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Twenty years after the 9/11 attacks, CNN's Fareed Zakaria gives his take on how to think about radical Islam today.
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The Post-Covid-19 World: Fareed's Take
In a Fareed Zakaria GPS special, Fareed gives his take on what the pandemic has revealed about human societies and how they are governed.
The Post Covid-19 World: The Future of Work
In a Fareed Zakaria GPS special, former USA Today Editor-in-Chief Joanne Lipman and Fareed lay out how the pandemic is transforming the workplace.
GPS WEB EXTRA: Is working from home the new normal?
Former USA Today Editor-in-Chief Joanne Lipman tells Fareed how the workplace could change after remote work became commonplace during the pandemic.
GPS WEB EXTRA: Lipman on keeping women in the workforce
Former USA Today Editor-in-Chief Joanne Lipman tells Fareed that the pandemic exposed how modern workplaces marginalize women.
The Post-Covid-19 World: Education in the Covid era
In a Fareed Zakaria GPS special, former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan breaks down the crises and opportunities Covid-19 has presented for education.
The Post-Covid-19 World: Did the pandemic kill cities?
In a Fareed Zakaria GPS special, the University of Toronto's Richard Florida breaks down how major urban areas will bounce back from the pandemic.
The Post-Covid-19 World: Covid's economic fallout
In a Fareed Zakaria GPS special, The Economist's Zanny Minton Beddoes and Fareed parse out the winners and losers of a post-pandemic economy.
Fareed's Take: Imperial overreach in Afghanistan
Fareed gives his take on the long and fraught history of military interventions conducted in the name of stability, and what governments can learn from it.
On GPS: How to bring back happiness
Laurie Santos, the teacher of the happiness course that became the most popular class in Yale's history, joins Fareed to discuss her new podcast.
On GPS: Kabul chaos continues as U.S. withdraws
Afghan journalist Sami Mahdi and NYU's Rina Amiri on what happens next in Afghanistan after the U.S withdrawal from the country.
On GPS: How the world sees the U.S.' Afghan withdrawal
Former British MP Stewart and the Russian International Affairs Council's Kortunov on how chaos in Afghanistan will play out on the global stage.
On GPS: What is being done to help Afghans?
The International Rescue Committee's David Miliband on the humanitarian efforts taking place in Afghanistan to cope with the U.S. withdrawal.
Fareed: "There is no elegant way to lose a war"
Fareed gives his take on the lightning quick takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban after the withdrawal of American and NATO troops from the country.
On GPS: Admiral Mike Mullen on the Afghan Army
The former Joint Chiefs Chairman joins Fareed to break down why the U.S. was unable to keep Afghanistan from falling back to the Taliban after 20 years.
GPS Web Extra: Did Pakistan doom the Afghan war effort?
Fareed asks former Joint Chiefs Chairman Mike Mullen whether the sheltering of Taliban fighters by Pakistan made the Afghan war unwinnable for the U.S.
On GPS: What will happen to Afghan women?
Afghan women's rights activist Mahbouba Seraj and Fareed lay out what the future could hold for Afghan women as the Taliban take over her country again.
On GPS: Is the U.S. doing enough about climate change?
Fareed sits down with Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry after the UN released an alarming new report on the consequences of climate change.
On GPS: Greece's horrifying wildfires
Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis tells Fareed why the wildfires that ravaged his country are "a wake up call" for the world to act on climate change.
Fareed's Take: The US and China's "Cold Peace"
Fareed gives his take on the complexity of Sino-American relations and why Cold War analogies fail to capture their true nature.
On GPS: Dr. Anthony Fauci on the Delta variant
The Chief Medical Adviser to President Biden joins Fareed to lay out what we know about the increasingly dominant Covid-19 variant.
On GPS: Dr. Anthony Fauci on defeating Covid
The Chief Medical Adviser to President Biden tells Fareed why vaccinations are critical to our efforts to get Covid-19 under control.
On GPS: Why some U.S. conservatives love Hungary
The Eurasia Group's Ian Bremmer, New America's Anne-Marie Slaughter and Fareed on the affinity between the American right and Viktor Orban's "anti-globalism."
On GPS: The Taliban gain ground in Afghanistan
The Eurasia Group's Ian Bremmer and New America's Anne-Marie Slaughter weigh in on the Taliban's conquest of the city of Kunduz.
Last Look: What does it take to pull off the Olympics?
Fareed takes a look at the impressive logistical feats behind the Olympic Games and what we can learn from them to step up Covid vaccination efforts.
Fareed: We are in an era of democratic dysfunction
Fareed gives his take on the fragile equilibrium necessary for liberal democracy to flourish, and the threats it faces today.
On GPS: How threatening is Covid's Delta variant?
Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman and Fareed on what impact the more contagious variant of Covid could have on the U.S. economy.
