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 discusses China's threat to Taiwan and whether the U.S. military would come to the self-governing island’s defense. Then, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, former Russian oil tycoon who knew Putin before the two fell out, helps us understand Putin's mindset, his nuclear threat, and what Russia would look like post-Putin.
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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
December 16, 2018: Brexit Bedlam & Chinese Chicanery
France in crisis, Brexit in trouble plus Michael Lewis on the Trump transition
December 2nd, 2018: Trump, Putin & Xi at the G20
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