Foreign affairs commentator Fareed Zakaria and businessman/philanthropist David Rubenstein will discuss global elites, populism and the role of higher education in those trends Tuesday, April 2, at Duke University.
Along with Duke political scientist Peter Feaver, they will also address how these factors intersect with the United States’ role in the world.
The event is free and open to the public and takes place at 6 p.m. in Page Auditorium on Duke’s West Campus. Tickets are required and available from the Duke Box Office.
The Ambassador Dave and Kay Phillips Family International Lecture Series was endowed to bring prominent figures in international security, foreign policy and diplomacy to Duke to engage with students, faculty and the broader Duke community about issues of international importance.
The series is made possible with the support of Ambassador Phillips, his wife Kay, and the entire Phillips family.
Rubenstein is co-founder and co-chairman of The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest and most successful private investment firms. Established in 1987, Carlyle now manages $426 billion from 28 offices around the world.
Rubenstein graduated magna cum laude from Duke in 1970 and was elected Phi Beta Kappa. A lawyer, he served in the Carter administration as deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy, among other roles.
At Duke, his philanthropy includes making the Rubenstein Arts Center, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the university's Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative realities. He’s also a former Duke trustee.
In 2017, Rubenstein gave $20 million to launch a scholarship to help exceptional first-generation, low-income students attend Duke.
Zakaria is the host of the weekly CNN show “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” a columnist for The Washington Post and a bestselling author.
Since its debut in 2008, the show has featured interviews with Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Emmanuel Macron, Narendra Modi, Vladimir Putin, Benjamin Netanyahu, Condoleezza Rice, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Greta Thunberg, and the Dalai Lama, among others.
Zakaria is the author of four New York Times bestselling books: “Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World” (2020); “The Post-American World” (1st ed. 2008, 2nd ed. 2011); “The Future of Freedom (2003); and “In Defense of a Liberal Education” (2015).
Feaver is a professor of political science and public policy. He was a special adviser for strategic planning and institutional reform on the National Security Council staff in the George W. Bush administration from 2005-2007, and was director for defense policy and arms control in the Clinton administration from 1993-1994. Feaver directs the Duke Program in American Grand Strategy.
