After the suspected Chinese spy balloon was shot down by the U.S. military on Saturday, Fareed asks former CIA and FBI official Philip Mudd how big a threat the balloon really was. Then, does the U.S. need a recession? Fareed asks former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers how the government should tackle inflation and how Biden can solve the political fight over the debt ceiling. Plus, Retired US Army Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges tells Fareed why and how Ukraine should take back Crimea from Russian control.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How will the West's decision to send tanks to Ukraine impact the war and what can we learn from India and China's reaction to the war?  Fareed talks about that and more with New America CEO Anne-Marie Slaughter, former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt and former Singaporean diplomat Kishore Mahbubani. Then, John Hopkins professor Vali Nasr updates Fareed on the protest movement in Iran and how the government is dealing with ongoing internal discontent. Plus, Israeli political analyst Dahlia Scheindlin tells Fareed why the new Israeli government's proposed judicial reform laws are a threat to checks and balances in the only liberal democracy in the Middle East.GUESTS: Anne-Marie Slaughter (@SlaughterAM) , Carl Bildt (@carlbildt), Kishore Mahbubani (@mahbubani_k), Vali Nasr (@vali_nasr), Dahlia Scheindlin (@dahliasc) Air Date: 29/01/2023To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On a special edition of GPS from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tells Fareed exactly what Ukraine needs to stop Russian agression. Then, Fareed talks to U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Polish President Andrzej Duda and Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland about the state of battle, what the West is willing to do for Ukraine, and whether NATO is ready for Ukraine to be a member. Also, as Finland awaits its own accession to NATO, Prime Minister Sanna Marin tells Fareed why democratic nations need to stand up to authoritarian regimes. Plus, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis details how Greece went from basketcase to one of Europe’s most promising economies.  GUESTS: Volodymyr Zelensky (@ZelenskyyUa) , Andrzej Duda (@AndrzejDuda), Chrystia Freeland (@cafreeland), Jens Stoltenberg (@jensstoltenberg), Sanna Marin (@MarinSanna), Kyriakos Mitsotakis (@kmitsotakis).To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In an exclusive interview, Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska joins Fareed to discuss the humanitarian toll of the brutal war, how her family is handling it, and whether Russia will achieve its apparent aim of breaking the will of the Ukrainian people. Then, Mac Margolis, a veteran journalist, joins Fareed to explain the similarities between the January 8th attack on Brazil’s capital and the January 6th riot at the U.S. Capitol. Plus, Wall Street Journal reporter Lingling Wei explains how the Chinese government is making moves to revive China's economy.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dasha Navalnaya, the daughter of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny speaks out about her father's condition and her hopes for the future of Russia. Then, Ian Bremmer, president of the Eurasia Group, breaks down his top 2023 global risks. Plus, Ruchir Sharma, Chairman of Rockefeller International and Founder & Chief Investment Officer at Breakout Capital, explains all the economic shifts to expect in the year ahead.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fareed talks to The Economist editor in chief Zanny Minton Beddoes and Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer about some of the biggest global stories that transformed the world in 2022; from the war in Ukraine, to tensions over tech between the U.S. and China, and the bedlam that has befallen the British economy. Then, after Biden held a major Africa summit this week, entrepreneur and philanthropist Mo Ibrahim tells Fareed why he sees a new future for Africa and what the U.S. can do to help the continent succeed. GUESTS: Zanny Minton Beddoes (@zannymb) , Ian Bremmer (@ianbremmer), Mo Ibrahim.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fareed sits down with Luke Harding of The Guardian and Owen Matthews of The Spectator to discuss the present and future of Russia’s war in Ukraine as well as this week’s U.S.-Russian prisoner swap: who got the better deal? Then, Germany arrested 25 people accused of plotting a coup. Who are these people and what do they believe in? Plus, actress and activist Nazanin Boniadi joins Fareed to talk about where the ongoing protests in Iran are heading and how government executions of protestors will affect the movement.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fareed talks to Newsweek’s Beijing bureau chief Melinda Liu about the widespread protests that broke out in China this week against the country’s Zero Covid policy. Then, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo discusses the Biden administration's strategy for competing with China and Fareed asks her whether she will run for President in 2024, if President Biden bows out of the race. Plus, journalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa tells Fareed about her fight for truth and justice in the Philippines and around the world.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fareed sits down with Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass and CNN Presidential Historian Timothy Naftali to discuss Russia's strategy in Ukraine, why the west needs to remain united against Putin and the state of US-China relations after the Biden-Xi meeting. Then, the New Yorker's Dexter Filkins was recently in Taiwan and shares his reporting on how top officials and ordinary citizens are feeling about China and the threat of an invasion. Plus, The Atlantic Council's Holly Dagres on why Iran's GenZ is leading the protests against theocracy in their country. Guests: Richard Haass (@RichardHaass), Timothy Naftali (@TimNaftali), Dexter Filkins, Holly Dagres (@hdagres) Air date: 20/11/22To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Guest anchor Bianna Golodryga talks to Ian Bremmer, Eurasia Group president, and Anne Applebaum, staff writer for The Atlantic, about Biden's first in-person meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and what it means for the world's two largest economies, plus how the world views the U.S. midterm results. Then, Dara Massicot, a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation, discusses Russia’s withdrawal from the Ukrainian city of Kherson. How significant is this Ukrainian victory? And after Benjamin Netanyahu received the mandate to try and build the next coalition government in Israel, Anshel Pfeffer, a Jerusalem-based writer for Haaretz and The Economist, examines the likely result: will it end up being Israel’s most right-wing government ever? Plus, Bill Weir, CNN’s Chief Climate Correspondent, on what was (and wasn’t) accomplished at the UN’s climate conference.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices