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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 … • In a timely debate on Pres. Trump’s tariffs, I’ll ask fmr US Treasury Sec. Lawrence H. Summers & MAGA intellectual Oren Cass to tee off on the merits & demerits of Trump’s policy • Trump abruptly paused his “reciprocal” tariffs on countries around the world, w/ a very notable exception: China. How is Beijing approaching this trade standoff? I’ll ask The Wall Street Journal’s chief China correspondent, Lingling Wei 魏玲灵 • Today in Oman, American & Iranian officials met briefly after more than 2.5 hours of indirect nuclear talks. I’ll discuss the significance of these new negotiations w/ Johns Hopkins SAIS prof. Vali Nasr • Who will ultimately govern the 200M Palestinians living in Gaza? A solution may lie in the jailed Palestinian political figure Marwan Barghouti, who has been in an Israeli prison for more than two decades. Who is he? I’ll explain.

On GPS, @ 10am & 1pm ET Sunday on CNN … • In a timely debate on Pres. Trump’s tariffs, I’ll ask fmr US Treasury Sec. Lawrence H. Summers & MAGA intellectual Oren Cass to tee off on the merits & demerits of Trump’s policy • Trump abruptly paused his “reciprocal” tariffs on countries around the world, w/ a very notable exception: China. How is Beijing approaching this trade standoff? I’ll ask The Wall Street Journal’s chief China correspondent, Lingling Wei 魏玲灵 • Today in Oman, American & Iranian officials met briefly after more than 2.5 hours of indirect nuclear talks. I’ll discuss the significance of these new negotiations w/ Johns Hopkins SAIS prof. Vali Nasr • Who will ultimately govern the 200M Palestinians living in Gaza? A solution may lie in the jailed Palestinian political figure Marwan Barghouti, who has been in an Israeli prison for more than two decades. Who is he? I’ll explain.

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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 … • 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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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 today on CNN: I’ll talk w/ The Economist Ed-in-Chief Zanny Minton Beddoes & hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio about Pres. Trump & the economy, fmr sr State Dept. official Victoria Nuland about the elusiveness of peace in Ukraine, and The New York Times columnist Ross Douthat about Pope Francis’ progressive legacy. Also: So far, Trump has declared 8 nat’l emergencies in his second term. I’ll examine how the president is exposing a flaw in America’s constitutional system.

On GPS, @ 10am & 1pm ET today on CNN: I’ll talk w/ The Economist Ed-in-Chief Zanny Minton Beddoes & hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio about Pres. Trump & the economy, fmr sr State Dept. official Victoria Nuland about the elusiveness of peace in Ukraine, and The New York Times columnist Ross Douthat about Pope Francis’ progressive legacy. Also: So far, Trump has declared 8 nat’l emergencies in his second term. I’ll examine how the president is exposing a flaw in America’s constitutional system.

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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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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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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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423,155 views • 6 days ago

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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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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38,154,146 views • 2 years ago

President Trump has said the US is on the verge of a deal with Iran around 40 times since the war began. But this time feels different. I asked Karim Sadjadpour and ian bremmer what to expect from a potentially imminent deal between the US and Iran to end the war:
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President Trump has said the US is on the verge of a deal with Iran around 40 times since the war began. But this time feels different. I asked Karim Sadjadpour and ian bremmer what to expect from a potentially imminent deal between the US and Iran to end the war:

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111,107 views • 6 days ago

The agreement to end the Iran war, if signed, would give the US and Iran another 60 days to hammer out deeper issues, most pressingly Iran's nuclear program. Would a new nuclear deal with Iran be worse than President Obama's version from 2015? I asked Karim Sadjadpour and ian bremmer:
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The agreement to end the Iran war, if signed, would give the US and Iran another 60 days to hammer out deeper issues, most pressingly Iran's nuclear program. Would a new nuclear deal with Iran be worse than President Obama's version from 2015? I asked Karim Sadjadpour and ian bremmer:

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108,738 views • 6 days ago

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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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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1,852,591 views • 3 months ago

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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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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2,968,454 views • 6 months ago

President Trump’s abuse of America's allies has reached a tipping point. Now countries have started making long-term policy shifts — and those shifts will soon take on a life of their own. My take:
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President Trump’s abuse of America's allies has reached a tipping point. Now countries have started making long-term policy shifts — and those shifts will soon take on a life of their own. My take:

