Fareed Zakaria GPS

Fareed Zakaria GPS

Fareed Zakaria GPS takes a comprehensive look at foreign affairs and global policies through in-depth, one-on-one interviews and fascinating roundtable discussions.

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June 28, 2026 43 mins
Join me at the Aspen Ideas Festival where I dive deep into the future of liberalism, Iran negotiations, and space colonization. From debates on socialism to Elon Musk's moon factory dreams, don't miss out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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From AI regulation battles to the strategic allure of Greenland. Dive deep with Fareed Zakaria and expert guests as they unpack these fascinating global issues and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Today on the program, as the US and Iran appear to be closer to an agreement to end the war, Fareed speaks with Karim Sadjadpour, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Ian Bremmer, president of the Eurasia Group. Next, Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX became the largest IPO ever this week. The company has ambitious goals for space exploration — are they realistic? Fareed asks astrophysic...
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From the Iran nuclear deal to the shifting dynamics in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, dive into the week's global issues with Fareed Zakaria. Special guests include Ben Rhodes and top experts on geopolitical tensions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Dive into the complexities of geopolitics, the ethics of AI, and the power of human connection. Join us on GPS as we explore these pressing issues with experts and thought leaders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Tune in to GPS as we dissect the Beijing-Moscow axis, the state of democracy under President Erdogan, and the chilling truth about the grim job market for recent graduates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Today on the show, President Trump is back from two days of high-level talks in China. Matt Pottinger, the deputy national security advisor in the first Trump administration, and Jessica Chen Weiss, professor of China Studies at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, join the show to discuss the summit and what it means for Taiwan. Next, Fareed speaks with Jason Furman, professor at Harvard Kennedy School and fo...
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Today on the show, it’s been more than a month since the U.S. and Iran began a shaky ceasefire, and a peace deal is under active consideration. Fareed is joined by Danny Citrinowicz, a senior researcher at the Tel Aviv-based Institute for National Security Studies and former head of the Iran branch of Israel’s military intelligence, to discuss what a real negotiated peace might look like. Then, this July marks the...
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May 3, 2026 44 mins
Today, Fareed speaks with Anne-Marie Slaughter and James Stavridis on Iran’s peace proposal and the U.S. plan to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany. Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein explains why the Iran war hasn’t shaken markets despite a major oil shock. As midterms near and Donald Trump’s approval hits a low, Fareed talks with Nate Cohn about possible political shifts. In Hungary, Viktor Orbán loses ...
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After a shocking shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday, Fareed is joined by CNN Presidential Historian Timothy Naftali to discuss what this suggests about American politics and society.    Next, after President Trump canceled a US delegation trip to Pakistan for possible talks with Iran, Fareed talks to retired US Admiral William McRaven about how the war might end.  &...
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Today on the show, with the US-Iran ceasefire set to expire on Wednesday, the shaky ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, and continued chaos in the Strait of Hormuz, Vali Nasr joins to discuss what might come next in the Middle East. Then, in a stunning defeat Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán lost his reelection campaign after more than a decade in power. Fareed speaks with Atlantic staff writer Anne Applebaum about...
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After President Trump announced that the US would blockade the Strait of Hormuz, Fareed asks retired Admiral James Stavridis, the former NATO supreme allied commander, what it would take to execute it. Next, former Secretary of State Antony Blinken joins the show for an exclusive conversation about his own experience negotiating with Iran. Then, since the beginning of the conflict, Iran has launched retaliatory strikes again...
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April 5, 2026 43 mins
Today on the show, the war with Iran shows no signs of slowing. President Trump took to Truth Social to threaten Iran into opening the Strait of Hormuz. This came after the successful conclusion of a high-stakes mission to rescue a stranded airman from an F-15 jet Iran shot down Friday. Fareed speaks with Richard Haass, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, and Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief of The Economis...
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Today on the show, one month of war with Iran. Iran has rejected President Trump's 15-point peace plan to end the war. At the center of the proposed deal is Iran's nuclear program. Fareed speaks with Rafael Grossi, head of the IAEA, about Iran’s potential to rebuild their nuclear capabilities following the ongoing bombardment, and how a deal might be reached. Then, as President Trump dispatches thousands of additional tro...
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Today on the show, as the war with Iran gets fiercer and more complicated, Fareed speaks with Danny Citrinowicz, the former head of the Iran branch of Israeli military intelligence, about what to expect next. Guests: Danny Citrinowicz (@citrinowicz); Edward Fishman (@edwardfishman); Michael Lynton; Joshua Steiner; Kim Ghattas (@KimGhattas) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Today on the program, Fareed’s exclusive interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on his country’s important, albeit unlikely, role in the Iran War: as Iranian-designed drones are fired across the Middle East - the very same drones used by Russia against Ukraine for years - Kyiv has sent military experts to the Gulf to help bring the drones down.   Then, how can we expec...
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Today on the show, the US and Israel are now in week two of warring with Iran and Fareed speaks with Jake Sullivan, President Biden’s former National Security Adviser, about how fighting is likely to proceed, the larger regional implications, and how the war might embolden Russia and China. Then, Fareed is joined by former US ambassador Peter Galbraith to discuss Trump’s flip-flopping on bring Kurdish forces into the ...
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Fareed Zakaria reports that Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini has been killed amid U.S.-Israel attacks under “Operation Epic Fury,” with Trump urging Iranians to overthrow their government and promising continued bombing despite recently ongoing nuclear talks that Oman said had made breakthroughs. Zakaria argues the war lacks clear legal and strategic grounding, that airpower rarely achieves regime change, ...
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On GPS this week, we dive deep into NYC's economic crisis and the growing American military presence in the Middle East. Tune in as we explore these critical issues with expert insights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Fareed is joined by New York Times columnist Ezra Klein to talk about his view that the "muzzle velocity" of policies coming out of the Trump administration is overwhelming not just the opposition, but the administration itself.Then, Anne Applebaum, staff writer at The Atlantic, joins Fareed for a discussion about whether or not US-led peace talks are turning into business deals, as the 4-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Uk...
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