This week on the show, Fareed interviews Daniel Byman, director of Georgetown University’s Center for Security Studies, to discuss the horrific terrorist attack near Moscow on Friday. What is the state of Islamic extremism today, and is Putin laying the groundwork to blame Ukraine?
Then, the rift between the U.S. and Israel is widening while Prime Minister Netanyahu stands firm on a planned ground invasion in Rafah. Fareed hosts a panel with New York Times columnist Bret Stephens and Daniel Kurtzer, a former U.S. Ambassador to both Israel and Egypt, to talk about the schism, and what might come next for Gaza.
After that, the new politics of identity. Fareed shares one of the arguments he makes in his new book, “Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present”: that social and cultural issues, not economic interests, are driving political opinions today. This could explain why Biden’s approval numbers are low despite a booming economy.
Fareed is then joined by Walter Isaacson, renowned journalist and biographer, who asks Fareed about his new book.
Finally: What is the secret to happiness? Fareed examines what is making us happy, and what we can learn from countries like Finland, which has yet again topped the list of the world’s happiest countries.
GUESTS: Daniel Byman (@dbyman), Bret Stephens, Daniel Kurtzer (@DanKurtzer), Walter Isaacson
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April 26, 2020 | On GPS: Bill Gates on overcoming the coronavirus crisis
April 19, 2020 | On GPS: The U.S.-China blame game; what we can learn from Austria as it starts to reopen; Madeleine Albright on leading in crises
April 12, 2020 | On GPS: When to reopen the economy? The experts weigh in. Also, a WHO official and former UK PM Gordon Brown.
April 5, 2020 | On GPS: Covid-19 spurs economic crisis, gives way to a power grab in Hungary & forces globe's largest democracy into lockdown
March 29, 2020 | On GPS: The coronavirus crisis-what can the U.S. learn from Singapore's flattened curve & when can America get back to work?
March 15, 2020 | On GPS: Tony Blair, Larry Summers, Tom Frieden and Matteo Renzi - tackling all the angles on the Coronavirus Pandemic
March 8, 2020 | On GPS: Hillary Clinton on the Trump presidency so far, the 2020 Democratic race & the state of women around the world
March 1, 2020 | On GPS: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on President Trump's deal with the Taliban for a U.S. pull-out
February 23, 2020 | On GPS: Trump's new intel chief; the possibility for peace in Afghanistan; the political minds of millennials.
February 16, 2020 | On GPS: On GPS: Consequences of the coronavirus; Saudi Arabia vs Iran; why Trump's new travel ban is wrong to target Nigeria
February 9, 2020 | On GPS: Bill Maher on wild week in American politics; the Palestinian perspective on Trump's Middle East Plan
February 2, 2020 | On GPS: Jared Kushner talks Trump's Middle East peace plan and impeachment
January 26, 2020 | On GPS: Trump on trial-the view from abroad; containing the coronavirus; previewing Trump's Middle East peace plan
January 19, 2020 | On GPS: Putin's plan to stay in power; what's the new normal between Iran and America after an almost war?
January 12, 2020 | On GPS: The reverberations of the killing of a top general continue in Iran and throughout the Middle East
January 5, 2020 | On GPS: After the killing of Iranian General Soleimani, are we on the brink of the next war in the Middle East?
December 22, 2019 | On GPS: Looking at President Trump's impeachment through the lens of history
December 15, 2019 | On GPS: Boris, Brexit, and the Future of British Politics
December 8, 2019 | On GPS: NATO, Brexit, & the unrest in Iran
December 1, 2019 | On GPS: Looking at the Trump impeachment inquiry through the lens of the past
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