Conservatives used to believe in confronting hard truths, not succumbing to comforting fairy tales. Some still do.

He serves on the board of the Council on Foreign Relations the New America Foundation Columbia University's International House and Shakespeare and Company. Zakaria initially supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Fareed Rafiq Zakaria (pron. He is also a frequent commentator and author about issues related to international relations trade and American foreign policy. He is the host of CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS.