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May 20, 2008 at 3:50 PM

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Esquire named Fareed Zakaria "one of the 21 most important people of the 21st century." An expert on global political trends, he's the editor of Newsweek International, for which he also writes a regular column, and recently joined CNN to host a weekly show. He was previously an ABC News analyst and managing editor of Foreign Affairs, the leading journal of international politics and economics. Zakaria is a native of India and holds a Ph.D. from Harvard. His books include the newly released The Post-American World.