On GPS: How to nudge the hesitant towards vaccination
The economics Nobel Prize winner and co-author of "Nudge" Richard Thaler tells Fareed what can be done to push holdouts to vaccinate against Covid-19.
On GPS: Is Tunisian democracy dead?
Harvard's Tarek Masoud and Fareed break down the political crisis that is shaking the nation that birthed the Arab Spring a decade ago.
On GPS: How to reconcile Americans with one another
Danielle Allen, who is a candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, on whether the U.S. needs a South Africa-style Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Last Look: How nationalism plays out in China
Fareed takes a look at how increasingly antagonistic rhetorical exchanges between China and the U.S. are stoking nationalist sentiment.
Fareed's Take: Why America's anti-vax problem is unique
Fareed gives his take on the role Republican politicians and conservative media figures have played in spreading misinformation about Covid vaccines.
On GPS: King Abdullah II of Jordan
The Jordanian monarch joins Fareed for a wide ranging discussion on the Middle East and the King's relationship with President Biden.
On GPS: Turmoil in Jordan
Fareed asks King Abdullah II of Jordan about an alleged conspiracy to destabilize the Jordanian government.
GPS Web Extra: King Abdullah on Afghanistan
As the U.S. wraps up its troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, Jordan's ruler reflects on NATO's twenty-year-long war effort there.
GPS Web Extra: Israel, Jordan & the Arab world
Fareed asks King Abdullah II of Jordan whether he believes Saudi Arabia will be the next Arab country to normalize relations with Israel.
GPS Web Extra: King Abdullah on the Iran nuclear deal
Jordan's ruler tells Fareed if his country and the region at large want to see Iran rejoin the nuclear deal brokered by the Obama administration.
GPS Web Extra: The fate of Jordan's many refugees
King Abdullah II of Jordan tells Fareed how he sees the future of over a million Syrian refugees now living in his country.
On GPS: Covid's Delta variant wreaks havoc
Tom Frieden and Devi Sridhar join Fareed to break down what can be done in the face of the highly contagious Delta variant.
On GPS: What to make of Covid "Breakthrough infections"
Tom Frieden, Devi Sridhar and Fareed on the likelihood of becoming infected with Covid-19 in spite of being fully vaccinated.
Last Look: Is extreme weather the new normal?
Fareed takes a look at an alarming study on the extreme weather events which have been taking place around the globe.
Fareed compares the pandemic to the 2008 global crisis
CNN's Fareed Zakaria gives his take on why the global coordination between governments following the 2008 financial crisis yields important lessons for fighting Covid-19.
On GPS: Gen. Petraeus on Afghanistan withdrawal
The former commander of NATO troops in Afghanistan tells Fareed why he opposes the Biden administration's decision to pull U.S. troops out of the country.
On GPS: Gen Petraeus weighs in on Haiti crisis
The general, who served in the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti in the mid-1990s, gives his thoughts on the political crisis engulfing Haiti.
On GPS: Are we at the start of a new Cuban revolution?
Cuban-American historian Ada Ferrer lays out what's at stake as Cubans take to the street in protest against the communist government of the island nation.
Author details the relationships between presidents and their best friends
Gary Ginsberg, author of "First Friends" joins CNN's Fareed Zakaria to retrace the history of the close friendships that shaped many American presidencies.
On GPS: The man behind Nixon
"First Friends" author Gary Ginsberg and Fareed examine former president Richard Nixon's friendship with Bebe Rebozo.
On GPS: Rupert Murdoch's social circle
Author Gary Ginsberg tells Fareed about how Rupert Murdoch had, "no separation between senior business leaders and his best friends."
Last Look: Haiti's journey from riches to chaos
Fareed takes a look at the history that led Haiti to become the Western hemisphere's poorest country in spite of its huge natural wealth.
On GPS: Did Branson go to space?
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and Fareed analyze whether billionaire Richard Branson's historic space flight is in fact "space travel."
Fareed's Take: Why Americans care about history
Fareed gives his take on why the stakes of the controversies over how to teach American history are so high.
On GPS: Is American democracy under threat from within?
Pulitzer Prize winners Jon Meacham and Doris Kearns Goodwin join Fareed to lay out why they worry about how politically polarized America is today.
On GPS: Where is American political life heading?
Jon Meacham, Doris Kearns Goodwin and Fareed on how America can overcome "a really tough time" in its public life amid GOP efforts to restrict voting.
On GPS: The state of race relations in America
Pulitzer Prize winner Annette Gordon-Reed joins Fareed to look back on how far America has come and how far it has to go when it comes to racial equality.
On GPS: Is the US economy at its zenith?
Morgan Stanley Investment Management's Chief Global Strategist Ruchir Sharma and Fareed unpack America's economic dominance, and what might threaten it.
On GPS: The explosion in American cultural expression
Harvard History professor and Pulitzer prize recipient Louis Menand joins Fareed to map out the state of American culture today.
Fareed: Voters prefer pragmatists to ideologues
After Eric Adams's good showing in the NYC mayoral election Democratic primary, Fareed gives his take on why Democrats need to focus on good governance.
On GPS: The Chinese Communist Party's big anniversary
As China celebrates the centennial of its ruling party, Elizabeth Economy, Rana Mitter and Jiayang Fan join Fareed to break down the event's implications.
On GPS: How China views the future
Elizabeth Economy, Rana Mitter, Jiayang Fan and Fareed on what lies ahead for China as it celebrates the one hundredth anniversary of its ruling party.
On GPS: Malcolm Gladwell on "Revisionist History"
The prolific author and host on the new season of his podcast, which covers subjects as varied as self-driving cars and war simulations.
On GPS: What is wrong with The Little Mermaid?
Malcolm Gladwell and Fareed on why the Disney classic teaches young girls all the wrong lessons; and why college rankings are discriminatory.
Last Look: A global internet crackdown
Fareed takes a look at how some of the largest democratic countries in the world are disguising censorship of social media activity as regulation.
Fareed's Take: Is America really back?
Fareed gives his take on President Biden's trip to Europe and breaks down what it will take for reality to match Biden's "America is back" rhetoric.
On GPS: The Russian view of the Biden-Putin summit
The Russian International Affairs Council's Andrey Kortunov joins Fareed to lay out how the Geneva meeting between the two leaders was perceived in Russia.
On GPS: Iran's new hardline President-elect
The New Yorker's Robin Wright and Johns Hopkins professor of Middle East studies Vali Nasr on the outcome of Iran's latest presidential election.
On GPS: Taliban spokesman on the future of Afghanistan
Fareed asks Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen how the Taliban have changed since they were last in power, and how they can be trusted to keep their word.
On GPS: The anthropologist turned top business editor
Top FT editor and author Gillian Tett joins Fareed to unpack how her training as an anthropologist allows her to see the world differently.
Last Look: Why we need a carbon tax
Fareed takes a look at why pricing carbon pollution is the simplest, most elegant way to decarbonize the global economy.
GPS Web Extra: Will the Taliban shelter al Qaeda again?
Fareed asks Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen whether he believes the terrorist group is still active on Afghan soil.
GPS Web Extra: The Taliban & Afghan cultural heritage
Fareed presses Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen on his organization's commitment to preserve Afghanistan's non-Islamic cultural sites.
Fareed's Take: The coming "digital pandemic"
Fareed gives his take on the startling increase in ransomware attacks and how cryptocurrencies enable the perpetrators to hide their identities.
On GPS: President Biden's maiden G7
Zanny Minton Beddoes and former Obama speechwriter Ben Rhodes assess whether international cooperation has been revived within the Group of 7.
On GPS: How humanity gained an "Extra Life"
Author Steven Johnson joins Fareed to lay out how human life expectancy worldwide has doubled in just a century.
On GPS: How can migration be stopped at the source?
Fareed takes a look at what policies would be most constructive in addressing the flow of migrants from Central America to the United States.
Fareed: Populist movements outlive their leaders
After a broad coalition banded together in an effort to oust Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel, Fareed gives his take on why what Bibi stood for will survive the PM's fall.
On GPS: Gordon Brown on tackling Covid-19
The former UK PM tells Fareed international cooperation has to be stepped up to end the pandemic "because nobody is safe until everybody is safe."
On GPS: How can democracies deal with Russia and China?
Former UK PM and author of "Seven Ways To Change Our World" Gordon Brown on how the West should handle relations with powerful authoritarian regimes.
On GPS: What next for Israel as Bibi's exit looms?
Israeli journalists Lucy Aharish and Anshel Pfeffer on the broad coalition of Israeli parties set to oust longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
On GPS: "A Moonshot for Meatless Meat"
Ezra Klein joins Fareed to lay out why meat consumption is so harmful to our planet and our health, and what the future of animal protein could be.
Last Look: The border crisis stoking the far right
Fareed takes a look at how a diplomatic spat between Morocco and Spain has led immigration to take center stage in Spanish politics.
Fareed: Fear of China is bipartisan in US
CNN's Fareed Zakaria gives his take on why China's increasingly assertive foreign policy is putting it at odds not just with foreign nations, but also with its own interests.
On GPS: Are Netanyahu's days as PM numbered?
Tom Friedman joins Fareed to game out how Naftali Bennett's play to dethrone Bibi might unfold, and what it could mean for Israelis and Palestinians.
On GPS: Could dictators order more plane hijackings?
The Atlantic's Anne Applebaum, Belarussian reporter Hanna Liubakova and Fareed on the arrest of journalist Roman Protasevic at the Minsk airport.
On GPS: Michael Lewis on the failed US Covid response
The author of "The Premonition" on why the world's richest country could not slow the spread of the pandemic at home.
On GPS: The woman who saw Covid chaos coming
Michael Lewis on the protagonist of his latest book, who was ignored when she warned that early and decisive action was critical to avoid disaster.
Last Look: The Covid baby bust
Fareed takes a look at the alarming worldwide decline in birth rates, and the potentially devastating consequences of a rapidly aging population.
Fareed on resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Fareed gives his take on why Mideast violence will keep happening until it is resolved through moral persuasion.
On GPS: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken
The Secretary joins Fareed for a wide-ranging discussion on the Biden administration's Middle East policy.
On GPS: What caused Israeli-Palestinian violence?
Peter Beinart, Noura Erakat and Dan Senor join Fareed break down what they see as the crux of the latest bout of armed conflict in the region.
On GPS: What next after Israeli-Palestinian truce?
Peter Beinart, Noura Erakat, Dan Senor, and Fareed lay out how they think Israelis, Palestinians and the World should think about the future of the region.
On GPS: Covid & American Capitalism
Writer Zachary Karabell lays out the potential impact of the Pandemic on how American will view capitalism in the future.
Last Look: Russia's Arctic designs
Fareed takes a look at why Russia has been building up military might on its huge Arctic coastline.
Fareed: Today's GOP is a tribe devoted to self-preservation
CNN's Fareed Zakaria gives his take on how the GOP transformed from a party of conservative principles to one of tribal loyalty.
On GPS: Israeli-Palestinian Fighting Intensifies
CNN's Nic Robertson joins live from Ashdod as the United Nations Security Council is convening to discuss the increasingly dire conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
On GPS: Israeli-Palestinian conflict intensifies
Former U.S. special envoy Martin Indyk & modern Arab studies Prof. Rashid Khalidi break down the latest escalation between Israel and Palestine.
On GPS: Pursuing justice against ISIS
Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney & Nobel Prize winner Nadia Murad tell Fareed how a U.S. law could hold ISIS accountable for genocide against the Yazidis.
On GPS: Amal Clooney & Nadia Murad on Yazidi victims of ISIS
Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney & Nobel prize winner Nadia Murad tell Fareed that Yazidi victims need ISIS to be prosecuted for genocide so they can heal.
GPS Web Extra: Nadia Murad on recovering family remains
Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad tells Fareed what the UN's exhumation of mass graves means to the Yazidis who have lost countless loved ones to ISIS.
GPS Web Extra: America's role in international courts
Renowned human rights lawyer Amal Clooney tells Fareed what America has done in the past & what it can do now to bring perpetrators of genocide to justice.
Fareed predicts boom after US economy's 'pandemic paralysis'
CNN's Fareed Zakaria gives his take on why he thinks the world will probably bounce back better from the pandemic, despite the havoc Covid-19 is still causing.
On GPS: Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
Gates, who served in the administrations of three presidents including Bush and Obama, joins Fareed to assess the situation in Afghanistan and Taiwan.
On GPS: Is India the canary in the Covid coal mine?
The University of Edinburgh's Devi Sridhar on whether India's Covid crisis could be repeated elsewhere despite progress on vaccines in some countries.
On GPS: Will Covid make us rethink globalization?
Historian Niall Ferguson, author of "Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe", joins Fareed to look ahead to what the post pandemic world might look like.
On GPS: Jake Tapper on the GOP and his new novel
The CNN anchor and author of "The Devil May Dance" talks politics with Fareed, and explains why he invented a Frank Sinatra song for his new book.
Last Look: Germany far-right crime hits record
Fareed takes a look at Germany's problem with far right violence as the country prepares for a big political transition.
Fareed compares Islamic terrorism to rise in far-right attacks
Ten years after Osama bin Laden's death, Fareed gives his take on why the terrorism bin Laden symbolized is no longer the global threat it once was.
On GPS: Hillary Clinton on Biden's first 100 days
The former Democratic presidential candidate joins Fareed to weigh in on President Biden's early track record in the White House.
On GPS: Hillary Clinton on Biden and Afghanistan
Fareed asks the former Democratic Senator for her take on President Biden's decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan.
On GPS: How have populists handled Covid-19?
Johns Hopkins Professor Yascha Mounk and Blair Institute research fellow Brett Meyer join Fareed to break down populist responses to the pandemic.
Last Look: MBS changes tack
Fareed takes a look at why the Saudi crown Prince, Mohammed Bin Salman, seems to be reaching out to Iran after years of escalating hostility.
Fareed's Take: Ending irrational policymaking
Fareed gives his take on why a warped view of risk and reward has led governments to make a slew of decisions that are not in the public's best interest.
On GPS: What is Putin up to?
MEP and former Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski joins Fareed to break down what's behind Russia's latest moves on the world stage.
On GPS: The meaning of genocide
International law professor Philippe Sands and Fareed look back on how the term genocide has come to controversially designate a broad category of crimes.
On GPS: The U.S. steps up its game on climate change
Conservation International CEO M. Sanjayan maps out what America's ambitious new emissions goals could mean for the global fight against climate change.
On GPS: Inside India's "Covid Hell"
The Guardian's Hannah Ellis-Petersen joins Fareed for a report from the front lines of India's devastating second wave of Covid-19 infections.
Last Look: Nuclear Energy in America
Fareed takes a look at plans to drastically reduce nuclear energy's role in powering America's grid, and why they are misguided.
GPS Exclusive: Afghanistan's President Ghani
The President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani joins Fareed to share his thoughts on the US decision to withdraw its troops from his country.
GPS Exclusive: President Ghani on Afghanistan's future
The President of Afghanistan joins Fareed to lay out the future he sees for his country after America withdraws its troops later this year.
GPS Web Extra: Pres. Ghani on stability in Afghanistan
President Ghani of Afghanistan reflects on 20 years of fighting in Afghanistan and how it will be remembered.
On GPS: H.R. McMaster on Afghanistan withdrawal
The Trump administration's second National Security Adviser tells Fareed why he thinks it's a mistake for the U.S. to leave Afghanistan.
On GPS: Tom Donilon on Afghanistan withdrawal
Obama administration National Security Adviser tells Fareed why he thinks it's the right decision for the U.S. to leave Afghanistan, and more.
On GPS: Is Myanmar the new Syria?
CNN's Chief International Correspondent, Clarissa Ward tells Fareed what she saw when she traveled to violence-wracked Myanmar.
GPS Web Extra: What is happening to Myanmar's protesters?
CNN Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward tells Fareed about the fate of the protesters who dared to speak to her in Myanamar.
GPS Web Extra: Clarissa Ward on Aung San Suu Kyi
CNN's Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward tells Fareed how Aung San Suu Kyi is still a symbol of defiance against Myanmar's military coup.
Fareed's Take: Society's role in Covid's spread
Fareed gives his take on how varying degrees of tolerance for rules have influenced national responses to the pandemic across the world.
On GPS: Can a global minimum corporate tax happen?
Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Adewale "Wally" Adeyemo joins Fareed to lay out the White House's economic agenda.
On GPS: Can the Iran deal be revived?
Kim Ghattas, Ruel Marc Gerecht, Vali Nasr and Fareed on the merits of rejoining the Iran nuclear agreement after diplomatic talks in Vienna.
On GPS: America's middle eastern wars
Kim Ghattas, Ruel Marc Gerecht, Vali Nasr and Fareed map out the tough road ahead for the US as it considers winding down its involvement in the region.
What in the World: Turkey's authoritarian spiral
Fareed breaks down how Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Turkey went from lauded beacon of democratic reform, to the poster child for illiberal democracy.
On GPS: Diane von Furstenberg's "secret to life"
The legendary fashion designer joins Fareed to talk about her new book: "Own It", fashion in the age of Covid and more.
Fareed Zakaria pays tribute to his mother
Fareed remembers his mother, Fatma Zakaria, who passed away from Covid-related complications in India. She was 85.
Fareed: Can Biden make the US government great again?
Fareed Zakaria gives his take on how President Biden's infrastructure plan could restore America's faith in the effectiveness of government.
On GPS: Is comparing Biden to FDR fair?
Fareed is joined by historians Jon Meacham and Niall Ferguson to examine historical precedents for Biden's expansive federal government programs.
On GPS: Is the U.S. risking runaway inflation?
Niall Ferguson tells Fareed why fears of overheating the U.S. economy through massive spending should not be dismissed.
On GPS: the WHO's report on the origins of Covid-19
Virologist Peter Daszak joins Fareed to defend the findings of an international team of scientists he joined in Wuhan China to investigate Covid-19.
On GPS: Inside Germany's struggle with Covid-19
The New York Times' Melissa Eddy joins Fareed to break down where things went wrong for Germany's Covid-19 response and Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Last Look: Schools in the age of Covid-19
Fareed takes a look at how the pandemic is exacerbating inequality in learning, and what can be done to mitigate long term damage to children's prospects.
Fareed's Take: Bigness is not a substitute for brains
CNN's Fareed Zakaria gives his take on why ever-increasing defense spending in the name of standing up to China is misleading.
On GPS: The US-China summit in Alaska
Richard Haass, James Stavridis and Zanny Minton Beddoes on the confrontational first meeting between senior U.S and Chinese diplomats in the Biden era.
On GPS: Biden and Putin trade barbs
An all-star panel weighs in on deteriorating relations between Russia and the U.S. after President Biden called President Putin a killer.
