Amanpour: Nina Khrushcheva, Richard Haass, George Packer and Salman Rushdie

Amanpour

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4.2 • 929 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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As U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Geneva, Nina Khrushcheva, Russian international affairs expert and granddaughter of Nikita Khrushchev, and Richard Haass, from the Council on Foreign Relations, join Christiane Amanpour to asses the rhetoric coming out of the summit. Author George Packer discusses his new book, "Last Best Hope," in which he warns that America must stop fighting amongst itself. Then Booker prize-winning author Salman Rushdie talks to Walter Isaacson about his new collection of essays, "Languages of Truth,” and the importance of freedom of speech, storytelling and fighting back against cancel culture. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Amunpur. Here's what's coming up.
0:10.0	Two great powers me
0:13.2	me what is the world to make of this brief encounter putting the Biden
0:17.2	Putin summit into historical perspective with Lena Kuseva the great
0:21.3	granddaughter of the Soviet leader and American diplomat Richard Hars,
0:25.6	plus.
0:26.6	No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, the last best hope for a divided America.
0:32.4	George Packer talks about his new book and
0:34.7	bringing together a fractured nation. Then truth is a battle, there is no question and
0:41.5	maybe never more so than now.
0:44.0	Heavyweight novelist Salman Rushty with Walter Isaacson in defense of truth. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christiane Ammanpur in London.
1:08.0	U.S. President Joe Biden and the Russian President Vladimir Putin have met for historic talks in Geneva.
1:14.6	And afterwards, the Russian leader's public take was positive.
1:19.2	I don't think there was any kind of hostility.
1:21.1	On the contrary, our meeting was obviously a fundamental one.
1:29.1	Many of our joint positions are divergent, but nevertheless I think that both sides manifested
1:36.0	determination to try and understand each other and try and converge our
1:41.0	positions and I think it was very constructive.
1:45.0	Constructive and as Putin said they want strategic stability.
1:49.0	This is the first time US and Russian leaders have met in Geneva since 1985.
1:55.0	Back then, the American President Ronald Reagan,
1:58.0	face to face with a new Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev,
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