Fareed Zakaria, jurnalist american de origine indiana, absolvent de Yale si cu un doctorat in stiinte politice obtinut la Harvard, este gazda celebrei emisiuni de pe CNN „Fareed Zakaria GPS”, editorialist la The Washington Post si colaborator la The Atlantic. A fost editor la Newsweek International si la Foreign Affairs, editorialist la Time, analist la ABC News si gazda emisiunii „Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria” la PBS. Dintre cartile sale, care au devenit bestselleruri internationale, amintim The Post-American World (2008; Lumea postamericana, Polirom, 2009), In Defense of a Liberal Education (2015) si Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World (2020; 10 lectii pentru o lume postpandemica, Polirom, 2021). Viitorul libertatii. Democratia iliberala in Statele Unite ale Americii si in lume a aparut intr-o prima editie la Editura Polirom in 2009.