President Trump Threatens to Blockade the Strait of Hormuz; Former Secretary of State Antony Blinken on His Experience Negotiating with Iran
4/12/202647 min
After President Trump announced that the US would blockade the Strait of Hormuz, Fareed asks retired Admiral James Stavridis, the former NATO supreme allied commander, what it would take to execute it. Next, former Secretary of State Antony Blinken joins the show for an exclusive conversation about his own experience negotiating with Iran. Then, since the beginning of the conflict, Iran has launched retaliatory strikes against Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and others. Fareed speaks with Tarek Masoud, director of Harvard Kennedy School’s Middle East Initiative about how this has impacted the relationship between the United States and its allies in the Gulf. Finally, Karen Young, senior fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs, joins the show to discuss the potential impact on global energy prices if President Trump moves to blockade the Strait of Hormuz. GUESTS: James Stavridis (@stavridisj), Antony Blinken (@ABlinken), Tarek Masoud (@MiddleEast_HKS), Karen Young (@ProfessorKaren) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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[whooshing] This is GPS, the Global Public Square. Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world. I'm Fareed Zakaria, coming to you live from Washington, DC. [dramatic music] Today on the program, the fragile state of the ceasefire and what comes next. I have an exclusive interview with the former Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. Bringing to bear his extensive experience negotiating with Iran, he tells me how he thinks this might all end. [gunshots] Later in the show, we'll understand how the Gulf States are dealing with the war in their midst. And we'll take a look at the major energy crisis and whether it is over. I'll bring you my take at the end of the show. Let's first go to breaking news. This morning, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, quote, "Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the finest in the world, will begin the process of blockading any and all ships trying to enter or leave the Strait of Hormuz. Additionally, and at an appropriate moment, we are fully locked and loaded, and our military will finish up the little that is left of Iran." Let us try to understand how