.
On GPS, Ray Kelly explains the NYPD's counter-terrorism tactics, including the relationship with the Muslim community.
An economic opera? Fareed Zakaria looks at a new cantata on the spat between Estonian Pres. Ilves and economist Krugman.
Fareed Zakaria says Margaret Thatcher's policies were right for her time, but we need solutions tailored to today.
Is age the new political division in the U.S.? Fareed Zakaria explains why politicians are fighting for "millennials".
Can the market bring down health care costs? David Goldhill & Steven Brill debate how to fix the U.S. health care crisis.
Indian businessman Ratan Tata tells Fareed Zakaria about the Tata Group's corporate governance style and charity work.
Is it a liquid or solid? Fareed Zakaria looks at Australia's pitch drop experiment, the world's longest-running lab test.
Fareed Zakaria explains why U.S. colleges may not be accepting the best students, and what it means for social mobility.
When will China fix its pollution problem? Fareed Zakaria explains the global consequences of China's climate crisis.
Ruchir Sharma of Morgan Stanley is bullish about the U.S. economy, especially compared to that of other rich countries.
Richard Haass says N. Korea is unlikely to launch a missile, but the U.S. should prep if only to reassure U.S. allies.
On GPS, Tom Friedman tells Fareed Zakaria that China is the only country that can influence North Korea.
Fareed Zakaria gives his take on why the U.S. needs to reform health care and looks at how other countries have done it.
Fareed Zakaria gives his take on why it's time to end the war on terror.
Fareed Zakaria says that North Korea is just looking for attention, but is getting it in all the wrong ways.
French actor Gerard Depardieu fled high taxes at home. But do high taxes on the uber-rich really drive millionaires away?
Should America be like Scandinavia? Fareed Zakaria says the U.S. should find American solutions to American problems.
What is the most innovative city in the world? Surely it's New York, Tel Aviv, London or Tokyo? No! It's Medellin!
Is it a toy? A flower? A ball of toilet plungers? Fareed Zakaria looks at a new way to combat minefields.
Paul Brinkley tells Fareed Zakaria why he is optimistic about Iraq's future. And is Iraq ready for American investment?
What do Americans really think of the rest of the world? Fareed Zakaria reveals the five most liked AND disliked nations.
On GPS, Emma Sky explains why she came back to Iraq, after returning home, for the surge.
Paul Wolfowitz imagines the alternatives to going to war against Iraq in 2003. Would Iraq have gotten a WMD?
Paul Wolfowitz argues the lessons from Iraq point to intervention in Syria.
Paul Wolfowitz says Iraq is better now than under Saddam Hussein, and we have a long-term stake in the region.
Why are so many Chinese people rushing to get divorced? Fareed Zakaria explains that it has everything to do with taxes.
Paul Wolfowitz says the Iraq War was so difficult because it took a long time to find a counter-insurgency strategy.
Dr. David Agus tells Fareed Zakaria that movement makes people healthier, but our society is engineered to sit.
Dr. David Agus tells Fareed Zakaria that baby aspirin is a centuries-old way to reduce heart disease AND cancer death rates.
Fareed Zakaria and Michael Brune, the head of the Sierra Club, debate whether the Keystone XL Pipeline should be built.
Fareed Zakaria gives his take on why President Obama should sign off on the Keystone XL pipeline.
On GPS, Fareed looks at a biblical plague swarming in Egypt AND Israel: locusts! Just in time for Passover.
On GPS, Sierra Club's Michael Brune says that clean energy use is growing, so we don't need the Keystone XL Pipeline.
Who should regulate drones? What happens when they are used by other countries? Fareed Zakaria looks at drones.
Moises Naim & Rory Carroll tell Fareed Zakaria what to expect from Venezuela's foreign policy after Hugo Chavez's death.
Why are people in Egypt and Tunisia shaking? Fareed Zakaria looks at a new form of protest.
Why won't Netanyahu watch an Oscar-nominated documentary about Israeli spies? Fareed Zakaria takes a look.
Fareed Zakaria gives his take on why John Kerry's first trip as Secretary of State should have been to China and Japan.
Mohammad Khazaee tells Fareed Zakaria why the nuclear negotiations may have reached a turning point.
Mohammad Khazaee tells Fareed Zakaria that Argo was weak and inaccurate film that did not deserve the Oscar.
Would Iran agree to direct talks with the U.S.? Mohammad Khazaee, Iran's Ambassador to the U.N., says definitely.
Fareed Zakaria interviews Tony Mendez, the CIA mastermind behind Argo.
