Zalmay Khalilzad
The Diplomat
People, composure and the difficult conversation held well.
Zalmay Khalilzad is a seasoned diplomat with extensive experience in U.S. foreign policy, particularly in the Middle East and South Asia. This interview reveals his strategic approach to diplomacy, focusing on the need for reform and effective collaboration to address long-term challenges in democracy and governance.
“Sure. Well, in the crisis of Islamic civilization, as I call it, there is a question that Muslims in that region in particular have asked themselves that we used to be great. We were dominant. We were successful. We were ruling parts of Europe. And now we've declined.”
“Muslim faith would be where I. Made my point with him that I'm more sharply focused on terrorists and extremists is the right approach. During the Soviet period, I came here initially as a student, you had to sign documents and be vetted whether you had any communist affiliations and so forth, whether you had ever joined a communist party…”
“Admire their land may have contributed the destruction of the Soviet Union maybe would have been worth it. Estelle, I am of the view that, and I argued actually, I don't want to kind of praise my own record on this when I was there in the government.”
“Well, that was also through a scholarship program, again an American scholarship program, USAID gave in those days. Scholarship to students from developing countries and they send them to institutions closer to where they were rather than bringing them all the way to America American University of Beirut also made a huge impact on me.”
The Axe Files with David Axelrod — Ep. 234 - Zalmay Khalilzad
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