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Fareed Zakaria GPS

Push for Peace in Ukraine; The Battle to Buy Warner Bros. Discovery

Fareed Zakaria GPS

CNN

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4.3 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

CNN’s Bianna Golodryga anchors the top of the show.   Bianna is joined by former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt for a wide-ranging conversation about recent pushes to end the war in Ukraine, the Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy, and the future of the transatlantic alliance.   Then, Bianna speaks with Joe Flint, a media reporter at the Wall Street Journal about the battle between Paramount and Netflix to buy Warner Bros. Discovery and what the sale means for the future of the entertainment industry.    GUESTS: Carl Bildt (@carlbildt), Joe Flint (@JBFlint), Holly Dagres (@hdagres), Tom Freston 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.

0:08.0

I'm Biongolidh, filling in for Farid.

0:11.0

Today on the program, the fate of the Ukrainian people hangs in the balance, as Donald Trump seeks to make peace in the biggest land war in Europe since 1945.

0:23.6

But will the American president sell out Ukraine to get Russia to sign on the dotted line?

0:29.6

I'll talk to Carl Bill, the former Prime Minister of Sweden.

0:34.6

Also, billionaires, bragging rights, and the future of moviegoing in America.

0:40.3

We'll tell you what you need to know about what could be one of the biggest deals announced this year.

0:46.3

I want to do what's right.

0:48.3

And yes, our parent company is at the center of the entry.

0:52.3

Plus, Farid's interview about Iran's historic and unprecedented drought.

1:00.1

The situation is so dire, the country is thinking of moving its capital from Tehran.

1:06.9

How did this happen?

1:10.6

Then, MTV co-founder Freston tells Farid about a time when not only did the entire world want their MTV, they also clamored for any and all American culture.

1:24.6

Is that era over?

1:36.3

It's been nearly four years since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and there's still no peace deal that both Kiev and Moscow can accept.

1:40.4

But in recent weeks, diplomacy has reached a frenzy,

1:43.4

with Ukrainian president, Vladimir Zelensky

1:45.2

holding urgent talks with leaders from dozens of countries, some known as the Coalition of the

1:50.1

Willing, as he pushes for peace on Kyiv's terms.

1:53.8

This rush follows the emergence last month of a leaked U.S. drafted peace plan that appeared

1:58.8

to greatly favor Russia. And Zelensky has now sent a

2:02.4

counter peace proposal to Donald Trump. The talks have also grown more complex after Washington

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