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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June 9, 2019: Trump makes a deal with Mexico. Who won? Who lost?
June 2, 2019: As Trump gets ready to go to the UK & Europe, what's the state of play there politically?
May 26, 2019: Pres. Trump visits Japan as the US and China dig in to the trade war; will the spat between Iran and the US escalate to violence?
May 19, 2019: Mounting tensions between the US and Iran; is the US-China trade war the beginning of a new Cold War?
April 28, 2019: What we learned about ISIS after the Sri Lanka Attacks; plus the Financial Crisis, 10 years later
April 14, 2019: Hillary Clinton at the Women in the World 10th anniversary summit
April 7, 2019: Inspecting Immigration & NATO at 70
March 31, 2019: Standoff in Venezuela & the Mueller Report from Moscow
March 10, 2019: Politicos under Pressure!
March 3, 2019: The Hanoi Huddle is a Bust & Two Nuclear Nations Go To The Brink
The Venezuela Crisis & A New Atlantic Charter
Bill Gates & Tax Rates
The Crisis in Caracas & The Power of Women's Anger
February 3, 2019: Nixed Nuclear Accords & Drug Lord Drama
January 27, 2018: Chaos in Caracas & Davos in the doldrums.
January 20th, 2018: Tony Blair calls for a new Brexit referendum
January 13, 2019: Trump's Emergency Powers & Pompeo in Arabia
January 6, 2019: Trends to Track in 2019
CNN Special Report: Presidents Under Fire: The History of Impeachment
December 23, 2018: Mattis resigns, Trump disengages
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