Fareed Zakarias latest article in the Washington Post. I have generally been wary of the calls for U.S. intervention in any and every conflict around the world. But this is different. The crisis in Ukraine is the most significant geopolitical problem since the Cold War. Unlike many of the tragic ethnic and civil wars that have bubbled up over the past three decades, this one involves a great global power, Russia, and thus can and will have far-reaching consequences. And it involves a great global principle: whether national boundaries can be changed by brute force. If it becomes acceptable to do so, what will happen in Asia, where there are dozens of contested boundaries — and several great powers that want to remake them? Obama must rally the world, push the Europeans and negotiate with the Russians. In this crisis, the United States truly is the indispensable nation. Fareed Zakaria is Editor at Large of TIME Magazine and hosts Fareed Zakaria GPS, which airs Sundays worldwide on CNN. He also writes a regular column for the Washington Post. Zakaria is a former managing editor of Foreign Affairs, and the author of several books, including “The Future of Freedom,” which was a New York Times bestseller and has been translated into 20 languages. His latest book, “The Post-American World,” was published in May 2008 and became an instant best-seller.Fareed Zakaria
Posted on: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 09:48:15 +0000
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