On GPS: the EU's botched vaccine rollout worsens
Zanny Minton Beddoes and the panel break down how missteps and a hesitant population are combining to bog down efforts to vaccinate Europe.
On GPS: Why Covid hasn't hit poor countries as hard
Writer and physician Siddhartha Mukherjee tells Fareed what he found when he investigated the global south's remarkable resilience to the pandemic.
GPS Web Extra: How poorer nations coped with Covid-19
The New Yorker's Siddhartha Mukherjee tells Fareed about immunity to Covid-19 in poorer nations.
Last Look: The undemocratic history of the filibuster
Fareed takes a look at how the Senate stalling manoeuvre was born, how it was used in the past and why it is emblematic of minority rule in today's Senate.
Fareed: Here's the truth about asylum and immigrant policy
Fareed Zakaria gives his take on the surge of migration to the Southern US border and explains why America's current asylum policy is "out of date."
On GPS: Biden's 1.9 trillion Covid-19 rescue package
Nobel laureate Paul Krugman and former Obama National Economic Council Director Larry Summers assess one of the largest ever economic rescue packages.
On GPS: Will the relief bill doom public investment?
Paul Krugman, Larry Summers and Fareed on what the huge Covid-19 rescue package could mean for the Biden administration's economic agenda.
On GPS: What is The Quad?
U.S. diplomat Susan Thornton joins Fareed to break down what closer ties between the US, Japan, Australia and India could mean for China.
On GPS: The coming biotech revolution
Historian Walter Isaacson on his new book: "The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race".
'What in the world is going on?': Fareed looks at the opioid crisis
Fareed Zakaria looks at why the pandemic has led to a sharp increase in opioid overdose deaths in the United States.
Fareed's Take: Biden Shows Government Can Work
Fareed gives his take on the massive ramp-up of vaccines under Pres. Biden, who has marshaled the full power of the federal government to fight Covid-19.
On GPS: Can the U.S. make up for lost time in AI race?
Former Google chairman Eric Schmidt joins Fareed to sound the alarm on the dire need for the U.S. to ramp up R&D in artificial intelligence.
GPS Web Extra: Eric Schmidt on the race to 5G
Former Google head tells Fareed why the U.S. needs to invest in 5G infrastructure and semiconductor production in order to be competitive with China.
On GPS: the EU's sluggish vaccine rollout
The Economist's editor in chief, Zanny Minton-Beddoes and Fareed look back at why the European Union's Covid vaccination campaign has stuttered.
On GPS: Are vaccine passports inevitable?
NYU Professor of medical ethics Arthur Caplan joins Fareed to lay out the benefits and pitfalls of demanding proof of vaccination at borders.
On GPS: Pope Francis visits Iraq
CNN Senior International Correspondent Ben Wedeman joins Fareed from Erbil for a report on the first ever visit of a Pontiff to the country.
What in the World: India's democracy backslides
Fareed on why the current Indian government has overseen a marked decline in freedom in the world's largest democracy.
Fareed's Take: The "thickening" of government
Fareed gives his take on how the U.S. government might be alienating the very people it represents by becoming increasingly distant and bureaucratic.
On GPS: Jamal Khashoggi and US-Saudi relations
An all-star panel breaks down the implications of an official U.S. assessment that Saudi Arabia's crown prince was behind a Saudi columnist's murder.
On GPS: Biden's first military action
Meghan O'Sullivan, Tarek Masoud, Nicholas Kristof and Fareed on what to make of the retaliatory American strikes targeting Iran-backed militias in Syria.
On GPS: Bill Gates on the climate crisis
The Microsoft co-founder details how he came to write about climate change and lays out plans from his new book: "How to Avoid a Climate Disaster."
On GPS: Bill Gates on fighting Covid-19
Gates tells Fareed how he sees the coming months playing out as vaccinations in the United States continue, and variants spread.
On GPS: Bill Gates on the Democratic stimulus bill
Fareed asks Gates whether he thinks the $1.9 trillion Covid stimulus package passed by the U.S. House of Representatives is excessive or well calibrated.
GPS Web Extra: Bill Gates on stopping misinformation
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates tells Fareed how big tech and the U.S. government must work together to stop misinformation.
What in The World: Central banks eye Bitcoin's success
As Bitcoin's sky high valuations make headlines, Fareed explores the interest of several central banks in launching digital currencies of their own.
Fareed: Can the GOP control its extremists?
CNN's Fareed Zakaria gives his take on the Republican Party's tolerance of extremism within its ranks, and how it could threaten American democracy itself.
On GPS: Is American multilateralism back?
Fareed asks Zanny Minton Beddoes, Richard Haass, and Peter Beinart how America's foes and allies are reacting to President Biden's foreign policy.
On GPS: Biden's foreign policy challenges
Zanny Minton Beddoes, Richard Haass, and Peter Beinart join Fareed to discuss how the Biden administration should engage with China, Iran, and others.
