On Thursday, the Chinese Communist Party will celebrate its 100-year anniversary and Beijing is commemorating with festivities all over the country. Fareed hosts Elizabeth Economy, senior fellow for China studies at the Council for Foreign Relations, Rana Mitter, professor of modern China at Oxford, and Jiayang Fan, a staff writer for The New Yorker, to disc ... Show More
Feb 15
Ezra Klein on how Trump has "Overwhelmed Himself”; US-Led Peace Talks on Ukraine; How Much Do We Understand AI?
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, ... Show More
42m 59s
Feb 8
The Future of the US-Iran Relationship
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 Gh ... Show More
43m 2s
Jan 2023
Inside China’s global propaganda machine – with Joshua Kurlantzick
With China’s military and economic power continuing to grow, Katie Stallard speaks to Joshua Kurlantzick, a journalist and fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations, about Beijing’s ambition to become an information superpower. They discuss his new book, Beijing’s Global Media O ... Show More
20m 57s
Oct 2022
Xi Jinping Opens a New Chapter for China
<p>Four years ago, Xi Jinping set himself up to become China’s leader indefinitely.</p><p>At last week’s Communist Party congress in Beijing, he stepped into that role, making a notable sweep of the country’s other top leaders and placing even greater focus on national security.< ... Show More
25m 20s
Feb 2022
How bad could China-US relations get? With Rana Mitter
This week marks the 50th anniversary of President Richard Nixon's visit to China. In 2022, there are warnings the US and China are entering a new Cold War, while the latter's relationship with Russia is strengthening.
The New Statesman’s senior editor of China and global affairs, ... Show More
23m 33s