Former CIA Director Michael Hayden says that Zero Dark Thirty did not accurately portray CIA interrogations.
Fareed Zakaria gives his take on early-childhood education in the United States and around the world.
Is the Middle East losing its water? Fareed Zakaria asks why there may be a shortage, and considers the implications.
Former CIA Director Michael Hayden tells Fareed Zakaria that all nations spy, but China does it for the wrong reasons.
Former CIA Director Michael Hayden says that Zero Dark Thirty did not accurately portray CIA interrogations.
Libyan President Moammar Gadhafi's embattled regime can't survive, and the United States should call on him to resign, says analyst Fareed Zakaria.
The crackdown on protesters in the Persian Gulf nation of Bahrain is a rash move that will enrage many of its people and cost the regime international prestige, says analyst Fareed Zakaria.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's announcement Tuesday that he will turn over power to an elected successor in September doesn't go nearly far enough, says analyst Fareed Zakaria.
President Barack Obama, who is preparing to give his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, should use the speech to outline a bold plan of investing in America's future, says analyst Fareed Zakaria.
The assassination of the governor of Pakistan's Punjab province is a major setback for progressive forces in that country and a deeply worrying sign for U.S. strategy in the region, says analyst Fareed Zakaria.
The enhanced presence of U.S. forces in Afghanistan is working to increase stability in that nation and could set the stage for troop withdrawals to begin next summer, says analyst Fareed Zakaria.
President Barack Obama should have negotiated a more fiscally responsible deal with Republicans on extending tax cuts, analyst Fareed Zakaria says.
The United States and China could play a crucial role in helping finally to resolve the conflict that plagues the Korean Peninsula, says analyst Fareed Zakaria.
Will America's political leaders grasp the chance to begin taming the long-term budget deficit offered by the recommendations of a presidential commission? Analyst Fareed Zakaria says the deficit-cutting proposals by the panel's chairmen provide an excellent place to start.
President Obama's trip to Asia comes at a time when major powers in the region are welcoming a greater U.S. role to counter China's increasingly assertive stance, says CNN analyst Fareed Zakaria.
President Obama has invited Republicans and Democrats in Congress to a meeting to discuss how "to move the American people's agenda forward," but analyst Fareed Zakaria says he sees little prospect the two sides will reach a compromise on key economic issues.
Technology and globalization are putting the jobs of millions in America's middle class at risk, says analyst Fareed Zakaria.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has started talks with representatives of the Taliban, a move that analyst Fareed Zakaria says could bring an end to the nine-year-long war.
The world's two biggest economies are facing off over tensions that could ignite a trade war and lead to a catastrophic split between the United States and China, says analyst Fareed Zakaria.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's appearances in New York this week are part of a shrewd strategy that is aimed at enhancing his standing in Iran and the Middle East, says analyst Fareed Zakaria.
Most Americans oppose it, but the government's bailout of Wall Street appears in hindsight as a heroic rescue that kept the world economy from collapsing, says analyst Fareed Zakaria.
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, prompted the U.S. to take sensible security measures and launch a justified counterattack against al Qaeda, says analyst Fareed Zakaria. But he says they also led to an overreaction that continues today.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates' plan to limit Pentagon spending is not only smart and necessary, it's also politically brave, according to analyst Fareed Zakaria.
President Obama's decision to follow through on plans to reduce the American troop level in Iraq to 50,000 and shift away from combat missions is a sign that he believes America's energy and resources can better be used elsewhere, says analyst Fareed Zakaria.
The tens of thousands of secret documents released this week by WikiLeaks.org don't provide major new insights into the Afghanistan war, and the media response to the disclosures has been "vastly overdone," says analyst Fareed Zakaria.
The eruption of new controversy over the release last August of a Libyan man convicted in the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, is a "media firestorm" that threatens to distract Washington from more pressing issues, says analyst Fareed Zakaria.
Britain's new coalition government has embarked on a budget-deficit cutting strategy that is bold, brave and potentially very risky, says analyst Fareed Zakaria.
To get businesses to start hiring, President Obama needs to persuade them that the United States is still a good place to invest, says analyst Fareed Zakaria.
President Obama's decision to replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal with Gen. David Petraeus is "a masterstroke," says analyst Fareed Zakaria.
A Pentagon estimate that Afghanistan is home to nearly a trillion dollars in sought-after minerals is good news, but it provides no assurance that the nation is on its way to peace and productivity, says analyst Fareed Zakaria.
