Ukraine's counteroffensive, China's economic meltdown and the future of the Iran Nuclear Deal

Fareed Zakaria GPS

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🗓️ 21 August 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Retired US Army Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling assesses Ukraine's counteroffensive strategy against Russia. David Rennie, The Economist's Bejing Bureau Chief, discusses China's slow growing economy and whether it poses any risk to Xi Jinping. Then, will Iran accept a revived nuclear deal? Dina Esfandiary of the International Crisis Group and Karim Sadjadpour of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace offer their opinions. Plus, as some Americans ask whether its constitution needs a refresh, a look at a country that is trying to rewrite its own central document. Fareed talks to Andres Velasco, former Chilean finance minister and current London School of Economics public policy dean. And, space as you’ve never seen it before, a conversation with Mike Menzel, NASA’s lead mission systems engineer for the James Webb Space Telescope. GUESTS: Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling), David Rennie (@DSORennie), Dina Esfandiary (@Desfandiary), Andrés Velasco (@AndresVelasco), Mike Menzel 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
0:07.3	around the world. I'm Farid Zakaria. I'll be back later with the rest of the show, but
0:12.5	first let me bring in Jim Sudo, who's here to tackle the latest news. Jim?
0:18.2	Thanks so much Farid and hello to all our viewers. Today on the show, Ukraine is fighting
0:22.8	back and hard. How far could a Ukrainian counteroffensive go?
0:28.0	Also, China's leadership is faced with crisis after crisis, from a troubled economy to a
0:33.8	devastating heat wave. Don't forget about Taiwan. Is President Xi in trouble?
0:39.8	Then, Farid will be back later with the story of a country that is trying to do what some
0:43.7	think America needs to do. That is, write a new constitution. And then he'll speak to
0:49.7	one of the top scientists responsible for the web telescope and those awesome images.
0:55.2	It is captured. These videos show explosions that have happened in the last two weeks
1:02.0	at Russian military facilities in Crimea, which has been occupied by Russian forces since
1:07.8	2014. One attack at an airbase destroyed at least seven Russian warplanes. Ukraine has
1:14.5	claimed responsibility for that attack and two others, according to an internal Ukrainian
1:18.9	government document obtained by CNN.
1:21.9	Does this evidence that Kiev is launching a counteroffensive against Russia? And could
1:26.6	it gain back territory illegally overtaken by Moscow? Joining me now is retired US Army
1:33.0	General Mark Hurtling. General Hurtling is of course a national security and military
1:37.0	analyst for CNN. General, good to have you on this morning.
1:40.4	Great to be with you, it's mind you. Thanks.
1:43.8	So first let's speak about these attacks inside Crimea. This is territory that's been controlled
1:48.5	by Russia for some eight years now. Does Ukraine's ability to strike behind Russian lines
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