FAREED ZAKARIA

Why Do They Hate Us: America in a New World

April 1 at 7:30pm · Mountainlair Ballroom

“The bloody crossroads of the next decade will be where globalization meets terrorism. All the wondrous developments of the new economy – falling costs, fewer borders, easy communications – help international terrorists and criminals as much as they do businessmen. And only well-exercised power – military, economic and political – can meet this new threat.” — Fareed Zakaria, The New York Times Op-Ed, December 2000.

Widely respected for his ability to spot economic and political trends around the world, Fareed Zakaria has developed an international reputation as a global thinker. Describing him as “the most influential foreign policy adviser of his generation,” Esquire magazine name him “one of the 21 most important people of the 21st century.”

Zakaria trained as an academic at Yale and Harvard Universities. In 1992, at the age of 28, he became the youngest managing editor in the history of Foreign Affairs, the leading journal of international politic and economics – a position he held through 2000.

In 2001, Zakaria was named editor of Newsweek International, which has a global audience of 3.5 million, with editions distributed throughout Europe, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and Asia. In addition, he writes a column that appears in Newsweek (USA), Newsweek International, and, often, The Washington Post – making it one of the most widely circulated columns of its kind in the world.

The Indian-born Zakaria is co-editor of The American Encounter: The United States and the Making of the Modern World. He authored From Wealth to Power, a provocative examination of America’s role on the world stage that received glowing reviews.

Zakaria has given speeches in the U.S. and abroad, from universities to investment conferences and the World Economic Forum at Davos, sharing his knowledge of globalization and what it means for countries, individuals, and corporations. He has appeared on such programs as Charlie Rose, Firing Line, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, The McLaughlin Group, the BBC World News, and Meet the Press.

A recipient of the Overseas Press Club Award and a National Magazine Award nomination, Zakaria writes frequently for such publications as The New York Times, The New Yorker, and The Wall Street Journal, as well as the webzine Slate, for which he writes a column on wine.

Before joining Foreign Affairs, he ran the Project on the Changing Security Environment at Harvard University, where he also taught international politics and economics. He has been an adjunct professor at Columbia University and Case Western Reserve University. His much-anticipated next book (Norton, fall 2002) will shed light on the complex interaction between economics and politics, on America’s role in a rapidly changing world, and on the way in which democracy is changing every aspect of our lives – from economics and technology to politics and culture.