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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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 to Péter Magyar; h...
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April 26, 2026 • 43 mins
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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April 19, 2026 • 42 mins
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 what this...
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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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March 29, 2026 • 43 mins
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 troops to...
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March 22, 2026 • 43 mins
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)
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March 15, 2026 • 43 mins
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 expect the war in Iran to unfold from here? Carnegie...
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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 war with Ira...
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March 1, 2026 • 42 mins
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, and that unilatera...
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February 22, 2026 • 43 mins
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.
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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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February 8, 2026 • 43 mins
After the indirect talks held between the US & Iran in Oman on Friday, Fareed talks through the potential prospects of those talks with Wendy Sherman, a former Obama administration official and a lead negotiator on the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, and Financial Times journalist Kim Ghattas.
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February 1, 2026 • 43 mins
oday on the show, federal immigration raids and the killing of two civilians in Minneapolis have many around the world wondering what exactly is happening in the United States. Fareed speaks with Zanny Minton Beddoes, The Economist’s editor-in-chief, and Christopher Caldwell, conservative author and New York Times contributing opinion writer, about the global reaction to Trump 2.0.
GUESTS: Zanny Minton Beddoes (@zannymb); Christop...
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January 25, 2026 • 44 mins
Fareed and Anderson Cooper both anchor the show. Anderson Cooper starts off from Minneapolis following the killing of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by a federal agent yesterday morning. Anderson speaks with CNN's Chief Law Enforcement and Intelligence Analyst John Miller about what the various videos the event show.
GUESTS: John Miller (@JohnMillerCNN); Martin Wolf (@martinwolf_), Isaac Herzog (@Isaac_Herzog); Antonio Romanucci
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January 18, 2026 • 42 mins
Fareed is joined by Council on Foreign Relations President Emeritus Richard Haass and Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO of the think tank New America. They discuss the Trump administration’s threats to annex Greenland, Europe’s response, and the risk this rift poses to NATO. How is AI changing energy demands and what impact does it have on our environment? Fareed Zakaria dives into the electricity challenges ahead and what this means for i...
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January 11, 2026 • 44 mins
Today on the show, as nationwide anti-government protests sweep the streets of Iran, Fareed speaks with Holly Dagres, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute, about what this means for the future of the regime.
Then, Fareed is joined by former Biden administration senior official Juan González and Venezuelan economist Francisco Rodríguez for a wide-ranging discussion about Venezuela’s post-Maduro future and the Trump’s adminis...
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January 4, 2026 • 43 mins
Now that US President Donald Trump has removed Venezuela’s head of state and says America will “run” the country for the time being, Fareed assesses the fallout and likely next developments with International Crisis Group Senior Fellow Phil Gunson and New York Times correspondent David Sanger.
GUESTS: Phil Gunson (@philgunson), David Sanger (@SangerNYT), Richard Haass (@RichardHaass), Zanny Minton Beddoes (@zannymb), Karim Sadjad...
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December 28, 2025 • 49 mins
This special explores Trump’s historic increase in US import duties, which have pushed America to its highest aggregate tariff rate since the Great Depression. What kind of results can we expect? Fareed looks for lessons in history, tracing US tariffs from the 1800s onward and noting some of the pitfalls. Tariffs can foster crony capitalism, Fareed points out—and in illiberal regimes around the world, they’ve long been part of the...
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December 21, 2025 • 42 mins
Biden administration Secretary of State Antony Blinken sits down with Fareed for a wide-ranging conversation about his assessment of the Trump administration’s attempts to end the Ukraine war, the president’s decision to strike Iran in June, and Blinken’s reflections on the war in Gaza.
GUESTS: Antony Blinken (@ABlinken); Jessica Stern (@JessicaEStern); David Miliband (@DMiliband)
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