Fareed Zakaria GPS

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Fareed Zakaria GPS takes a comprehensive look at foreign affairs and global policies through in-depth, one-on-one interviews and fascinating roundtable discussions.

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06.04.2023

This week Fareed sits down for an exclusive interview with U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan. Fareed asks why so many countries - especially in the Global South - aren’t with the West in supporting Ukraine. They also talk about ...

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06.04.2023 An exclusive interview with National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan; tackling some of the world's most pressing issues; 15 years of GPS This week Fareed sits down for an exclusive interview with U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan. Fareed asks why so many countries - especially in the Global South - aren’t with the West in supporting Ukraine. They also talk about ...
05.28.2023 Inside Putin's Russia; Is China peaking?; Knowledge in the digital age This week Fareed hosts a panel on Russia with Puck's founding partner and Washington Correspondent Julia Ioffe and Russian investigative journalist Andrei Soldatov. They discuss the power dynamics between Putin, the Russian military, and mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, as well ...
05.21.2023 Pakistan’s Former Prime Minister Imran Khan on his arrest; the war in Ukraine & U.S. foreign policy; the continued appeal of strongman populism This week Fareed hosts a panel with AEI Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies Kori Schake and Council on Foreign Relations Fellow Gideon Rose, who are both just back from Ukraine. They discuss the state of the war, the ...
05.14.2023 U.S. border crisis; Britain's plan to ban migrants on boats; how America’s debt ceiling crisis looks abroad; Syria back in Arab League Jeh Johnson, the former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, joins the show this week to talk about the migration crisis as American authorities lose an important tool to keep order at the U.S./Mexico border. Then, The Economist’s Mian Ridge explains ...
05.07.2023 King Charles III coronation; America’s position in the world; a new documentary on Ukraine Joanna Coles, former chief content officer for Heart Magazines, joins the show this week to talk about King Charles III's coronation and the future of the British monarchy. Then, Fareed hosts a global panel with The Economist's Editor-in-Chief Zanny Minton ...
04.30.2023 Israeli PM on judicial reforms; Middle East tensions and Iran's nuclear program; lessons from the pandemic Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits down for an interview with Fareed this week to discuss the controversy over his government’s judicial overhaul plan and what it would mean for the country's democracy. They also discuss Israel's relationship with its ...
04.23.2023 Russian crackdown on Western media; competition with China; Russian and Chinese spies in the U.S. Anton Troianovski, the New York Times' Moscow bureau chief, joins Fareed to talk about Russia’s arrest of American journalist Evan Gershkovich and how the war is playing out in Russian society. Fareed also speaks with David McCormick, a Republican politician ...
04.16.2023 Janet Yellen on inflation and a possible "soft landing;" the Pentagon document leak; crossing the Darién Gap U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sits down with Fareed for an exclusive interview this week to talk about inflation, sanctions on Russia, and whether the dollar will continue to be the dominant world currency. Then Fareed hosts a panel with ...
04.09.2023 Violence in Israel, the Trump indictment, and tensions over Taiwan; Ginni Rometty on leadership This week Fareed invites President of Eurasia Group Ian Bremmer and New York Times Op-Ed Columnist Bret Stephens on the show to discuss the recent violence in Israel, the indictment of former President Donald Trump, and US-China tensions over Taiwan. ...
04.02.2023 Trump's indictment; Ukraine's defense of Bakhmut; tensions with China; James Cameron on film, tech and more Fareed shares his thoughts on the indictment of former President Donald Trump this week and the implications for our democratic system. Then, retired 4-star Admiral William McRaven joins the show to discuss the state of the war in eastern Ukraine, ...
03.26.2023 Jon Stewart on the current political climate; Xi Jinping's visit to Russia; the Fed's dilemma Jon Stewart, former host of The Daily Show and current host of The Problem with Jon Stewart, joins Fareed this week to talk about the possible indictment of Donald Trump, critical race theory, cancel culture, the fight against hypocrisy, and ...
03.19.2023 America's new banking crisis; the hazard of Silicon Valley culture; fury in France over Macron's retirement reforms Fareed speaks with Lloyd Blankfein, former CEO and Chairman of Goldman Sachs, about the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank this week and what it means for our financial system. Gillian Tett, U.S. Editor-at-Large for the Financial Times, joins the show ...
03.12.2023 10 weeks of protest rock Israel; a dangerous moment in US-China Relations Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and former Israeli Vice Prime Minister Tzipi Livni speak on Prime Minister Netanyahu's proposed judicial reforms, which have ignited country-wide protests for ten straight weeks. Also, Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia and ...
03.05.2023 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Ukraine and Beijing; Tracking the Origins of COVID-19 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz sits down for an exclusive interview with Fareed following his visit with President Biden this week. They discuss the war in Ukraine, German defense spending and Berlin-Beijing relations. Plus, Chevron CEO Mike Wirth joins the show ...
