War, Markets, and Power Shifts”
5/3/202644 min
Today, Fareed speaks with Anne-Marie Slaughter and James Stavridis on Iran’s peace proposal and the U.S. plan to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany. Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein explains why the Iran war hasn’t shaken markets despite a major oil shock. As midterms near and Donald Trump’s approval hits a low, Fareed talks with Nate Cohn about possible political shifts. In Hungary, Viktor Orbán loses to Péter Magyar; historian Timothy Snyder discusses what it means for global democracy. Finally, Kateryna Bondar breaks down the growing role of AI in the Ukraine war. GUESTS: Anne-Marie Slaughter (@SlaughterAM), James Stavridis (@stavridisj), Lloyd Blankfein (@lloydblankfein), Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn), Timothy Snyder (@TimothyDSnyder), Kateryna Bondar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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[intro music] 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 New York. [upbeat music] Today on the program, stalemate over the Strait of Hormuz. The world waits to see who will blink first, Iran or America. I'll talk about that and more with Anne-Marie Slaughter and Admiral James Stavridis. Then, despite the standoff in the strait and the high oil prices it's causing, the stock market is near record highs. Why? I'll ask Lloyd Blankfein, the former CEO of Goldman Sachs. Also, the MAGA movement and Hungary's Viktor Orbán were closely allied for years. Now Orbán has been ousted in a landslide. Is that a wake-up call for his friends in America? I'll talk to the historian Tim Snyder. [intro music] We'll be back with my take next week. F- let's get straight to the news. The war with Iran has entered its third month, and while a shaky ceasefire holds, diplomatic efforts between the US and Iran seem to be at an impasse. Last night, President Trump posted on Truth Social that while he hadn't read the new peace proposal sent by Iran, he could not, quote, "imagine that it would be acceptable in that they have not yet paid a price, a big enough price, for what they have done to humanity