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Fareed Zakaria GPS

Fareed Zakaria GPS takes a comprehensive look at foreign affairs and global policies through in-dept

Episodes

Total: 385

July 4, 2021 |On GPS: A Fourth of July Special; Fareed looks at the state of America on its 245th birthday, from politics, democracy, and economics, to race relations and culture.

2021/7/5

As the United States celebrates the fourth of July, Fareed brings on an array of experts to examine

June 27, 2021 |On GPS: As China celebrates a century of communism, Fareed talks to an expert panel about what’s next for China. Plus, Malcolm Gladwell is back with a revisionist history perspective on everything from autonomous cars to the Little Mermaid.

2021/6/27

On Thursday, the Chinese Communist Party will celebrate its 100-year anniversary and Beijing is comm

June 20, 2021 |On GPS: What did the first Biden-Putin summit look like to Russians?; What should we know about Iran’s new president: Ebrahim Raisi?; And an exclusive interview with a Taliban spokesman about Afghanistan after the U.S. leaves.

2021/6/20

President Biden and President Putin met for the first time this week in Geneva and Fareed asks Andre

June 13, 2021 |On GPS: A panel discussion on President Biden’s first trip abroad; the beginning of a new political era in Israel; how humans gained an extra life in just a century; plus, a sustainable solution to the U.S.-Mexico border crisis.

2021/6/13

Biden brought America “back to the table” of the world stage this week on his first trip abroad as P

May 30, 2021 | On GPS: Is the Benjamin Netanyahu era in Israel coming to a close? Fareed talks to Tom Friedman; then a panel discussion on Belarus's "state sponsored hijacking" and Michael Lewis on the U.S.’s COVID-19 stumbles.

2021/5/30

As Israeli politicians are in tasks to form a coalition that may oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netany

May 23, 2021 | On GPS: Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Israel, Gaza, the Iran deal, and his meeting this week with Russia’s FM Lavrov; plus, a panel discussion on the complicated future of Israelis and Palestinians.

2021/5/23

Airdate May 16, 2021: Fareed speaks to U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken about the American di

May 16, 2021 | On GPS: the latest from the Middle East as the crisis intensifies and the death toll rises

2021/5/16

Airdate May 16, 2021: Fareed speaks to CNN's Nic Robertson in Israel about what it's like on the gro

May 9, 2021 | On GPS: Bombing in Kabul; Beijing’s brinksmanship in Taiwan; India’s COVID crisis; the post-pandemic boom

2021/5/9

Airdate May 9, 2021: Former Defense Secretary Bob Gates talks about Biden’s pressing foreign policy

April 25, 2021 | On GPS: What should the West make of Putin's ominous warning not to cross Russia’s “red line”?; The word “genocide” gets tossed around a lot – what is the history & true meaning of the word?

2021/4/25

Airdate April 18, 2021: Fareed offers his Take on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause and the d

April 18, 2021 | On GPS: An exclusive interview with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, days after Biden announces a final U.S. troop withdrawal

2021/4/18

Airdate April 18, 2021: After the Biden administration said this week it's pulling out of Afghanista

April 11, 2021 | On GPS: How to pay for Biden's big dollar plans; re-engaging with Iran; Turkey's illiberal democracy

2021/4/11

Airdate April 11, 2021: Trump slashed corporate tax rates in his tenure as president. Biden has take

April 4, 2021 | On GPS: Biden's big bid to rebuild America; new report on the origins of COVID-19; Germany grapples with COVID-19 resurgence

2021/4/4

Airdate April 4, 2021: Before hitting his 100-day mark, Pres. Biden has passed a $2T COVID relief bi

March 21, 2021 | On GPS: Top U.S. officials had wars of words this week with their Russian and Chinese counterparts. What’s next for those already difficult relations?

2021/3/21

Airdate March 21, 2021: Fareed offers his Take on America’s already bloated defense budget and why t

March 14, 2021 | On GPS: Biden's $1.9 trillion relief package; the Quad's first leaders' summit; the biotech revolution

2021/3/14

Airdate March 14, 2021: Biden's $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan was signed into law Friday. So, w

March 7, 2021 | On GPS: The race to global leadership in AI; Europe's bungled vaccine rollout; The bioethics of a COVID-19 vaccine passport; The Pope's historic visit to Iraq; India's democratic decline;

2021/3/7

Former Google chief Eric Schmidt makes the case for the U.S. to massively invest in artificial intel

February 28, 2021 | On GPS: The future of U.S.-Saudi relations after the Khashoggi report; a look at Biden's Middle East Strategy; Bill Gates on solutions for saving the planet and a post-pandemic world; cryptocurrency goes mainstream

2021/2/28

Airdate February 28, 2021: After a U.S. intelligence report stated that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince

February 21, 2021 | On GPS: Pres. Biden's America-is-back agenda

2021/2/21

Airdate February 21, 2021: President Biden says, "America is back." But is it? Fareed speaks to an a

February 14, 2021 | On GPS: 2nd Trump impeachment trial ends in acquittal; the world after the covid-19 pandemic; America's cyber vulnerabilities

2021/2/14

Airdate February 14, 2021: Trump's second impeachment trial culminated in another acquittal. The for

February 7, 2021 | On GPS: American adversaries react to President Joe Biden

2021/2/7

Airdate February 7, 2021: First, Iran. Can the nuclear deal be salvaged? Is Iran willing to re-negot

January 31, 2021 | On GPS: Vaccine nationalism; the movement arising around Alexey Navalny; exclusive one-on-one with John Kerry

2021/1/31

Airdate January 31, 2021: Fareed gives his take on the dangers of vaccine nationalism and what it co