Another war in the Middle East. A retreat from the international order. A presidency built on self-dealing and arbitrary power. It’s enough to make you think the U.S. is in a steep decline — but Fareed Zakaria thinks otherwise.
  
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 <li>SOURCES:
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 <li><a href="https://fareedzakaria.com/about" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fareed Zakaria</a>, journalist and author.</li>
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</ul>
 
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 <li>RESOURCES:
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 <li>"<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/03/13/britain-empire-trump-iran-decline/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Iran is an imperial trap. America walked right in</a>." by Fareed Zakaria (The Washington Post, 2026).</li>
 <li>"‘<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/02/27/iran-regime-change-consequences-strategy/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bomb and hope’ is not a strategy</a>," by Fareed Zakaria (The Washington Post, 2026).</li>
 <li><a href="https://amzn.to/4g6GXSa" rel="noopener noreferrer">Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present</a>, by Fareed Zakaria (2024).</li>
 <li><a href="https://amzn.to/4oh3qOM" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder</a>, by Peter Zeihan (2014).</li>
 <li><a href="https://amzn.to/49ClDAb" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Affluent Society</a>, by Jonathan Galbraith (1958).</li>
 </ul></li>
</ul>
 
<ul>
 <li>EXTRAS: 
 <ul>
 <li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/fareed-zakaria-on-what-just-happened-and-what-comes-next/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fareed Zakaria on What Just Happened, and What Comes Next</a>," by Freakonomics Radio (2024).</li>
 <li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/are-we-living-through-the-most-revolutionary-period-in-history/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Are We Living Through the Most Revolutionary Period in History?</a>" by Freakonomics Radio (2024).</li>
 <li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/the-folly-of-prediction/" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Folly of Prediction</a>," by Freakonomics Radio (2011).</li>
 </ul></li>
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