http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/feed.rss.xml feed http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/09/25/zakaria-rising-powers-aren-t-acting-like-it You can count on a few things during the U.N.’s annual General Assembly. The traffic will be bad, the speeches will be worthy (if a bit dull)—and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will say something absurd. This year the Iranian leader suggested that U.S. officials orchestrated the 9/11 attacks to save Israel and “reverse the declining American economy.” world Sat, 25 Sep 2010 12:15:00 GMT Fareed Zakaria /content/newsweek/2010/09/25/zakaria-rising-powers-aren-t-acting-like-it Lionel Bonaventure / AFP-Getty Images NWK Caption: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) attends the opening of the Millennium Development Goals summit on September 20, 2010 in New York City. Nearly 140 world leaders will attend the three-day summit on ending global poverty, hunger and disease within the next five years. This week will also see the annual United Nations General Assembly convene. AFP PHOTO / LIONEL BONAVENTURE (Photo credit should read LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP/Getty Images) -- IPTC Caption: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) attends the opening of the Millennium Development Goals summit on September 20, 2010 in New York City. Nearly 140 world leaders will attend the three-day summit on ending global poverty, hunger and disease within the next five years. This week will also see the annual United Nations General Assembly convene. AFP PHOTO / LIONEL BONAVENTURE (Photo credit should read LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP/Getty Images) http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/09/19/zakaria-don-t-forget-that-the-bailouts-worked Don’t forget: the bailouts worked. business Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:15:00 GMT Fareed Zakaria /content/newsweek/2010/09/19/zakaria-don-t-forget-that-the-bailouts-worked Mary Altaffer / AP FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2008 file photo, people work inside the Lehman Brothers headquarters in New York. Pushing Congress to act on proposed financial regulations, President Barack Obama is going to the heart of Wall Street Monday Sept. 14, 2009, on the first anniversary of Lehman Brothers' collapse to outline changes needed to prevent a future crisis like the one that sent the global economy into a tailspin last year. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, file) http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/09/11/al-qaeda-isn-t-the-threat-anymore But no one wants to admit it. us-news Sat, 11 Sep 2010 12:44:00 GMT Fareed Zakaria /content/newsweek/2010/09/11/al-qaeda-isn-t-the-threat-anymore James Estrin / The New York Times http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/09/04/zakaria-why-america-overreacted-to-9-11 September 11 was a shock to the American psyche and the American system. As a result, we overreacted. world Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:00:00 GMT Fareed Zakaria /content/newsweek/2010/09/04/zakaria-why-america-overreacted-to-9-11 Tim Boyle / Getty Images NWK Caption: CHICAGO - AUGUST 10: Travelers place items in trays at a security checkpoint in Terminal 2 at O'Hare International Airport August 10, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois. British authorities have broken up an alleged terrorist plot to blow up several flights destined for the U.S. United, American and Continental airlines planes were included in the alleged plot. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images) -- IPTC Caption: CHICAGO - AUGUST 10: Travelers place items in trays at a security checkpoint in Terminal 2 at O'Hare International Airport August 10, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois. British authorities have broken up an alleged terrorist plot to blow up several flights destined for the U.S. United, American and Continental airlines planes were included in the alleged plot. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images) http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/08/16/zakaria-gop-should-heed-robert-gates Robert Gates’s latest efforts at reforming the Pentagon are modest. He is not trying to cut the actual defense budget; he merely wants to increase efficiency while reducing bureaucracy, waste, and duplication. The savings he is trying to achieve are perfectly reasonable: $100 billion over five years, during which period the Pentagon will spend approximately $3.5 trillion. politics Mon, 16 Aug 2010 08:00:00 GMT Fareed Zakaria /content/newsweek/2010/08/16/zakaria-gop-should-heed-robert-gates Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images NWK Caption: ARLINGTON, VA - AUGUST 09: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announces a plan to close a Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Virginia, as part of his effort to strip billions from the Pentagon budget during a news conference at the Pentagon August 9, 2010 in Arlington, Virginia. Gates went on to say that the "culture of money" at the Pentagon must give way to a culture of "savings and restraint", he emphasized that these were not budget cuts but a refocusing of the budget on restraint and affordability. