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Fareed Zakaria GPS

Olympic Boycotts, Warnings For Russia, Syria Becomes A Narco-State

Fareed Zakaria GPS

CNN

News

4.23.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

An expert panel joins Fareed to discuss how U.S. and allies are standing up to Moscow and Beijing. Then, Germany's Merkel era has ended and the new Chancellor, Olaf Sholz, has big shoes to fill. Plus, how Syria turned into a narco-state. Guests: Anne Applebaum, Ian Bremmer, Tanit Koch, Ben Hubbard. Air Date: 12.12.21 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

I'm Ryan Nobles on Capitol Hill and this is CNN.

0:06.1

This is GPS, the Global Public Square.

0:08.6

Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world.

0:11.9

I'm Farid Zakaria coming to you live from New York.

0:17.5

Today on the program, Russia, China, Iran, Britain's biggest foreign policy headaches are

0:28.2

only getting bigger.

0:29.6

Democracy needs champion.

0:32.7

Putin puts forth red lines on Ukraine.

0:36.4

Beijing reacts angrily to America's diplomatic boycott of the Olympics.

0:41.2

And Washington and Tehran seem far from the deal.

0:47.3

I'll talk to Ann Applebaum and Ian Brummer about it all.

0:51.9

Then, Germany's Merkel era ended with a saw.

1:04.4

And now the Schultzer has begun.

1:08.3

What do we expect from Europe's richest and most powerful nation?

1:12.2

Alaska and export.

1:17.0

Also, Syria descends into a narco state as the New York Times reports its top export now

1:24.0

is illegal and fedamines.

1:26.6

I will talk to one of the reporters about that harrowing story.

1:30.2

Finally, does the Nobel Peace Prize need a rethink?

1:34.8

I'll explore.

1:38.9

But first, here's my take.

1:40.9

In America, we tend to listen with raptor attention to the wisdom of people who have

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