Fareed Zakaria GPS Growing autocratic alliances; Is there hope for a two-state solution?; The Trump’s administration’s upheaval of American medicine; The AI crisis in education
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Sep 7, 2025 The podcast dives into the unsettling alliances forming among Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong Un, signaling a shift in global power dynamics. It discusses the waning hope for a two-state solution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict amidst rising tensions and violence. The conversation also touches on the upheaval in American healthcare during the Trump administration, exploring its impacts on chronic pain management. Lastly, a critical look at AI in education reveals its threat to academic integrity and the need for innovative assessment methods.
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U.S. Unpredictability Spurs Hedging
- Fareed argues Trump's policies are pushing key democracies toward China and Russia, creating strategic hedging.
- This shift undermines longstanding U.S. predictability and the rules-based order.
Autocrats Unite Over Rejecting Democratic Norms
- Anne Applebaum says autocracies unite around rejecting democratic norms and delegitimizing human-rights language.
- They promote absolute sovereignty to shield internal repression and justify external aggression.
Authoritarians Also Operate Inside Democracies
- Applebaum highlights that enemies of liberal democracy operate both abroad and inside democracies via far-right alignments.
- This makes the contemporary contest more mixed and subtler than a Cold War-style bloc confrontation.