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) -- IPTC Caption: ARLINGTON, VA - AUGUST 09: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announces a plan to close a Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Virginia, as part of his effort to strip billions from the Pentagon budget during a news conference at the Pentagon August 9, 2010 in Arlington, Virginia. Gates went on to say that the "culture of money" at the Pentagon must give way to a culture of "savings and restraint", he emphasized that these were not budget cuts but a refocusing of the budget on restraint and affordability. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/08/06/the-real-ground-zero I believe we should promote Muslim moderates right here in America. That is why, after the Anti-Defamation League publicly called for moving the mosque near Ground Zero, I have returned both the handsome plaque and the $10,000 honorarium that came with it. us-news Fri, 06 Aug 2010 23:30:00 GMT Fareed Zakaria /content/newsweek/2010/08/06/the-real-ground-zero Stephen Chernin / Getty Images NWK Caption: NEW YORK - MARCH 28: Imam Sheikh Fadhel Al-Sahlani (L) leads the congregation of Inam Al-Khoei Islamic Center in prayer March 28, 2003 in the Queens borough of New York City. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg told the congregation that New York City will not tolerate any illegal or discriminating acts towards Muslims and reassured them that the war in Iraq is against the Saddam Hussein regime, not the religion of Islam. (Photo by Stephen Chernin/Getty Images) -- IPTC Caption: NEW YORK - MARCH 28: Imam Sheikh Fadhel Al-Sahlani (L) leads the congregation of Inam Al-Khoei Islamic Center in prayer March 28, 2003 in the Queens borough of New York City. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg told the congregation that New York City will not tolerate any illegal or discriminating acts towards Muslims and reassured them that the war in Iraq is against the Saddam Hussein regime, not the religion of Islam. (Photo by Stephen Chernin/Getty Images) http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/08/01/raise-my-taxes-mr-president The idea that the average American is overtaxed is a nice piece of populist pandering. In fact, federal taxes as a percentage of the economy are at their lowest level since the presidency of Harry Truman. The simple fact is this: all the Bush tax cuts were unaffordable. us-news Sun, 01 Aug 2010 08:00:00 GMT Fareed Zakaria /content/newsweek/2010/08/01/raise-my-taxes-mr-president Jim Watson?afp-getty images Washington, UNITED STATES: US President George W. Bush (C) waves as he departs after making remarks on the Mid-Session Review from the East Room of the White House 11 July 2006 in Washington, DC. The US budget deficit will be trimmed to 296 billion dollars in the current fiscal year, down sharply from earlier projections, Bush said, and surging tax revenues from economic growth would help reduce the deficit, compared with last year's White House projection of a 423-billion-dollar budget shortfall. AFP PHOTO/Jim WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/07/25/it-s-like-a-moon-shot Ford’s CEO on the challenge of reinventing the automobile. business Sun, 25 Jul 2010 12:20:00 GMT Fareed Zakaria /content/newsweek/2010/07/25/it-s-like-a-moon-shot Jessica Renaldi / Reuters-Corbis 31 Mar 2010, NEW YORK, NY, United States --- Ford Motor Company CEO Alan Mulally speaks at the 2010 New York International Auto Show in New York March 31, 2010. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SPORT MOTOR RACING SOCIETY) --- Image by ? JESSICA RINALDI/Reuters/Corbis http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/07/19/the-real-failed-state-risk “What happened in Kampala is just the beginning!” So warned Abu Zubayr, the leader of Al-Shabab, which claimed responsibility for the bombings in the Ugandan capital that killed more than 70 people who had gathered to watch the World Cup soccer final. In the bombings’ wake, Al-Shabab has drawn renewed attention for its murky links to Al Qaeda, and analysts once again are warning that failed states are a mortal threat to American national security. world Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT Fareed Zakaria /content/newsweek/2010/07/19/the-real-failed-state-risk Yannick Tylle / EPA-Corbis epa02246129 Ugandan officers inspect the scene of a bomb blast at an Ethiopian restaurant, one of two bomb blast sites in Kampala, Uganda, 12 July 2010, a day after the twin blasts killed more than 70 people in the capital. The death toll of the blasts has risen to 70, including more than ten foreigners, the police confirmed on 12 July. Police Chief Kale Kaihura says that he believes that Somalia's islamic militia al-Shabab could be behind the attacks. Uganda and Burundi have some 5,000 of their troops as part of the African Union force in Somalia's capital Mogadishu. EPA/YANNICK TYLLE http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/07/11/the-center-holds In Britain, even pain is popular. world Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT Fareed Zakaria /content/newsweek/2010/07/11/the-center-holds Carl Court / AFP-Getty Images NWK Caption: British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (R) walks past the door of 10 Downing Street in London, on June 22, 2010, as he prepares to unveil an emergency budget to the House of Commons. Osborne pledged Tuesday to balance the books within five years, a spokesman said, shortly before he was to unveil an emergency austerity budget. "My