Fareed Zakaria GPS

Today on the show, President Trump is back from two days of high-level talks in China. Matt Pottinger, the deputy national security advisor in the first Trump administration, and Jessica Chen Weiss, professor of China Studies at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, join the show to discuss the summit and what it means for Taiwan.

Next, Fareed speaks with Jason Furman, professor at Harvard Kennedy School and former chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Obama. They discuss why the stock market continues to rise even while inflation spikes in the midst of the Iran war, and what Furman expects from new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh.

Finally, a recent poll shows 70% of American adults under the age of 50 now hold an unfavorable view of Israel. Fareed discusses with Israeli-American historian Omer Bartov who has a new book out, “Israel: What Went Wrong.”

GUESTS: Jessica Chen Weiss (@jessicacweiss), Matt Pottinger, Jason Furman (@jasonfurman), Omer Bartov (@bartov_omer)

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Today on the show, it’s been more than a month since the U.S. and Iran began a shaky ceasefire, and a peace deal is under active consideration. Fareed is joined by Danny Citrinowicz, a senior researcher at the Tel Aviv-based Institute for National Security Studies and former head of the Iran branch of Israel’s military intelligence, to discuss what a real negotiated peace might look like.



Then, this July marks the 250th anniversary of America’s founding. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and author Beverly Gage went on a road trip across the country visiting historic sites, museums, and national monuments to better understand America’s complex past. She tells Fareed what she learned. Her new book chronicling her trip is “This Land Is Your Land: A Road Trip Through U.S. History.”



GUESTS: Danny Citrinowicz (@citrinowicz), Beverly Gage (@beverlygage)
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Today, Fareed speaks with Anne-Marie Slaughter and James Stavridis on Iran’s peace proposal and the U.S. plan to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany.

Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein explains why the Iran war hasn’t shaken markets despite a major oil shock.

As midterms near and Donald Trump’s approval hits a low, Fareed talks with Nate Cohn about possible political shifts.

In Hungary, Viktor Orbán loses to Péter Magyar; historian Timothy Snyder discusses what it means for global democracy.

Finally, Kateryna Bondar breaks down the growing role of AI in the Ukraine war.

GUESTS: Anne-Marie Slaughter (@SlaughterAM), James Stavridis (@stavridisj), Lloyd Blankfein (@lloydblankfein), Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn), Timothy Snyder (@TimothyDSnyder), Kateryna Bondar
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After a shocking shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday, Fareed is joined by CNN Presidential Historian Timothy Naftali to discuss what this suggests about American politics and society. 

 

Next, after President Trump canceled a US delegation trip to Pakistan for possible talks with Iran, Fareed talks to retired US Admiral William McRaven about how the war might end. 

 

Finally, Anthropic's new AI model “Mythos” is so powerful that the company hasn’t released it to the public. Sebastian Mallaby, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins to discuss AI’s rapid advancement and the risks that come with it. 

 

GUESTS: Timothy Naftali (@TimNaftali), William McRaven, Sebastian Mallaby (@scmallaby) 

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Today on the show, with the US-Iran ceasefire set to expire on Wednesday, the shaky ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, and continued chaos in the Strait of Hormuz, Vali Nasr joins to discuss what might come next in the Middle East. Then, in a stunning defeat Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán lost his reelection campaign after more than a decade in power. Fareed speaks with Atlantic staff writer Anne Applebaum about what this might mean for populism in Europe.  Finally, New Yorker staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe joins the show to discuss his new book, “London Falling,” about a teenager’s mysterious death in London, and the city's shadowy underworld that it revealed. GUESTS: Vali Nasr (@vali_nasr), Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum), Patrick Radden Keefe (@praddenkeefe) 
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