Fareed Zakaria Breaks Down the Future of AI, Israel v. Gaza, & Why China Won’t Fail

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh

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4.6 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2025

⏱️ 167 minutes

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YERRR – the boys brought in global brainiac Fareed Zakaria to explain literally everything going on in the world right now – and this man did not miss. From Trump’s tariffs and broken promises to the AI revolution and why the middle class keeps getting bodied, Fareed breaks it all down with surgical precision. He dives deep on Israel’s aggression, U.S. bombing Iran, birthright citizenship, and what the hell is going on with rare earths, semiconductors, and China’s grip on Africa. Plus – healthcare, right-wing populism, fusion energy, and why DOGE might’ve been the beginning of the end. All that and way more on this week’s episode of FLAGRANT. INDULGE. 00:00 Welcome Fareed 1:05 No net positives with Trump tariffs 7:10 Restoring industries + Embracing tech 12:10 Consumption is king 15:28 Reliance on allies + Rare earths 22:45 No industrial revival, AI + UBI 29:52 Middle class left behind + Networking 42:44 Healthcare incentives + Simplification 54:13 Balancing budgets + Cultural backlash 56:50 Right wing populism + New asylum system 1:07:19 Du Plessis vs Chimaev 1:10:51 Birthright citizenship + Compromising morals 1:17:40 US bombing Iran + Israeli dominance 1:21:58 Why is Israel acting like this? 1:28:22 What does Israel give the US? 1:30:43 Greater Israel + Iranian sponsorship 1:39:21 US supreme dominance + Peace in Middle East 1:46:52 Saudi Arabian reform + Markets find a way 1:52:06 Türkiye, Power hungry + Enticements 1:57:30 Striking deals + Long-termism 2:04:19 USAID + DOGE failure 2:08:56 Indian support of Modi 2:16:13 How long to create new manufacturing? 2:20:13 Chinese economy + University Research 2:27:03 Taiwan + What is a semi-conductor? 2:35:22 China's influence in Africa 2:37:44 How close are we to fusion? 2:41:14 Kissinger's negotiations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up everybody? Today we are joined by a man with the jawline of a Bollywood sex symbol and the hairline of Count Dracula.
0:07.4	Born to a Muslim family in India, he became an American citizen in June 2001.
0:13.4	Just made the cut.
0:14.4	More importantly, he's a renowned journalist, expert in US foreign policy, geopolitical affairs.
0:20.2	He's a three-time as of last week
0:22.6	Emmy winner, a Peabody Awards winner, and has become one of the most insightful voices on global
0:27.4	affairs and geopolitics, despite working for CNN. Today, we're giving you the ultimate 2025
0:33.6	explainer on every major geopolitical conflict from Israel, Palestine, Ukraine, Russia,
0:38.1	Epstein Island to Love Island.
0:39.9	We'll be diving deep into everything happening in the world.
0:43.0	So give it up for the most successful H-1B visas in the U.S. history.
0:49.5	Farie Zakaria.
0:51.0	Thank you so much for taking the time, man.
0:55.4	We hope you enjoyed our introduction.
0:57.5	Oh, my God.
0:58.1	Did we get everything right?
0:59.0	It was all totally factuary right?
1:00.7	It makes you realize sometimes in life, inflation is a good thing.
1:06.0	So tell us what's going on in the world, man?
1:07.7	Like, what are you?
1:08.8	I know right before we started, you said you want to talk about America,
1:11.5	its relations to its allies, the tariffs, the Trump stuff. But is there anything? I mean, we can even start there. Do you think there's been any net positive to the tariffs? Honestly, no. I know you're supposed to say on the one hand, on the other hand. You say whatever you want. I'll tell you, to me, the tragedy of this is, like, one of the superpowers of America, the real superpowers,
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