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the past. and top ministers from finland and sweden tell me about their nations historic decisions to apply for nato membership. then, a rare interview with irans foreign minister at a critical time in talks for a revived nuclear deal. >> to make sure that an iran that is already acting with incredible aggression doesnt have a nuclear weapon or the ability to produce one on short notice. >> will they reach an agreement, or will the talks fall apart? >> when in gods name do we do what w...

i talk with the leaders of four of russias neighbors to the west. starting with ukraines president zelenskyy. i ask under what conditions he would be willing to negotiate with vladimir putin. then president duda of poland explains just how much suffering russia has caused his nation in the past. and top ministers from finland and sweden tell me about their nations historic decisions to apply for nato membership. then, a rare interview with irans foreign minister at a critical time in t...

Of uncertainty about the world that we are heading into, a world of multiplying risks. singapores senior minister said to me we know the risks that are out there are large. theyre not about black swan events coming out of the blue. a pandemic was predicted. russias invasion was a known possibility. another pandemic or more frequent climate crises, these are not just possible but likely. we cant keep expecting and planning for a return to calm on troubled times. a former central banker told me th...

Sense that the era we have just lived through, the three decades since 1990 may have been an unusual, perhaps even unique one in which great politics and geopolitical tensions that normally dominate and define international life were absent. the giddy trends of recent times, globalization, the information revolution, even democratization were built on an edifice of power, americas super power status. but that strength has been waning for some years, caused by iraq, the global financial crisis, c...