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WaPo columnist. Host of CNN's GPS, Sundays @ 10am & 1pm ET in the US. Order my latest book, Age of Revolutions, via the link below

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On GPS, @ 10am & 1pm ET Sunday on CNN, I’ll hear from … • Venezuelan opposition leader in hiding María Corina Machado on her country’s contested vote & future • Ronen Bergman on the wait for retaliation in Israel • Maha Yahya on Lebanese fears & how escalation can be avoided • Derek Thompson on gender divisions in US politics • “Supercommunicators” author Charles Duhigg on how Americans can communicate better

On GPS, @ 10am & 1pm ET Sunday on CNN, I’ll hear from … • Venezuelan opposition leader in hiding María Corina Machado on her country’s contested vote & future • Ronen Bergman on the wait for retaliation in Israel • Maha Yahya on Lebanese fears & how escalation can be avoided • Derek Thompson on gender divisions in US politics • “Supercommunicators” author Charles Duhigg on how Americans can communicate better

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On GPS, @ 10am & 1pm ET Sunday on CNN … • Israel was founded in the wake of the Holocaust. So what does it mean when one of the world’s foremost Holocaust & genocide scholars—an Israeli-born academic who served in the IDF—says Israel’s war in Gaza now meets the legal definition of genocide? I’ll talk w/ Brown University prof. Omer Bartov about his “painful conclusion” • After that: the big questions surrounding Trumponomics. I’ll ask fmr Treasury Sec. Lawrence H. Summers about Pres. Trump’s tariffs, debt-exploding budget-and-tax law, and what it all means for the US economy • Finally: the UK’s Conservative Party has often been called “the world’s most successful political party.” Now it’s barely surviving. I’ll sit down w/ Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch to ask what happened to the party of Margaret Thatcher

On GPS, @ 10am & 1pm ET Sunday on CNN … • Israel was founded in the wake of the Holocaust. So what does it mean when one of the world’s foremost Holocaust & genocide scholars—an Israeli-born academic who served in the IDF—says Israel’s war in Gaza now meets the legal definition of genocide? I’ll talk w/ Brown University prof. Omer Bartov about his “painful conclusion” • After that: the big questions surrounding Trumponomics. I’ll ask fmr Treasury Sec. Lawrence H. Summers about Pres. Trump’s tariffs, debt-exploding budget-and-tax law, and what it all means for the US economy • Finally: the UK’s Conservative Party has often been called “the world’s most successful political party.” Now it’s barely surviving. I’ll sit down w/ Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch to ask what happened to the party of Margaret Thatcher

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Pres. Trump’s global tariff campaign is a chaotic experiment with all of our wallets, based on economic policies from the 1800s. Monday night @ 8pm ET/PT, I’ll dive in with a new CNN special, “Big, Beautiful Tariffs”

Pres. Trump’s global tariff campaign is a chaotic experiment with all of our wallets, based on economic policies from the 1800s. Monday night @ 8pm ET/PT, I’ll dive in with a new CNN special, “Big, Beautiful Tariffs”

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On this week's GPS, @ 10am & 1pm ET Sunday on CNN: an important conversation about the banking system with Lloyd Blankfein

On this week's GPS, @ 10am & 1pm ET Sunday on CNN: an important conversation about the banking system with Lloyd Blankfein

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On GPS, @ 10am & 1pm ET Sunday on CNN: I’ll discuss Pres. Trump’s upcoming Middle East trip w/ amos hochstein & Kim Ghattas, and I’ll sit down w/ Bill Gates to discuss his announcement that he will give away $200B, incl. 99% of his own wealth, through the Gates Foundation. I’ll also ask Ravi Agrawal if peace can hold btwn India & Pakistan

On GPS, @ 10am & 1pm ET Sunday on CNN: I’ll discuss Pres. Trump’s upcoming Middle East trip w/ amos hochstein & Kim Ghattas, and I’ll sit down w/ Bill Gates to discuss his announcement that he will give away $200B, incl. 99% of his own wealth, through the Gates Foundation. I’ll also ask Ravi Agrawal if peace can hold btwn India & Pakistan

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On GPS, @ 10am & 1pm ET Sunday on CNN … • This week, Pres. Trump expressed notable frustration at Russian Pres. Putin’s resistance to peace in Ukraine. What will it mean for US–Russia relations & for the ongoing war? I’ll ask Alexander Gabuev 陳寒士, director of Carnegie Russia Eurasia • Will Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill—which is now law—lead to economic growth or economic pain? I’ll discuss w/ CNN contributor & Financial Times global business columnist Rana Foroohar • This week, microchip designer NVIDIA passed a historic milestone, becoming the first company to be valued at more than $4T. I sat down w/ CEO Jensen Huang to discuss the company’s monumental growth & the competition btwn the US & China to dominate AI