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421,341 views • 1 month ago

In his first term, President Trump was constrained. This term, he has surrounded himself with people whose chief qualification is fealty. The result is reckless policy and the brazen pursuit of enrichment. My take:
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In his first term, President Trump was constrained. This term, he has surrounded himself with people whose chief qualification is fealty. The result is reckless policy and the brazen pursuit of enrichment. My take:

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182,983 views • 27 days ago

Israel has long been one of America’s closest allies. But according to recent polls, it's rapidly losing support among the American public. I spoke with Israeli-American historian Omer Bartov عومر بَرتوف עמר ברטוב, who has a new book out, “Israel: What Went Wrong?”
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Israel has long been one of America’s closest allies. But according to recent polls, it's rapidly losing support among the American public. I spoke with Israeli-American historian Omer Bartov عومر بَرتوف עמר ברטוב, who has a new book out, “Israel: What Went Wrong?”

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228,559 views • 1 month ago

Why didn't Biden revive the JCPOA — particularly since he criticized Trump for pulling out of the deal? I asked Obama's former Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes in part 2 of our conversation:
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Why didn't Biden revive the JCPOA — particularly since he criticized Trump for pulling out of the deal? I asked Obama's former Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes in part 2 of our conversation:

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88,115 views • 13 days ago

President Trump has revealed the true purpose of his attack on Iran: regime change. But that is not the likely outcome. And the way Trump went about it — without a broad coalition, without congressional authorization — undermines the US-led order. My take:
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President Trump has revealed the true purpose of his attack on Iran: regime change. But that is not the likely outcome. And the way Trump went about it — without a broad coalition, without congressional authorization — undermines the US-led order. My take:

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676,951 views • 3 months ago

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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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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3,724,867 views • 1 year ago

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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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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6,223,046 views • 2 years ago

Turkey has descended down the path of illiberal democracy over the past few decades. I talked to journalist Suzy Hansen about her new book that observes one neighborhood in Istanbul over a decade to try to understand the changes taking place under President Erdoğan:
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Turkey has descended down the path of illiberal democracy over the past few decades. I talked to journalist Suzy Hansen about her new book that observes one neighborhood in Istanbul over a decade to try to understand the changes taking place under President Erdoğan:

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145,879 views • 27 days ago

The US does not possess infinite political capital, bandwidth, military capacity or economic resilience. Every resource expended in Iran represents energy diverted from the true tectonic challenges defining the 21st century. My take:
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The US does not possess infinite political capital, bandwidth, military capacity or economic resilience. Every resource expended in Iran represents energy diverted from the true tectonic challenges defining the 21st century. My take:

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503,300 views • 3 months ago

We are now nearly half a year on from Donald Trump’s pledge to “run” Venezuela, after US forces captured the country’s strongman Nicolás Maduro. How is that experiment working out? I explained why some things have gone better than many expected:
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We are now nearly half a year on from Donald Trump’s pledge to “run” Venezuela, after US forces captured the country’s strongman Nicolás Maduro. How is that experiment working out? I explained why some things have gone better than many expected:

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68,929 views • 13 days ago

The war with Iran has led to the largest oil supply disruption in global history. Can the world use the crisis to support a green energy transition? In fact, that transition may have already begun:
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The war with Iran has led to the largest oil supply disruption in global history. Can the world use the crisis to support a green energy transition? In fact, that transition may have already begun:

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33,612 views • 6 days ago

If the US dollar's global supremacy erodes, America will face a reckoning like none before. My take:
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If the US dollar's global supremacy erodes, America will face a reckoning like none before. My take:

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5,986,741 views • 3 years ago

For Benjamin Netanyahu, the war with Iran is clearly about destroying the Islamic Republic. But Washington’s focus should be different: it needs to secure the gains it has made — a disarmed and defanged Iran — without pushing the country into civil war. My take:
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For Benjamin Netanyahu, the war with Iran is clearly about destroying the Islamic Republic. But Washington’s focus should be different: it needs to secure the gains it has made — a disarmed and defanged Iran — without pushing the country into civil war. My take:

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465,987 views • 3 months ago

Former Secretary of State Antony Blinken told me why President Biden did not rejoin the Iran nuclear deal after President Trump withdrew during his first term. Part 2 of our conversation:
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Former Secretary of State Antony Blinken told me why President Biden did not rejoin the Iran nuclear deal after President Trump withdrew during his first term. Part 2 of our conversation:

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284,217 views • 2 months ago