If there is one lesson for U.S. foreign policy from the past 10 years, it is surely that military intervention can seem simple but is in fact a complex affair with the potential for unintended consequences.

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.