Fareed Zakaria is an Indian-American journalist, political commentator, and author. He was born in Mumbai, India, on January 20, 1964, to a Konkani Muslim family. His father, Rafiq Zakaria, was a politician associated with the Indian National Congress. Zakaria earned his Bachelor of Arts from Yale University and a Ph.D. in political science from Harvard University. He is a naturalized American citizen. Zakaria is a host of CNNs Fareed Zakaria GPS, a columnist for The Washington Post, and a bestselling author. He has been a columnist for Newsweek, editor of Newsweek International, and an editor at large of Time.