Rough Seas for the Transatlantic Alliance

Amanpour

CNN

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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It’s been a tough week for Europe after President Trump described the continent as "weak" and "decaying". Can US-Europe relations recover? Christiane gets the view from both sides of the pond, with former US Defense Department official Celeste Wallander and Oxford historian Peter Frankopan. A year since the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, the country’s new President Ahmed al-Sharaa talks to Christiane about Syria’s future following a decade of civil war. Plus, who are the “Pink Ladies”? A special report on Britain's new protest movement which is echoing far right rhetoric. Then, into the past with author Jonathan Freedland, who reveals the hidden history of the millions of Germans who resisted Nazi rule. From the archives, how one man from Harlem trekked to the North Pole to inspire New York's schoolchildren. And finally, Nobel Peace Laureate Maria Corina Machado makes a daring journey to Oslo, telling the world what the award means to her. Air date: December 13, 2025 Guests: Celeste Wallander & Peter Frankopan Ahmed al-Sharaa Jonathan Freedland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:03.6	Hello everyone and welcome to the Amunpur Hour.
1:06.4	Here's where we're headed this week.
1:08.7	Europe will not be, in my opinion,
1:11.6	many of those countries will not be viable countries any longer.
1:14.6	This week, the Trump administration has its site set on Europe.
1:18.6	Weak, decaying, its civilization about to be erased.
1:22.6	What? I get the view from America with Celeste Wallander,
1:25.6	formerly of the US Defense Department,
1:28.4	and from Europe with Oxford historian Peter Frankapan.
1:32.0	Then Syrian President Ahmed al-Shara, one year after the fall of Assad, he's a friend of
1:38.6	Trump and most world leaders, but can he unify his own people and rebuild the shattered
1:44.1	nation? I speak to him exclusively.
1:46.0	Also ahead.
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