Ukraine’s President Zelensky and other world leaders

Fareed Zakaria GPS

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🗓️ 22 January 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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On a special edition of GPS from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tells Fareed exactly what Ukraine needs to stop Russian agression. Then, Fareed talks to U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Polish President Andrzej Duda and Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland about the state of battle, what the West is willing to do for Ukraine, and whether NATO is ready for Ukraine to be a member. Also, as Finland awaits its own accession to NATO, Prime Minister Sanna Marin tells Fareed why democratic nations need to stand up to authoritarian regimes. Plus, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis details how Greece went from basketcase to one of Europe’s most promising economies. GUESTS: Volodymyr Zelensky (@ZelenskyyUa) , Andrzej Duda (@AndrzejDuda), Chrystia Freeland (@cafreeland), Jens Stoltenberg (@jensstoltenberg), Sanna Marin (@MarinSanna), Kyriakos Mitsotakis (@kmitsotakis). 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
0:07.1	around the world. I'm Farid Zakaria coming to you from Davos, Switzerland.
0:12.4	Today on the program, Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky. His nation's fight was
0:21.0	part of practically every discussion in Davos this week. And I had a conversation with
0:27.5	the man himself about the state of war and the potential for peace. We'll also bring you my
0:35.2	conversations with other world leaders at Davos. First, Santa Mary, the Prime Minister of Finland.
0:46.0	My nation shares an 830 mile long border with Russia and is waiting to be granted NATO membership.
0:53.6	Then Kiryako's Mitsotakis, the Prime Minister of Greece, a nation once seen as the sick man of Europe.
1:04.3	The current state of Greece's economy may well surprise you.
1:11.1	But first, here's my take. Davos was back with a bang after a skinny spring version of the event
1:18.1	last May. This week, the World Economic Forum's annual conference was backed with attendees trying
1:24.4	to learn more about the world in 2023. It's not a bad place to try. Davos is the only truly global
1:32.3	conference that I've attended. In one day, you can meet with Chinese officials, American CEOs,
1:38.2	Ukrainian human rights activists, and Middle Eastern entrepreneurs. In fact, I did. Every year,
1:44.9	some country or trend is surrounded by buzz. This year, there were three. The Gulf states,
1:51.7	India, and artificial intelligence. Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, flushed with oil wealth,
1:58.0	were showcasing their formidable ambitions. India, which might be the most optimistic country
2:04.1	in the world right now, had many of its states competing with one another for attention and investment.
2:10.3	And AI was the futuristic topic that almost no one really understands, but everyone was discussing.
2:18.8	But despite these pockets of energy, mostly this was a gloom and doomed Davos.
2:24.6	The big geopolitical topic was, of course, Ukraine, who are mostly a long, hard, costly slug.
2:31.6	On the economy, storied companies like Microsoft and Goldman Sachs have announced layoffs
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