A Charlie Rose Global Conversation

Gerard Baker is editor at large of the Wall Street Journal and host of WSJ at large on Fox Business. He served as editor-in-chief of the Journal from 2013 to 2018 and now writes the weekly Free Expression column, which explores politics, economics, media, and global affairs.He also held senior roles at the Financial Times and the Times of London and served as a speech writer to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. In recent columns, he...

Douglas Murray is a British journalist, author, and political commentator whose work explores major themes in politics and culture affecting the future of Europe and America.He is an associate editor at the Spectator Magazine, a columnist for The New York Post and a fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Douglas Murray has written eight books. He was educated at Eton and Oxford and wrote his first book, "Bosie: A Biography of Lord Alfr...

The eyes of the world were on Alaska Friday as Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin flew into Anchorage for a three-hour conference about the Ukraine war and then held a press conference without taking any questions.Analysts are trying to decipher the meaning of what was not said and the impact of what was not agreed. An agreement for a ceasefire did not happen. The question remains, do you need a ceasefire to achieve a peace agreement,...

Michael McFaul has gone from Montana to Stanford University,to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar,back to Stanford to teach and write,to government as a national security advisor,and then to Moscow as U.S. Ambassador to Russia under the Obama administration from 2012 -2014.Now, he is back at Stanford to teach, write, and reflect on all things Russia,including the growing questions of democracy versus authoritarianism -the subject of his ne...