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Fareed Zakaria GPS

Global Dynamics: Europe, The US, and the Shifting Balance of Power

Fareed Zakaria GPS

CNN

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4.23.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Fareed is joined by Council on Foreign Relations President Emeritus Richard Haass and Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO of the think tank New America. They discuss the Trump administration’s threats to annex Greenland, Europe’s response, and the risk this rift poses to NATO. How is AI changing energy demands and what impact does it have on our environment? Fareed Zakaria dives into the electricity challenges ahead and what this means for innovation and sustainability. GUESTS: Richard Haass (@RichardHaass), Anne-Marie Slaughter (@SlaughterAM), Narges Bajoghli, Lloyd Blankfein (@lloydblankfein) 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 the world.

0:07.7

I'm Farid Zakaria, coming to you live from New York. Today on the program, we'll talk about

0:14.2

Greenland, Iran, Venezuela, and more with a great panel, Richard Haas and Anne-Marie Slaughter.

0:22.6

Then, the Iranian Revolution of 1979 deposed the Shah and put in place the Mullahs.

0:29.6

Can the protesters reverse that in 2026?

0:33.6

Are the elements in place for a counter-revolution? I'll ask an expert.

0:39.3

And Fed Chair Jerome Powell says the Justice Department's investigation of him is politically motivated.

0:47.3

His extraordinary statement moved many politicians and businessmen to speak out against the pro.

0:52.3

I'll ask the former Goldman Sachs CEO, Lloyd Blank,

0:57.0

find what he thinks.

1:00.0

But first, here's my take. For years now, Europe has been caricatured as too divided to act,

1:08.0

too lethargic to decide, too comfortable to think strategically?

1:12.9

Yet over the past year, Europe has behaved with a quiet shrewdness that contradicts that stereotype.

1:20.3

Faced with an unpredictable United States, it has neither lashed out nor capitulated.

1:25.9

Instead, it has adapted. When President Trump returned

1:29.7

to office and unleashed the country's highest tariffs in nearly a century, many expected

1:35.8

Europe to retaliate. A transatlantic trade war would have fed inflation, disrupted supply

1:42.2

chains, and weakened already fragile growth.

1:46.0

Europe resisted the temptation. It absorbed the pressure, avoided escalation and bought time.

1:53.0

That restraint prevented a downward global spiral.

1:57.0

Then, last week, Europe acted.

2:00.0

After 25 years of stalled negotiations, EU countries approved a sweeping trade agreement with Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.

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