June 20, 2021 |On GPS: What did the first Biden-Putin summit look like to Russians?; What should we know about Iran’s new president: Ebrahim Raisi?; And an exclusive interview with a Taliban spokesman about Afghanistan after the U.S. leaves.

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🗓️ 20 June 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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President Biden and President Putin met for the first time this week in Geneva and Fareed asks Andrey Kortunov, director general of the Russian International Affairs Council, about the state of U.S.-Russian relations and how cyberattacks are impacting the relationship. A low turnout election in Iran has secured a presidential win for hardliner Ebrahim Raisi. Robin Wright, contributing writer at The New Yorker, and Vali Nasr, Professor at Johns Hopkins University, explain who Raisi is and what his presidency will mean for Iran. Then, an exclusive interview with Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen about the future of Afghanistan after American and allied troops pull out of the country. Plus, anthropologist-turned-journalist Gillian Tett on her new book “Anthro-Vision,” where she lays out how important rituals and symbols are to human culture and why it’s good to embrace a bit of culture shock. Lastly, Fareed explains why a carbon tax can be the first big step in the fight against climate change. GUESTS: Andrey Kortunov, Robin Wright, Vali Nasr, Suhail Shaheen, Gillian Tett 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
0:06.9	around the world. I'm Farid Zakaria coming to you live from New York.
0:14.2	On today's show, an important exclusive. As Western forces leave Afghanistan, there's
0:22.6	great concern about what will happen as the Taliban gains influence in that country.
0:29.9	I will have an exclusive interview with the spokesman of the Taliban, Sahel Shaheen,
0:35.4	about what his group will do, once Allied forces leave.
0:41.8	Also, I did what I came to do. You've heard a lot about the Biden Putin meeting from Americans.
0:49.0	I told President Putin that we need to have some basic rules of the road that we can all abide by.
0:54.6	But what did it look like to Russians? I'll ask Andre Kortunov, head of the Russian International Affairs Council.
1:05.6	And Iran held elections Friday as President Hassan Rohani's term comes to an end.
1:13.8	Who has been chosen to replace him? And what will it mean for nuclear negotiations and stability in the Middle East?
1:23.0	I will talk to Robin Wright and Valin Asad.
1:30.5	But first, here's my take.
1:32.5	America is back at the table. America is back.
1:36.2	The United States is back.
1:38.4	This was the refrain that Joe Biden kept repeating on his first trip abroad as President.
1:43.9	It's a fair description of what he accomplished, a restoration of America's role as the country
1:48.9	that can set the global agenda, encourage cooperation, and deter a malign behavior.
1:55.6	So American diplomacy is back, but is America? That's a more complicated question.
2:03.5	America's influence has always been built on a combination of power and purpose.
2:08.9	Biden came into the strip with two significant achievements under his belt.
2:13.3	He ramped up vaccinations so far, so fast that the US is the first major country to enter a post-pandemic world.
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