Growing autocratic alliances; Is there hope for a two-state solution?; The Trump’s administration’s upheaval of American medicine; The AI crisis in education

Fareed Zakaria GPS

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4.3 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Today on the show, Fareed sits down with Atlantic staff writer Anne Applebaum to discuss this week’s meeting between China’s Xi Jinping, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and the growing alliances between autocracies.Then, former US negotiator Robert Malley, co-author of the new book “Tomorrow Is Yesterday: Life, Death, and the Pursuit of Peace in Israel/Palestine,” and Dan Senor, author and analyst, join the show to talk about whether any hope remains for a two-state solution, and what might come from Israel’s planned invasion of Gaza City.Later, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta joins Fareed to discuss his new book on chronic pain, “It Doesn’t Have to Hurt,” and his thoughts on the Trump’s administration’s upheaval of the American medical establishment.Finally, Fareed speaks with Derek Thompson, co-author of the bestseller “Abundance”, about what he calls the “existential threat” that AI poses to education.GUESTS: Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum), Robert Malley (@Rob_Malley), Dan Senor (@dansenor), Sanjay Gupta (@drsanjaygupta), Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is GPS, the Global Public Square.
0:04.2	Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world.
0:07.4	I'm Farid Zakaria, coming to you from New York.
0:11.1	Today on the program, Xi, Putin and Kim, side by side in solidarity,
0:18.3	united in their autocracy at opposition to the West.
0:22.7	It was a stunning image from Wednesday's celebration in Beijing,
0:26.7	marking 80 years since Japan's World War II surrender.
0:31.4	What does this new world order look like?
0:35.3	I'll give you my take and we'll talk to Ann Applebound about it all.
0:40.3	Also, as some European nations prepared to recognize a Palestinian state later this month,
0:49.3	is Israel making such a state impossible?
0:53.3	I'll discuss with experts with very different views on the
0:56.9	subject. Finally, as school bells ring signaling the start of a new academic year, students
1:05.0	are looking forward to using the latest version of Chad GPD to write their essays and do their problem sets.
1:13.1	What can be done to ensure this generation actually learns how to think and write?
1:20.1	Derek Thompson has an answer.
1:25.9	But first, here's my take.
1:28.3	Look at the pictures that dominated this week's world news.
1:33.3	The vivid illustrations of the failure of Donald Trump's foreign policy.
1:38.3	The images that captured most attention were of China's massive military parade
1:43.3	and of Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong-un
1:46.4	striding together. Those were to be expected, a reminder that the West faces a determined
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