This is GPS, the Global Public Square. Welcome to all of you in the United States and

around the world. I'm Farid Zakaria, coming to you live from New York.

Today on the program, the coronation of Charles III. How different will his reign be from

that of his mother? We will explore. Also, the curious case of the alleged attack on the

Kremlin, China's power play in the Asia Pacific and the American economy. I'll talk about all

that and more with an old star panel. Finally, Bernard O'Hrilevi started filming in Ukraine

just days after the war began. I'll talk to him about his new documentary, Slava Ukraine,

and how he thinks this tragic war will end. But first, here's my take. We now have a Biden

doctrine. The Biden administration has set it out in a striking recent address by the National

Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan. Sullivan outlines the administration's international economic policy,

but it is really the overarching framework for President Biden's approach to the world,

defining in lucid terms the ideas behind the slogan of foreign policy for the middle class.

Sullivan is a fiercely intelligent thinker and skilled policymaker who has come to dominate

policy in the administration. His speech showcases these talents and many of the specific initiatives

are smart and worth pursuing. But the overall approach left me worried along three broad dimensions.

First, it is a fundamentally pessimistic view of America's recent history. Sullivan recalls the

glory days of American economic power after 1945, but then notes that in the last few decades,

that strength has waned. He talks about the hollowing out of the country's industrial base,

the export of American jobs and the atrophying of industries. We start really focusing on building,

Sullivan said, as he summarized the subsidies, tariffs, bans, and investments that are at the

heart of Biden's new approach. Ironically, only a couple of weeks before Sullivan made his speech,

the economist had a cover story on America's astonishing economic record.

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