I muri i te whakahaere i tētahi kaupapa rangahau i runga i te kaupapa ā-iwi o Amerika i Harvard, ka noho a Zakaria hei kaiwhakahaere o Foreign Affairs i te tau 1992, i te 28 o ona tau. I raro i tana tohutohu, i whakahoutia te maheni, i neke mai i te hauwhā ki te marama rua. I mahi ia hei kaiwhakaako awhina i te Whare Wānanga o Columbia, i reira ia i whakaako ai i tetahi huihuinga mo nga hononga o te ao. I te Oketopa 2000, i whakaingoatia ia hei etita mo Newsweek International, a ka noho hei kaituhi o te wiki mo Newsweek. I te marama o Akuhata 2010 ka neke ia ki Time hei kaituhi-nui me te kaituhi. Ka tuhi ia i tetahi pou mo te Washington Post ia wiki, a he kaitautoko mo te roopu Atlantic Media, kei roto i te Atlantic Monthly. Pātai: E hia ona tau i te wa i whiwhi ai ia i te mahi?
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