On GPS, @ 10am & 1pm ET Sunday on CNN … • This week, Pres. Trump expressed notable frustration at Russian Pres. Putin’s resistance to peace in Ukraine. What will it mean for US–Russia relations & for the ongoing war? I’ll ask Alexander Gabuev 陳寒士, director of Carnegie Russia Eurasia • Will Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill—which is now law—lead to economic growth or economic pain? I’ll discuss w/ CNN contributor & Financial Times global business columnist Rana Foroohar • This week, microchip designer NVIDIA passed a historic milestone, becoming the first company to be valued at more than $4T. I sat down w/ CEO Jensen Huang to discuss the company’s monumental growth & the competition btwn the US & China to dominate AI

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… After that: holding terror to account. I’ll have an exclusive intvw w/ int’l human-rights lawyer Amal Clooney & Nobel laureate Nadia Murad about their suit against a concrete manufacturer for paying ISIS as the brutal terror group pursued genocide against Yazidis … 2/3

… After that: holding terror to account. I’ll have an exclusive intvw w/ int’l human-rights lawyer Amal Clooney & Nobel laureate Nadia Murad about their suit against a concrete manufacturer for paying ISIS as the brutal terror group pursued genocide against Yazidis … 2/3

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I spoke with Stanford University recent graduate and award-winning journalist Theo Baker about his new memoir, “How to Rule the World: An Education in Power at Stanford University,” in which he documents what he sees as the worrying influence of Silicon Valley on his school:

I spoke with Stanford University recent graduate and award-winning journalist Theo Baker about his new memoir, “How to Rule the World: An Education in Power at Stanford University,” in which he documents what he sees as the worrying influence of Silicon Valley on his school:

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Hungary's longtime strongman Viktor Orbán spent 16 years building one of the world’s most prominent illiberal democracies. Now, the country’s new prime minister, Péter Magyar, is trying to tear that old system down. Can he do this while sticking to democratic norms? My thoughts:

Hungary's longtime strongman Viktor Orbán spent 16 years building one of the world’s most prominent illiberal democracies. Now, the country’s new prime minister, Péter Magyar, is trying to tear that old system down. Can he do this while sticking to democratic norms? My thoughts:

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President Trump's tariffs have made the US into a paragon of protectionism. The result has been higher prices, weaker investment, fewer manufacturing jobs — and a willingness to make falsehood official policy in order to defend a failed economic creed. My take:

President Trump's tariffs have made the US into a paragon of protectionism. The result has been higher prices, weaker investment, fewer manufacturing jobs — and a willingness to make falsehood official policy in order to defend a failed economic creed. My take:

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Stunning reporting from The New York Times showed that Israel groomed the staunchly anti-Israel former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as an intelligence asset. How did that happen? My conversation with Mark Mazzetti, one of the reporters who broke the story:

Stunning reporting from The New York Times showed that Israel groomed the staunchly anti-Israel former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as an intelligence asset. How did that happen? My conversation with Mark Mazzetti, one of the reporters who broke the story:

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Black fourth-graders in Mississippi now score higher in reading, on average, than those in Massachusetts. What explains this "Mississippi Miracle?" I asked Nicholas Kristof:

Black fourth-graders in Mississippi now score higher in reading, on average, than those in Massachusetts. What explains this "Mississippi Miracle?" I asked Nicholas Kristof:

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America’s top universities should abandon their long misadventure into politics, retrain their gaze on their core strengths and rebuild their reputations as centers of research and learning. My take:

America’s top universities should abandon their long misadventure into politics, retrain their gaze on their core strengths and rebuild their reputations as centers of research and learning. My take:

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Despite signing a memorandum of understanding to cease hostilities back in June, the US and Iran have been locked in an ongoing tit-for-tat conflict. Does Iran want a deal? My conversation with Chatham House MENA's Sanam Vakil صنم وكىل:

Despite signing a memorandum of understanding to cease hostilities back in June, the US and Iran have been locked in an ongoing tit-for-tat conflict. Does Iran want a deal? My conversation with Chatham House MENA's Sanam Vakil صنم وكىل:

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The Iran war seems to be lurching between sudden outbursts of fighting and fragile pauses for diplomacy. How are Iranians responding? The New York Times Middle East correspondent Abdi Latif Dahir recently spent 10 days in the country. He told me about the two very different faces of Iran he saw, “coexisting side by side”:

