Salient to Investors: Fareed Zakaria said: Radical Islam is the default ideology of anger, discontent and violent opposition for a small number of alienated young Muslim men around the world. Only Muslims and particularly Arabs can cure this cancer. In the 12 years between 9/12/01 and 2013, only 42 Americans
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Fareed Zakaria said: The theory that “we fight them there so we don’t have to fight them here” is still wrong and would commit the US to a fool’s errand for decades. Cherif Kouachi, one of the Paris terrorists, testified that it was American intervention in the Middle East
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Fareed Zakaria writes: Hong Kong is far richer than the rest of China and a window into the country’s future. The rise in US oil and gas production along with the slowing Chinese growth and appetite – a 0% increase in oil demand in 2014 versus 7% annual
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Fareed Zakaria writes: New studies suggest that American innovation is in trouble and that the glittering examples of Facebook et al are deceptive. We are eating the seed corn and not laying the groundwork for the next great tech revolutions. Silicon Valley’s roots are deeply tied to government
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Fareed Zakaria said: Movie studios and theaters have made a mistake in not affirming freedom of expression regarding the movie “The Interview”. In the late 1930s, the UK wanted to ban distribution of Charlie Chaplin’s “The Great Dictator” to appease Nazi Germany. Obama’s strategy of pressuring Russia and making
READ MORE... →Fareed Zakaria said: It is the big, contentious democracies, Britain and the US, that have prevailed in the world, not Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan and the Soviet Union. No organization has ever benefited from being able to be the sole judge of its own performance. Ruchir Sharma at Morgan Stanley said:
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Fareed Zakaria said: The Department of Defense cost overruns on one weapons system are more than the total defense budget of Britain and France put together. The US spends more on defense than the next 8 nations put together including China and Russia. Since 9/11 America has been
READ MORE... →Fareed Zakaria said: Terrorism is rising around the globe, but nothing to panic over. The genius of America is alive – Washington may be paralyzed and polarized, but mayors and governors are ignoring party lines and partnering with the private sector to make reforms and investments for future growth. The
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Fareed Zakaria said: Russia is a great power in decline accounting for only 3.4% of global GDP versus China’s near 16% and almost 4 x Japan’s and 5 x Germany’s. China’s very different approach to foreign policy constitutes the most significant and dangerous shift in international politics
READ MORE... →Fareed Zakaria said: The White House has no real solution for Syria. There is no prospect of working with the Republicans on any major domestic policy. The greater threat to global peace and prosperity over the next decades comes from the rise of China and not from IS. Americans believe
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