On GPS: Texas's climate catastrophe
Fareed asks Texas-based climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe why a winter storm in the state was so damaging. Can the world prepare for such extreme weather?
On GPS: Can America afford a trillion-dollar stimulus?
The Atlantic's Annie Lowrey on why she feels the U.S. shouldn't shy away from massive spending to help its economy absorb the fallout from Covid-19.
Last Look: Bhutan's Covid-19 success
Fareed looks into how a small and relatively poor nation tackled the pandemic so well, and the lessons wealthier nations can learn from it.
Fareed's take: Biden's foreign policy plans are 'worrying'
CNN's Fareed Zakaria says there are worrying signs the Biden administration seems willing to tailor its foreign policy agenda to placate GOP critics and ultimately, it will not work.
On GPS: Trump's second impeachment acquittal
The Atlantic writers David Frum and Anne Applebaum join Fareed to weigh in on what the outcome of the trial means for America and the GOP's future.
On GPS: Can the GOP change?
David Frum, Anne Applebaum and Fareed explore what conservative parties around the world are doing right, and how the Republican party should change.
On GPS: Former CDC director Tom Frieden
Dr. Frieden and Fareed break down the latest case numbers in the U.S. and plot the path forward for the ongoing vaccination drive.
On GPS: Could hackers poison water supplies?
The New York TImes's cybersecurity and digital espionage reporter Nicole Perlroth on the state of cyberwafare in the wake of the gigantic SolarWinds hack.
Last Look: A shocking surge in anti-Asian racism
Fareed takes a look at the spike in racist incidents targeting Asians that has gone hand in hand with the rise of the Covid-19 pandemic.
GPS Web Extra: Prospect of global cyber arms treaty
New York Times cybersecurity reporter Nicole Perlroth tells Fareed what it would take to establish a global "arms treaty" for cyber.
Fareed's Take: The GOP bait-and-switch
Fareed gives his take on how Republican politicians betray their voters and U.K. Conservatives offer a better path.
On GPS: Iran's foreign minister
Javad Zarif joins Fareed to hash out what Iran's positions are as the Biden administration ponders rejoining the Iran nuclear deal.
On GPS: Iranian FM on the Abraham accords & Yemen
Fareed asks Javad Zarif for his reaction to the evolution of US Middle East policy during the four years of the Trump administration.
On GPS: China's ambassador to the U.S.
Ambassador Cui Tiankai and Fareed on how China sees U.S.-China relations evolving under the Biden administration.
On GPS: Chinese Ambassador on the Uyghurs
Fareed asks China's Ambassador to the U.S. Cui Tiankai about the Uyghur issue.
GPS Web Extra: Chinese Amb. Cui on Uyghurs
Chinese Amb. Cui answers Fareed on allegations of genocide against the Uyghurs
On GPS: Will China cooperate on climate?
Fareed speaks to Chinese Ambassador Cui Tiankai about China's role in combating the climate crisis.
On GPS: The tech cold war with China
Fareed asks Chinese Ambassador Cui Tiankai about the simmering tech cold war between China and the West.
On GPS: Did China flout Hong Kong's handover agreement?
Fareed asks Chinese Ambassador Cui Tiankai about China's encroachment on Hong Kong.
Last Look: A coup in Myanmar
Fareed takes a look at the track record of Aung Sang Suu Kyi, who was overthrown by the Burmese military after a failed transition to democracy.
Fareed interviews Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi
Fareed sits down with Aung San Suu Kyi to ask about her path from dissident to leader and about the Rohingya, a persecuted minority in her country.
Fareed's take: The grave consequences of vaccine nationalism
Fareed Zakaria gives his take on how unequal distribution of vaccines could mean the world never fully recovers from Covid-19.
On GPS: Russians take to the streets
Julia Ioffe & Alexander Gabuev join Fareed to break down the widespread protests that have followed the arrest of Russian dissident Alexey Navalny.
On GPS: Diplomatic fallout from the Navalny protests
GQ's Julia Ioffe, the Carnegie Endowment's Alexander Gabuev, and Fareed on what the protests sweeping Russia could mean for US-Russia relations.
On GPS: U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry
Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and former Secretary of State John Kerry on the Biden administration's vision for climate action.
On GPS: Building a global coalition around climate
The special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and Fareed lay out the path forward for international efforts on climate.
Fareed: 100 million vaccines in 100 days isn't enough
Fareed gives his take on why President Biden should double his vaccination ambitions for his first 100 days in office.
On GPS: How does the world see Biden's presidency?
Fareed is joined by an all-star panel from around the world to debate what key partners and competitors expect from the Biden administration.
On GPS: The world leader who is sad to see Trump go
Former Mexican foreign minister Jorge Castañeda and the panel on why Mexico's President Lópes Obrador is wary of the change in U.S. administration.
