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Opinion: Fareed Zakaria: A visit to Kyiv reveals the secret of Ukrainian success
The war in Ukraine pits a top-down attack against a bottom-up response. Ukraine's soldiers are fighting for their country and freedom. Russians are fighting out of fear and for money.

Opinion: Fareed Zakaria: Queen Elizabeth decided to be boring – for Britain’s sake
To make societies function well, we have always needed some norms that ask the individual to step back, to sacrifice some ego, and to play a role in a larger...

Opinion: Fareed Zakaria: In tough times, don’t lose sight of Germany’s unlikely success story
We often miss the good news, especially if it doesn't come in the form of a single event. One of the most striking positive trends in the world these days...

Opinion: Fareed Zakaria: Kabul fell one year ago. Here are the lessons we should learn.
A report on Afghanistan notes, "if the goal was to rebuild and leave behind a country that can sustain itself and pose little threat to U.S. national security interests, the...

Opinion: Fareed Zakaria: The U.S.-China crisis on Taiwan is the result of errors on both sides
Taiwan has been known to be the most sensitive issue for the United States and China, one that has been carefully managed for five decades. But today, there is no...

Opinion: Fareed Zakaria: Biden is showing that governing from the middle is possible
Governing from the center in today's world looks a lot different than it did in the past. When Congress came together in the 1980s and '90s to pass big bipartisan...

Opinion: Fareed Zakaria: In tackling climate change, don’t let the perfect become the enemy of the good
The reality is that we need to cut emissions now, not promise to do so by 2030. And the only way to do it now, and at scale, is to...

Opinion: Fareed Zakaria: Forget pronouns. Democrats need to become the party of building things.
Democrats need to once more become the party that gets stuff done, builds things and makes government work for people. That's a lot more important to most Americans than using...

Opinion: Fareed Zakaria: Biden’s sanctions against Russia are a double-edged sword
The Biden administration deserves huge credit for the tough economic sanctions it has been able to impose on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine.

Opinion: Fareed Zakaria: Why democracies are unwilling to condemn Russia
At first glance, the war in Ukraine would seem to confirm President Joe Biden’s oft-expressed view that the world today is marked by a contest between democracies and autocracies.