April 25, 2021 | On GPS: What should the West make of Putin's ominous warning not to cross Russia’s “red line”?; The word “genocide” gets tossed around a lot – what is the history & true meaning of the word?

Fareed Zakaria GPS

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🗓️ 25 April 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Airdate April 18, 2021: Fareed offers his Take on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause and the damage it may have done. Then, Vladimir Putin warned the West this week not to cross Russia’s “red line”. What does that mean? And what to make of the massive build-up of Russia troops on its border with Ukraine? Fareed talks to Radek Sikorsky, the former Foreign Minister of Poland who has negotiated with Putin. Also: words matter. On Saturday, President Biden declared the mass killings of Armenians in WWI a genocide, but what does that word mean? Fareed talks to expert Philippe Sands. And, after global leaders made pledges to cut emissions at a U.S.-convened climate summit this week, will developing nations follow suit? M. Sanjayan, CEO of Conservation International, weighs in. Plus, Covid's devastating comeback in India. The Guardian's Hannah Ellis-Petersen reports on the “COVID hell” that India is experiencing. And, finally, why nuclear power is the more sustainable option for the future of energy production. GUESTS: Radek Sikorski, Philippe Sands, M. Sanjayan, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, 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	This is GPS, the global public square. Welcome to all of you in the United States
0:05.5	and around the world. I'm Farid Zakaria coming to you live from New York.
0:11.0	Today on the show, President Putin issues an ominous warning, don't cross Russia's
0:19.4	red lines. Any nation that messes with Moscow, he said, will deeply regret it.
0:26.8	What to make of the threat as Russia's relations with the West seem to worsen by the week?
0:33.8	I will talk to Poland's former Foreign Minister, Radik Sirkorski.
0:40.8	Also, President Biden announces an ambitious plan in the fight against climate change.
0:47.8	The signs are unmistakable, the science is undeniable, the cost of an action keeps mounting.
0:55.8	He intends to cut carbon emissions by 2030 by half.
1:00.8	But is it just well blowing smoke if the developing word doesn't follow suit?
1:06.8	No nation can solve this crisis on our own.
1:10.8	I'll talk to the head of Conservation International, M Sanjayi.
1:17.8	Plus, two few hospital beds, not enough bottled oxygen.
1:23.8	A shortage of COVID medicine and vaccines.
1:28.8	Overcrouting at cemeteries and long lines at crematoriums.
1:33.8	This is the COVID crisis devastating India right now.
1:38.8	We'll get a report from the ground on why it's gotten so bad.
1:47.8	But first, here's my take.
1:49.8	This pandemic has brought out the crazy in all of us.
1:52.8	We've all been selective about the signs we take seriously and the stuff we disregard.
1:57.8	We've often been more moved by vivid anecdotes than by scholarly studies.
2:02.8	But I really start to worry when even the experts seem irrational.
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