On GPS: The rise of Chinese "techno-nationalism"
LSE professor Keyu Jin and former German Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger on where China's ambitions of setting global technology standards could lead.
On GPS: Sanjay Gupta on Covid and his new book
CNN's Chief Medical correspondent joins Fareed to give a covid situation report and advice from his book "Keep Sharp" on how to take care of your brain.
Last Look: Covid vaccinations around the globe
Fareed takes a look at success stories from Covid-19 vaccination campaigns around the world, and what the U.S. can learn from them.
Fareed: Could Capitol riots be the end of the GOP?
Fareed gives his take on what the Republican Party's submission to Trump and exploitation of conspiracy theories could mean for its future.
On GPS: Jeh Johnson on U.S. election violence
The former Secretary of Homeland Security joins Fareed to break down the security failures that led to a pro-Trump mob storming the Capitol.
On GPS: How does the U.S. move on from election riots?
Former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson on the lessons America can draw from the chaotic final weeks of the Trump administration.
On GPS: Who were the people who stormed the Capitol?
Right-wing radicalism scholar Cynthia Miller-Idriss fleshes out the identity and ideology of the mob that sought to overturn the 2020 election results.
On GPS: What to make of Pompeo's last minute moves
New Yorker staff writer Susan Glasser joins Fareed to make sense of the outgoing Secretary of State's flurry of eleventh hour foreign policy decisions.
On GPS: What you can do to uphold the rule of law
Historian and author of "On Tyranny" Timothy Snyder tells Fareed how citizens can act to thwart the kind of lies that lead to fascism.
GPS Web Extra: What "big lies" lead to
Tim Snyder, one of the world's foremost experts on authoritarianism tells Fareed what the U.S. can learn from Germany's history with fascism.
Fareed: There is cause for optimism after capitol attack
Fareed gives his take on how America can move on from one the worst crises of democratic confidence in its history.
On GPS: Colin Powell on Capitol attack
The former Secretary of State, National Security Adviser and U.S. Army General weighs in on the storming of the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob.
On GPS: Colin Powell on Joe Biden
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on whether America's ability to promote democracy abroad will recover under the incoming administration.
On GPS: Ezra Klein & Anne Applebaum on Capitol violence
Award winning journalist Anne Applebaum and NYT columnist Ezra Klein game out the political aftermath of the storming of the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob.
On GPS: Ezra Klein & Ann Applebaum on Capitol violence
Award winning journalist Ann Applebaum and NYT columnist Ezra Klein game out the political aftermath of the storming of the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob.
On GPS: America's history of electoral violence
Historian Eric Foner and Fareed look back on the historical precedents for the kind of election-related violence on display in America today.
On GPS: Precedents for the attack on the Capitol
Preeminent historian Eric Foner tells Fareed about moments in America's history that serve as antecedents to the storming of the U.S. Capitol.
Fareed's Take: The world needs more cooperation
Fareed gives his take on how America can reclaim its historic role in the world after four years of increasing isolationism.
On GPS: Biden's National Security Adviser on Russia
Fareed asks Jake Sullivan how the Biden administration will deter Russia as the U.S. grapples with the fallout of a huge hack attack.
On GPS: Biden's National Security Adviser on China
Jake Sullivan joins Fareed to lay out what the incoming administration's China policy will be at a time of frosty Sino-American relations.
On GPS: What will Biden's Middle East strategy be?
Incoming National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan breaks down what the next administration will strive to achieve in the next four years.
On GPS: Who is the next National Security Adviser?
Fareed asks Jake Sullivan what Americans should know about him as he prepares to take on one of the biggest jobs in the incoming Biden administration.
Last Look: The chicken nuggets of the future
Fareed takes a look at lab-grown meat's tremendous potential as a choice tool in humanity's fight against climate change.
Fareed Take: Has Russia hacked into our minds?
Fareed gives his take on the unprecedented hack of U.S. governement computer systems, believed by most experts to be the work of Russian intelligence.
On GPS: David Sanger on Russian hacking
Fareed sits down with the New York Times reporter to break down what Sanger describes as a U.S. intelligence failure as big as Pearl Harbor.
On GPS: How should the U.S. respond to Russian hack?
Former National Security Adviser Tom Donilon joins Fareed to map out the way forward for the U.S. in a dawning age of cyber-warfare.
On GPS: Fighting Covid-19 in 2021
Fareed and the University of Edinburgh's Public Health Chair, Devi Sridhar, lay out the progress humanity has made in combating Covid-19.
On GPS: A decade after the Arab Spring
Fareed and Noah Feldman look back at 10 years of political turmoil in the Arab world, and what lessons can be drawn from it.
Last Look: What books to buy your loved ones
Fareed gives his book recommendations for the holiday season.