President Obama's stepped-up focus on the Gulf oil disaster and his hardline rhetoric against BP are accomplishing little and risk distracting the White House from other urgent responsibilities, says analyst Fareed Zakaria.
The rising tension over the sinking of a South Korean warship is particularly dangerous because the intentions and actions of North Korea's leadership appear more mysterious than ever, says analyst Fareed Zakaria.
The United States, Russia, China and other key nations have reached agreement on a "strong" Iran sanctions resolution, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday.
Gordon Brown resigned as British prime minister Tuesday, paving the way for David Cameron to replace him.
The suspect in the Times Square bombing attempt was caught as he was seeking to flee to Pakistan, a nation that analyst Fareed Zakaria calls the "epicenter of Islamic terrorism."
With a week to go, the United Kingdom election looks a lot closer than people expected when the campaign began. But the real suspense may lie in what the next prime minister does in office, according to analyst Fareed Zakaria.
Federal regulators have filed a "very weak" case against the Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs, relying on hindsight to bolster the charges at a politically sensitive time, says analyst Fareed Zakaria.
Presidents of the United States rarely attend the funerals of foreign leaders, but President Obama's decision to go to the state funeral of the Polish president and first lady is right on several levels, says analyst Fareed Zakaria.
The Obama administration is making a mistake by sending Afghan President Hamid Karzai the forceful and repeated message that it's not happy with his regime, says analyst Fareed Zakaria.
The health care law signed Tuesday by President Obama is designed to provide health insurance coverage for tens of millions of uninsured Americans but it carries a big risk, according to analyst Fareed Zakaria.
Israel's government is missing an opportunity to secure the country's future and build a coalition of nations to counter increasing Iranian influence, according to analyst Fareed Zakaria.
As a nationwide strike highlights Greece's painful effort to fix its finances, much of the rest of the world is confronting an equally sobering reality, says analyst Fareed Zakaria.
This weekend's Iraqi election is testing the strength of the nation's young democracy and could be a turning point in the history of the Middle East, says analyst Fareed Zakaria.
Coalition forces have scored gains on the Afghan battlefield. Taliban leaders are on the run in neighboring Pakistan. But there's no sign of political progress in Afghanistan, says analyst Fareed Zakaria.
A new report saying that Iran could be secretly working on a nuclear weapon is a major development, but not one that should lead the U.S. to consider a military strike against the Tehran regime, according to analyst Fareed Zakaria.
The solutions to America's long-term budget deficits are surprisingly simple, but they're politically unthinkable in today's Washington, says analyst Fareed Zakaria.
Google's threat to shut down its operations in China might seem like just a dispute between a private company and a government, but the implications are huge for the world's fastest-growing economy, for the United States and for global relations, says analyst Fareed Zakaria.
A year after leading Wall Street firms teetered on the edge of collapse, they're expected to pay out robust bonuses to employees. But analyst Fareed Zakaria says he thinks there's a better use for a lot of that money: Sock it away in reserve funds as insurance for the next time the investment banks get into trouble.
In the wake of the failed Christmas Day airplane bombing, President Obama ordered speedy reviews of how the air security system failed and the Transportation Security Administration began enhanced screening for passengers traveling through 14 nations.
In the wake of the failed Christmas Day airplane bombing, President Obama ordered speedy reviews of how the air security system failed and the Transportation Security Administration began enhanced screening for passengers traveling through 14 nations.
President Obama took a risk by heading to Copenhagen Thursday to take part in the final stage of the U.N. Climate Conference with no firm assurance of an agreement -- but the trip is worth the effort, according to Fareed Zakaria, CNN foreign affairs analyst.
President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday by talking about war and the limits of nonviolence.
When President Obama announced plans Tuesday to send 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, it appeared to be a major escalation of the war in that country. But, foreign affairs analyst Fareed Zakaria says that the United States may in fact be "scaling down" the goals of the military operation.
India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh came away from talks at the White House reassured about U.S. policy in Asia, according to foreign affairs analyst Fareed Zakaria.
President Obama landed in South Korea Wednesday for the last stop on his 10-day trip to Asia. The president made earlier visits to China, Singapore and Japan, in his first Asian journey as president.
Three American hikers detained by Iran are facing espionage charges, according to Iranian officials.
President Hamid Karzai was declared the winner of another term in office as Afghanistan's leader Monday, after his opponent in a planned runoff election withdrew.
A top Taliban political leader delivered a message Friday to U.S. President Obama, calling his attempt to lure away Taliban fighters with money "an old weapon that has failed already."
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