This is GPS, the global public square. Welcome to all of you in the United States and

around the world. I'm Farid Zakaria.

Today on the program, can Russia be weakened enough in Ukraine to force it to retreat

and defeat? Can Kiev actually emerge victorious?

The Turkish Prime Minister Boris Johnson said may be not, but on Thursday President Biden

asked Congress for $33 billion in additional aid to Ukraine, a dramatic increase.

We need to contribute arms, funding, ammunition, and the economic support to make their courage

and sacrifice have purpose.

I will ask Ukrainian President Zelensky's top aid, Andrei Yermanov, if Ukraine is getting

what it needs to win.

Then, looking east, will Putin's invasion inspire China to attack Taiwan?

That is the big question I put it to Taiwan's foreign minister in a fascinating, exclusive

interview.

But first, here's my take.

At first glance, the war in Ukraine would seem to confirm President Biden's oft-express

view that the world today is marked by a contest between democracies and autocracies.

After all, autocratic Russia is waging a savage assault on democratic Ukraine, and the latter

enjoys the staunch support of Western democracies.

On closer examination, however, that framework turns out to be neither accurate nor helpful

as a guide for American foreign policy.

It's true that many of the world's democracies have lined up to support Ukraine, but the

world's most populous democracy, India, has neither condemned the Russian aggression nor

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