budget is tough but it will be fair," he said, cited by the official spokesman of Prime Minister David Cameron, whose Conservative party won May elections and formed a coalition with the third-placed Liberal Democrats. AFP PHOTO/CARL COURT (Photo credit should read Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images) -- IPTC Caption: British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (R) walks past the door of 10 Downing Street in London, on June 22, 2010, as he prepares to unveil an emergency budget to the House of Commons. Osborne pledged Tuesday to balance the books within five years, a spokesman said, shortly before he was to unveil an emergency austerity budget. "My budget is tough but it will be fair," he said, cited by the official spokesman of Prime Minister David Cameron, whose Conservative party won May elections and formed a coalition with the third-placed Liberal Democrats. AFP PHOTO/CARL COURT (Photo credit should read Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images) http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/07/06/obama-s-ceo-problem The American economy is sputtering, and we are running out of options. Interest rates can’t go any lower. Another burst of government spending—whether a good or bad idea—looks politically impossible. Is there anything that could protect us from the dangers of stagnation or a double dip? politics Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT Fareed Zakaria /content/newsweek/2010/07/06/obama-s-ceo-problem http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/06/19/mccain-s-mistake The regime in Iran isn’t about to fall. world Sun, 20 Jun 2010 05:35:00 GMT Fareed Zakaria /content/newsweek/2010/06/19/mccain-s-mistake http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/06/13/presidential-pony-show I agree with virtually everyone out there who's complaining on camera and in print that our response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has been just terrible. Except that by "our" I don't mean the government's or the country's but ours—the media's. politics Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:00:00 GMT Fareed Zakaria /content/newsweek/2010/06/13/presidential-pony-show Saul Loeb / AFP-Getty Images NWK Caption: US President Barack Obama laughs as the media arrives alongside Florida Governor Charlie Crist (L), US Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen (2nd L), who is in charge of the Federal Response to the oil spill, White House energy advisor Carol Browner (2nd R), and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (R) prior to speaking to the media following a briefing with officials at the Tarmac Field House at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in New Orleans, Louisiana, June 4, 2010. Obama traveled to the Gulf Coast, his third trip to the region following the oil spill from BP's Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) -- IPTC Caption: US President Barack Obama laughs as the media arrives alongside Florida Governor Charlie Crist (L), US Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen (2nd L), who is in charge of the Federal Response to the oil spill, White House energy advisor Carol Browner (2nd R), and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (R) prior to speaking to the media following a briefing with officials at the Tarmac Field House at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in New Orleans, Louisiana, June 4, 2010. Obama traveled to the Gulf Coast, his third trip to the region following the oil spill from BP's Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/06/04/the-beijing-blues China has seen dramatic labor protests in recent weeks, from strikes at a Honda factory to grim accounts of suicide at the vast Foxconn complex, where iPhones are assembled. One scholar calls this "the end of the world-factory model," under which China would be the globe's low-wage manufacturer. world Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT Fareed Zakaria /content/newsweek/2010/06/04/the-beijing-blues Nelson Ching / Bloomberg-Getty Images NWK Caption: Employees at the Beijing Benz Automotive Co. plant work on the assembly line in Beijing, China, on Friday, May 28, 2010. Daimler AG, the world's second-largest luxury carmaker, raised its profit forecast for the Mercedes-Benz division for the second time in six weeks as the global recovery spurs demand. Photographer: Nelson Ching/Bloomberg via Getty Images -- IPTC Caption: Employees at the Beijing Benz Automotive Co. plant work on the assembly line in Beijing, China, on Friday, May 28, 2010. Daimler AG, the world's second-largest luxury carmaker, raised its profit forecast for the Mercedes-Benz division for the second time in six weeks as the global recovery spurs demand. Photographer: Nelson Ching/Bloomberg via Getty Images http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/05/29/these-problems-can-be-solved A founder of Intellectual Ventures, a scientific think tank working on solutions to the world’s thorniest problems—including global warming. Fareed Zakaria spoke with him about alternative energy and geoengineering. technology Sat, 29 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT Fareed Zakaria /content/newsweek/2010/05/29/these-problems-can-be-solved Dan Lamont / ZUMA Aug 11, 2008 - Bellevue, Washington, United States - NATHAN MYHRVOLD, CEO of Intellectual Ventures . (Credit Image: ? Dan Lamont/ZUMA Press)