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Zakaria, Fareed
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2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Iraq as a model for the Arab world
The victories scored by resolving the Iraqi conflict are currently overshadowed by the war in Afghanistan in the media. Yet Iraq could serve as an example for Afghanistan, according to an article taken from Newsweek and published in the liberal-conservative Italian paper Corriere della Sera: "The United States still has 120,000 troops stationed in Iraq ... . How we draw down in Iraq is just as critical as how we ramp up in Afghanistan: If handled badly, this withdrawal could be a disaster. Handled well, it could leave behind a significant success. ... Iraq needs a stable power-sharing deal that keeps all three groups [Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds] invested in the new country. ... The costs of the Iraq war have been great and perhaps indefensible. But Iraq could still turn out to be an extraordinary model for the Arab world. Its people are negotiating their differences for the most part peacefully; its politics is becoming more pluralistic and democratic; its press is free; its provinces have autonomy."
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Fareed Zakaria on the dialogue between the West and the Islamic World
Fareed Zakaria, chief editor of the news magazine Newsweek International, comments in the liberal-conservative daily Corriere della Sera on the possibilities for dialogue between the West and the Islamic World. "The main task today consists in developing a refined strategy against the fundamentalists. [US President Barack] Obama promised in his election campaign a more differentiated approach towards the Islamic countries. … This could serve to highlight the differences between the individual groups, movements and motivations at work within this world and strengthen the idea that this is not about a war between Islam and the West. For his part [terrorist leader] Osama Bin Laden continues to insist that all these different groups are part of a global movement. We should not play along with this but rather stress the differences between local groups and their demands. But this is not to say that we should close our eyes to girls' schools being set on fire and the stoning of offenders. Understanding the reality of radical Islam does not mean we accept its ideas. On the contrary, we must defend our views and values with pride and passion. The simple fact that the United States is present in Islamic countries, is dealing with the problems there and not confining itself to throwing bombs, carrying out arrests and killing could change the attitudes of the people there towards us."
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