02.26.2023 The War in Ukraine, One Year In This week's show is devoted to coverage of the war in Ukraine as we mark one year since Russia's invasion. First, Fareed speaks with National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and USAID Administrator Samantha Power on the current state of the ...
02.19.2023 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – one year later; Moldova in Russia's crosshairs; the earthquake in Syria – a disaster on top of a disaster Guest anchor Bianna Golodryga speaks with Tikhon Dzyadko and Ekaterina Kotrikadze of TV Rain, the exiled Russian TV network, about how Russians are reacting to Putin's war. Then CNA Russia Studies Program Director Michael Kofman and War on the Rocks ...
02.12.2023 Aid challenges for earthquake recovery and the fallout from China’s surveillance balloon International Rescue Committee president David Miliband and Council on Foreign Relations president Richard Haass join Fareed to discuss the diplomatic fallout of the Chinese spy balloon incident and how to navigate the political pitfalls of sending aid to Turkey and ...
02.05.2023 The Chinese balloon; an economic soft landing; and Ukraine’s hopes of retaking Crimea After the suspected Chinese spy balloon was shot down by the U.S. military on Saturday, Fareed asks former CIA and FBI official Philip Mudd how big a threat the balloon really was. Then, does the U.S. need a recession? Fareed ...
01.29.2023 Western tanks for Ukraine; Iranian protest update; Israeli democracy in danger? How will the West's decision to send tanks to Ukraine impact the war and what can we learn from India and China's reaction to the war? Fareed talks about that and more with New America CEO Anne-Marie Slaughter, former Swedish ...
01.22.2023 Ukraine’s President Zelensky and other world leaders On a special edition of GPS from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tells Fareed exactly what Ukraine needs to stop Russian agression. Then, Fareed talks to U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, NATO ...
01.15.2023 Ukraine's First Lady on the human toll of war In an exclusive interview, Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska joins Fareed to discuss the humanitarian toll of the brutal war, how her family is handling it, and whether Russia will achieve its apparent aim of breaking the will of the ...
01.08.2023 Navalny's daughter speaks out; 2023 outlook on global politics and economics Dasha Navalnaya, the daughter of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny speaks out about her father's condition and her hopes for the future of Russia. Then, Ian Bremmer, president of the Eurasia Group, breaks down his top 2023 global risks. ...
12.18.2022 2022 in Review: The war in Ukraine, U.S. vs China, Britain's woes Fareed talks to The Economist editor in chief Zanny Minton Beddoes and Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer about some of the biggest global stories that transformed the world in 2022; from the war in Ukraine, to tensions over tech between ...
12.11.2022 The prisoner swap with Russia; the prospect of a long war in Ukraine; a coup plot foiled in Germany; and the first Iranian protestor is executed Fareed sits down with Luke Harding of The Guardian and Owen Matthews of The Spectator to discuss the present and future of Russia’s war in Ukraine as well as this week’s U.S.-Russian prisoner swap: who got the better deal? Then, ...
12.04.2022 The most widespread protests in China since 1989 + an exclusive with the U.S. Commerce Secretary Fareed talks to Newsweek’s Beijing bureau chief Melinda Liu about the widespread protests that broke out in China this week against the country’s Zero Covid policy. Then, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo discusses the Biden administration's strategy for competing with ...
11.20.2022 Russia's bombardment of Ukraine and the Biden-Xi meeting Fareed sits down with Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass and CNN Presidential Historian Timothy Naftali to discuss Russia's strategy in Ukraine, why the west needs to remain united against Putin and the state of US-China relations after the ...
11.13.2022 Biden meets Xi Jinping and the world reacts to America’s midterm election results Guest anchor Bianna Golodryga talks to Ian Bremmer, Eurasia Group president, and Anne Applebaum, staff writer for The Atlantic, about Biden's first in-person meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and what it means for the world's two largest economies, plus ...
11.06.2022 Bill Maher on why U.S. democracy is at stake Fareed sits down with comedian and host Bill Maher to discuss what is at stake for Americans in the upcoming elections. Then, as COP27 - the UN climate change conference - begins Fareed asks climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe about progress ...
10.30.2022 Understanding Putin’s decision-making; Is Rishi Sunak ready to save the UK? Boris Bondarev, a former Russian diplomat who resigned in protest of the war in Ukraine, tells Fareed about why the Kremlin is making bad decisions. Will Putin decide to use nukes next? Then, Fareed sits down with Zanny Minton Beddoes, ...
10.23.2022 Will Boris and Bibi comeback? After Liz Truss resigned from the UK’s top job, that nation faces even more political and economic chaos. Fareed asks Zanny Minton Beddoes, the editor-in-chief at The Economist, what comes next? Then, former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discusses Israel's ...
10.16.2022 Russia, China, and Saudi Arabia: America’s List of Major Adversaries is Growing Fareed asks New York Times columnist Tom Friedman about America’s struggles with not only Russia, but China and Saudi Arabia, too. Also, the most important meeting in China in decades began this weekend and Fareed talks to Kevin Rudd, former ...
10.09.2022 Will Putin use nukes in Ukraine? Could Iran’s protestors do real damage to the regime? Fareed sits down with retired US Army Gen. Wesley Clark, a former NATO Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, to discuss Ukraine's recent successes in the war and whether Putin might respond with nuclear weapons. And, as protests for revolution in ...
10.02.2022 An exclusive interview with U.S. Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin After Russia's Vladimir Putin annexed parts of Ukraine and threatened the use of nuclear weapons, Fareed sits down with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to discuss how the U.S. sees the threat and how it is responding. Looking east, Secretary Austin ...
09.25.2022 The Presidents of Finland and South Korea on threats from their neighbors Finnish President Sauli Niinistö on why Vladimir Putin is not likely to accept defeat in Ukraine and why Europe will remain united against Russia, even if it means a very cold winter. Then, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol tells ...
09.18.2022 1-on-1 with Bill Clinton Fareed sits down with the 42nd president of the United States, Bill Clinton, to discuss how Democrats will fare in the upcoming midterm elections, the historical roots of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, how to reduce inequality in the U.S. ...
09.11.2022 A monarchy in transition and a sit down with President Zelensky in Kyiv Fareed is joined by celebrated historians Simon Schama and Kate Williams in front of Buckingham Palace to discuss the life and legacy of the late Queen Elizabeth II and the challenges King Charles III will face. Then, an exclusive interview ...
09.04.2022 GPS Special: Global Lessons on Guns CNN’s Fareed Zakaria explores the politics and policies of guns in America and around the world, GLOBAL LESSONS ON GUNS – A Fareed Zakaria GPS Special. The program travelled the world to understand how other nations overcame their problems with ...
08.28.2022 6 months of war in Ukraine; attempts to revive the Iran nuclear deal After half a year of war in Ukraine, National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications John Kirby tells CNN's Jim Sciutto that Putin shows no signs of backing down, while renewed shelling of a Russian-occupied nuclear plant in Ukraine has ...
08.21.2022 Ukraine's counteroffensive, China's economic meltdown and the future of the Iran Nuclear Deal Retired US Army Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling assesses Ukraine's counteroffensive strategy against Russia. David Rennie, The Economist's Bejing Bureau Chief, discusses China's slow growing economy and whether it poses any risk to Xi Jinping. Then, will Iran accept a revived ...
08.14.2022 A GPS Special: The Fall of Kabul, One Year Later As the one-year anniversary of the chaotic Taliban takeover of Kabul approaches, Fareed has an exclusive interview with the former president of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani, about why he fled the country, if he feels betrayed by the U.S., and whether ...
08.07.2022 U.S.-China tensions rise over Taiwan As China continues its military drills around Taiwan, Oriana Skylar Mastro, Fellow at Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute and a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, explains why this is not just a show of force by China, but an ...
07.31.2022 Will Speaker Pelosi go to Taiwan? If she does, how will China react? As Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi departs for her trip to Asia, Fareed asks Adm. Mike Mullen (Ret.), former Joint Chiefs Chairman, if she will visit Taiwan and how China might react. Pivoting to the war in Ukraine, Fareed ...
07.24.2022 Climate change, inflation and Ukraine’s worried neighbor As parts of Europe and the U.S. experience record heat, Fareed talks to the Chief Heat Officer of Athens, Greece, about how to adapt to climate change - now that it’s here. Then, should President Biden declare a climate emergency, ...
07.17.2022 President Biden travels to the Middle East Following President Biden’s first Middle East trip and on the eve of President Putin’s trip to Tehran, Fareed asks Vali Nasr, Professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies at Johns Hopkins University if new cold war divisions are solidifying ...
07.10.2022 An assassination, a resignation, and an interview with Henry Kissinger After the shocking assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Fareed talks to Ian Bremmer, president of the Eurasia Group and a man who knew Abe well, about what this means for Japan and what legacy Abe leaves behind. ...
07.03.2022 CNN Special Report \| Saudi Arabia: Kingdom of Secrets CNN's Fareed Zakaria explores a country where women are property, music and movies are evil - until a new Crown Prince brings unimaginable freedoms. But there is a dark side - is Saudi Arabia's new regime guilty of murder? Fareed ...
06.26.2022 The post-Roe America After the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Fareed looks at the legal and political implications and how US abortion rights compare to other countries around the world. He talks with Emily Bazelon of The New York Times Magazine ...
06.19.2022 Russia’s ongoing attack on Ukraine Gen. David Petraeus (Ret.) and Adm. James Stavridis (Ret.) join Fareed to discuss this phase of the war in Ukraine, and the crucial question for Ukraine’s economy- getting through Russia's Black Sea blockade. Then, Fareed asks CNN global economic analyst ...
06.12.2022 A Potentially “Fatal Blow” to the Iran Nuclear Deal and Decades-high Inflation in the U.S. CNN's Matthew Chance reports from Kyiv on Russia's slow and steady advances in Ukraine. As Iran moved to remove 27 cameras from monitoring its nuclear sites, the director general of the IAEA, Rafael Mariano Grossi, joins Fareed to discuss the ...
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What's Fareed Zakaria GPS about?

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Fareed Zakaria GPS episodes:

An exclusive interview with National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan; tackling some of the world's most pressing issues; 15 years of GPS

Inside Putin's Russia; Is China peaking?; Knowledge in the digital age

Pakistan’s Former Prime Minister Imran Khan on his arrest; the war in Ukraine & U.S. foreign policy; the continued appeal of strongman populism

U.S. border crisis; Britain's plan to ban migrants on boats; how America’s debt ceiling crisis looks abroad; Syria back in Arab League

King Charles III coronation; America’s position in the world; a new documentary on Ukraine

Israeli PM on judicial reforms; Middle East tensions and Iran's nuclear program; lessons from the pandemic

Russian crackdown on Western media; competition with China; Russian and Chinese spies in the U.S.

Janet Yellen on inflation and a possible "soft landing;" the Pentagon document leak; crossing the Darién Gap

Violence in Israel, the Trump indictment, and tensions over Taiwan; Ginni Rometty on leadership

Trump's indictment; Ukraine's defense of Bakhmut; tensions with China; James Cameron on film, tech and more

Jon Stewart on the current political climate; Xi Jinping's visit to Russia; the Fed's dilemma

America's new banking crisis; the hazard of Silicon Valley culture; fury in France over Macron's retirement reforms

10 weeks of protest rock Israel; a dangerous moment in US-China Relations

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Ukraine and Beijing; Tracking the Origins of COVID-19

The War in Ukraine, One Year In

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – one year later; Moldova in Russia's crosshairs; the earthquake in Syria – a disaster on top of a disaster

Aid challenges for earthquake recovery and the fallout from China’s surveillance balloon

The Chinese balloon; an economic soft landing; and Ukraine’s hopes of retaking Crimea

Western tanks for Ukraine; Iranian protest update; Israeli democracy in danger?

Ukraine’s President Zelensky and other world leaders

Ukraine's First Lady on the human toll of war

Navalny's daughter speaks out; 2023 outlook on global politics and economics

2022 in Review: The war in Ukraine, U.S. vs China, Britain's woes

The prisoner swap with Russia; the prospect of a long war in Ukraine; a coup plot foiled in Germany; and the first Iranian protestor is executed

The most widespread protests in China since 1989 + an exclusive with the U.S. Commerce Secretary

Russia's bombardment of Ukraine and the Biden-Xi meeting

Biden meets Xi Jinping and the world reacts to America’s midterm election results

Bill Maher on why U.S. democracy is at stake

Understanding Putin’s decision-making; Is Rishi Sunak ready to save the UK?

Will Boris and Bibi comeback?

Russia, China, and Saudi Arabia: America’s List of Major Adversaries is Growing

Will Putin use nukes in Ukraine? Could Iran’s protestors do real damage to the regime?

An exclusive interview with U.S. Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin

The Presidents of Finland and South Korea on threats from their neighbors

1-on-1 with Bill Clinton

A monarchy in transition and a sit down with President Zelensky in Kyiv

GPS Special: Global Lessons on Guns

6 months of war in Ukraine; attempts to revive the Iran nuclear deal

Ukraine's counteroffensive, China's economic meltdown and the future of the Iran Nuclear Deal

A GPS Special: The Fall of Kabul, One Year Later

U.S.-China tensions rise over Taiwan

Will Speaker Pelosi go to Taiwan? If she does, how will China react?

Climate change, inflation and Ukraine’s worried neighbor

President Biden travels to the Middle East

An assassination, a resignation, and an interview with Henry Kissinger

CNN Special Report | Saudi Arabia: Kingdom of Secrets

The post-Roe America

Russia’s ongoing attack on Ukraine

A Potentially “Fatal Blow” to the Iran Nuclear Deal and Decades-high Inflation in the U.S.

Special Report: Inside the mind of Vladimir Putin

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