Camp David summit with Japan and South Korea; Two years since the Taliban's takeover; Inside Putin's Russia; Singapore's role in the Asia-Pacific

Fareed Zakaria GPS

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🗓️ 20 August 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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This week Bianna Golodryga hosts the top of the show while Fareed is on assignment. Bianna begins with President Biden's historic summit at Camp David with the leaders of Japan and South Korean. She speaks with Danny Russel, former top State Department official on East Asia, about what this summit means for relations between those two nations with deep historical animosities. Next, Bianna talks to Adela Raz, the former Afghan Ambassador to the U.S., about how bad the situation is for women since the Taliban's takeover two years ago. Then, New York Times journalist Roger Cohen joins the show. He recently spent a month in Russia talking to Russians about how they feel about the war in Ukraine; he shares what he's learned. Plus, Fareed sends us his interview with Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, the presumptive next leader of the city-state. They talk about the Singapore's role in the global economy and in Asian-Pacific geopolitics. Fareed will be back next week, GUESTS: Danny Russel (@dannyrrussel), Adela Raz (@AdelaRaz), Roger Cohen (@NYTimesCohen), Lawrence Wong (@LaurenceWongST) Air date: August 20, 2023 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 and around
0:07.5	the world.
0:08.5	Free does on assignment, but he'll be on later in the show.
0:11.6	I'm Biana Goladriga.
0:14.8	On the program, Tuesday marked two years since the fall of Kabul, and did Taliban take
0:22.4	over of Afghanistan.
0:25.7	I talked to that nation's last ambassador to America, Adela Ross, about just how difficult
0:31.4	situation there has become.
0:34.0	Their restrictions are becoming harder and harder, every day, every week and every month.
0:42.4	Then what do Russians really think about Putin's war in Ukraine?
0:48.7	Do they think much about it at all?
0:52.4	The top New York Times journalist Roger Cohen spent a month in Russia seeking answers.
0:57.2	He'll tell us what he learned.
1:02.0	Then Farid sat down with Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister to discuss his city state's
1:08.0	unique culture, its outsized role in the world, and how it sees the U.S.-China tensions.
1:16.4	We'll bring you that interview.
1:23.3	But first, our top story today.
1:25.5	President Biden hosted Japanese Prime Minister Kishita in South Korean President Yoon at Camp
1:30.2	David on Friday for a historic summit.
1:33.1	The two longtime American allies have had chili relations with each other in the past,
1:37.5	the legacy of Japan's brutal rule in Korea until 1945.
1:41.9	But over the last year, there has been a thought in relations with encouragement from the
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