Football can be geopolitics by other means. Financial Times Journalist Simon Kuper has covered every World Cup since 1990. This week, he joins Sir Richard Dearlove and guest co-host Baroness Ayesha Hazarika to unpack how football and geopolitics collide.
Kuper explains why he thinks FIFA president Gianni Infantino runs the organization like an autocra ... Show More
Jul 2
NATO Summit Preview (ft. Julianne Smith and Wess Mitchell), Five Eyes on China, Iran Talks Stall
President Donald Trump has continued his pressure campaign on European defense spending. But in the lead-up to the next NATO Summit, there is another core question to ask: How is Europe coordinating its defense production? This might be the key issue that determines how Trump's p ... Show More
1h 10m
Jun 25
Hormuz Reality Check (ft. Energy Expert Helima Croft), Starmer Out, Ukraine Hits Back, Brexit at 10
In the wake of the United States’ MOU with Iran, the headlines have been chock-full of optimism. Sir Richard Dearlove and guest co-host Sabrina Singh sit down with Helima Croft, Managing Director and Head of Global Commodity Strategy and MENA Research, RBC Capital Markets, to len ... Show More
1h 2m
Jun 18
The Cuba Conundrum (ft. Ricardo Zúñiga), US-Iran Deal, UK Defense Secretary Quits, Armenia Looks West
The man who secretly negotiated with Cuba for the Obama Administration says it plainly: the risk of military intervention is quite high. Ricardo Zúniga breaks down why the U.S. and Cuba are headed toward conflict, why the Cuban regime would rather fight than negotiate, and why Cu ... Show More
56m 32s
Dec 2021
Olympic Boycotts, Warnings For Russia, Syria Becomes A Narco-State
An expert panel joins Fareed to discuss how U.S. and allies are standing up to Moscow and Beijing. Then, Germany's Merkel era has ended and the new Chancellor, Olaf Sholz, has big shoes to fill. Plus, how Syria turned into a narco-state.
Guests: Anne Applebaum, Ian Bremmer, Tan ... Show More
40m 10s
Apr 2022
60 days of Putin’s war in Ukraine
Retired US Army Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling joins Fareed to assess Russia's new eastern offensive and Ukraine’s ability to counter it. Then, David Miliband, former British Foreign Secretary, Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO of New America, and Kishore Mahbubani, former senior Singaporean dip ... Show More
39m 31s
Feb 2022
Is a Russian Invasion of Ukraine Imminent?
An all-star panel joins Fareed to examine Russia’s on-going military buildup on the Ukrainian border and whether the diplomatic efforts to avert war still stand a chance. Then, Imran Khan, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, on the crisis in Afghanistan and China's treatment of Musl ... Show More
39m 29s
Nov 2021
November 21, 2021 | On GPS: Henry Kissinger on the future of U.S.-China relations; a panel on Russian military buildup near Ukraine and Europe’s “fourth wave”; and, how does the pandemic end?
Fareed sits down with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the man who originally opened relations with China 50 years ago, to discuss the dangers of a new cold war between Beijing and Washington and how Biden can avoid that outcome. Then, Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-ch ... Show More
39m 6s
Mar 2025
Trump & Zelensky Hold Heated Oval Office Meeting
First: Zelensky joins a parade of European leaders at the White House this week, wheeling and dealing over the security of Ukraine and the whole continent.
Then: With the future of the US-European alliance on the line, Britain’s former defense secretary, Ben Wallace, discusses w ... Show More
31m 13s
Feb 2022
Fate of Ukraine hangs in the balance
As Russian forces encircle the Ukranian capital, Christiane speaks with Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko, hunkered down in Kyiv ... Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya issues a warning about Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko, who's supporting the Russian i ... Show More
56m 44s