The Iran war seems to be lurching between sudden outbursts of fighting and fragile pauses for diplomacy. How are Iranians responding? The New York Times Middle East correspondent Abdi Latif Dahir recently spent 10 days in the country. He told me about the two very different faces of Iran he saw, “coexisting side by side”:

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Iran's economy has been pummeled by war and sanctions. So why has that country not been compelled to make peace? The answer lies in part in Tehran's surprising degree of economic resilience:

Iran's economy has been pummeled by war and sanctions. So why has that country not been compelled to make peace? The answer lies in part in Tehran's surprising degree of economic resilience:

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Artificial intelligence is fueling the American economy right now. But so much of the spending around AI is one massive bet -- and many on Wall Street are worried about whether the payout will materialize. I discussed with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in part 1 of our conversation:

Artificial intelligence is fueling the American economy right now. But so much of the spending around AI is one massive bet -- and many on Wall Street are worried about whether the payout will materialize. I discussed with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in part 1 of our conversation:

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Blue cities are out of control, promising more, spending more, delivering less and pushing off fiscal problems to some future day. Democrats in city halls should stop governing as if the goal is to announce new entitlements, and instead make government work. My take:

Blue cities are out of control, promising more, spending more, delivering less and pushing off fiscal problems to some future day. Democrats in city halls should stop governing as if the goal is to announce new entitlements, and instead make government work. My take:

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Denmark has long been a shining model as one of the world's happiest countries, with a generous welfare state. So why – and how – has it become a model of a very different kind: as a nation with some of the harshest immigration laws in Europe? I explained:

Denmark has long been a shining model as one of the world's happiest countries, with a generous welfare state. So why – and how – has it become a model of a very different kind: as a nation with some of the harshest immigration laws in Europe? I explained:

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China has gained more from the Iran war than from any crisis in three decades. Beijing has paid costs for this war. But measured against the damage to America’s goals, alliances and credibility, China has come out ahead. My take:

China has gained more from the Iran war than from any crisis in three decades. Beijing has paid costs for this war. But measured against the damage to America’s goals, alliances and credibility, China has come out ahead. My take:

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California is one of the most dynamic places on the planet. But it is a case study in how a rich society can spend more and more while producing less and less of what its ordinary citizens need. My take:

California is one of the most dynamic places on the planet. But it is a case study in how a rich society can spend more and more while producing less and less of what its ordinary citizens need. My take:

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X: When US forces struck Caracas and seized Nicolás Maduro in January of this year, many had hoped that the opposition leader, María Corina Machado, would steer the country through a democratic transition. Why has that not happened? My conversation with María Corina Machado:

X: When US forces struck Caracas and seized Nicolás Maduro in January of this year, many had hoped that the opposition leader, María Corina Machado, would steer the country through a democratic transition. Why has that not happened? My conversation with María Corina Machado:

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For more than 75 years, America’s dominance within NATO has given Washington enormous advantages. But as Europeans start to pay more for their defense, that will change. And over time, Americans will come to miss the old NATO. My take:

For more than 75 years, America’s dominance within NATO has given Washington enormous advantages. But as Europeans start to pay more for their defense, that will change. And over time, Americans will come to miss the old NATO. My take:

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Across the world, voters are angry. Why? Because we are living through one of history’s great technological revolutions — and these transformations always produce deep anxiety and fear. My take:

Across the world, voters are angry. Why? Because we are living through one of history’s great technological revolutions — and these transformations always produce deep anxiety and fear. My take:

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The Palestinian view from the West Bank: my conversation with Palestinian activist and legislator Dr.Mustafa Barghouti, who is not connected to Hamas, about the terrorist group’s offensive in southern Israel

The Palestinian view from the West Bank: my conversation with Palestinian activist and legislator Dr.Mustafa Barghouti, who is not connected to Hamas, about the terrorist group’s offensive in southern Israel

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Why did Harris lose? My take: Democrats blew it by making three big mistakes—not taking immigration concerns seriously enough, rallying around prosecutions of Trump, and elevating identity politics

Why did Harris lose? My take: Democrats blew it by making three big mistakes—not taking immigration concerns seriously enough, rallying around prosecutions of Trump, and elevating identity politics

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We've talked about the dangers of AI. Now, for its promise: the potential to enable a new kind of human creativity. That's what I discussed with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in the third part of our exclusive interview:

We've talked about the dangers of AI. Now, for its promise: the potential to enable a new kind of human creativity. That's what I discussed with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in the third part of our exclusive interview:

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