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united states and around the world. im fareed zakaria. ♪ ♪ today on the program -- president putins most formidable political rival was locked two ed up two years ago. but he still has a voice, his message carried on by his inner circle that inspires russias opposition movement. i have an exclusive interview with his daughter, dasha, on the state of her father and his mission to bring democracy to russia. and what might befall the world in 2023? ian bremmer will lay out the big...

this is "gps," the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. im fareed zakaria. today on the program, president putins most formidable political rival was locked up two years ago. but alexi navalny still has a voice, his message carried on by his inner circle, one that inspires russias opposition movement. i have an exclusive interview with his daughter, dasha, on the state of her father and his mission to bring democracy to russia. and wh...

seed.com to order. now news. night, with abby phillip week nights at term eastern on cnn you are in the scene and newsroom. im jessica dean in new york, and we are following breaking news out of the middle east today as israel welcomes home, four hostages rest this morning from gaza during a special military operation. all four were kidnapped by hamas from the nova music festival during the october 7 attacks. that was eight months ago. >> they include 22-year-old almog meir, jan, 25-ye...

A new year means a fresh start, right? that can be true for you and me with resolutions of the like, but not for global politics. for starters, the war in ukraine has been heating up. and the threat of china invading taiwan didnt disappear when the clock struck 12:00 on the 31st. so what are the biggest rivesksf 2023? joining me now is ian bremmer. ian, without further ado, what is the biggest risk the world faces in 2023? >> the biggest risk is clearly putin acting as a rogue, the most powerful...

Is the biggest risk the world faces in 2023? >> the biggest risk is clearly putin acting as a rogue, the most powerful rogue state weve ever dealt with in history. but more broadly, the top risk this year is all about a small group of individuals that dont have checks and balances, they dont have good information coming to them. they can make really big mistakes that are very disruptive. and putin is the most emblematic example of that. but there are others. xi jinping, the iranian supreme leade...

What the president is saying during the reign of barack obama, russia invaded crimea. i think a lot of the reason was ukraine did not join nato. and if you look at the warsaw pact countries, the baltics, they all joined the eu, or they joined nato, and ukraine hesitated and when they did, russia, who felt like he gave away crimea, its ours anyhow. its putin acting like russia. >> okay, well, alice, will these g-7 allies believe that too? is that how they see it? that, you know, president trumps ...

Into a hopelessly intractable syrian civil war with so many participants. and frankly, you know, great powers should only meddle in the affairs of small tribes if they really have the will and the skill to do so. and the truth is we really dont. we are not going to confront the russians on the ground or in the air. >> so what happens in syria? >> i think what were trying to do is ensure there is no conflict with the russians. and were probably going to wait. well continue our campaign to degrade...

>> historically im sure, chris, there are examples. whats significant here is that theres no doubt these are russian troops. it allowed the international community and folks like us to sit here and scratch our chins and figure it out while putin accomplished what he was trying to do, that he continued to maintain control over sevastopol. >> one is that putin is flailing, hes separate. he wants a seat at the table. and the other one is crazy like a fox. every one of these moves, blocking the entr...

Think that he is acting in his own self interest and they say that this is a consistent pattern of behavior. well call it angela merckel said and quoted in "the new york times" saying putin is in another world and what the white house saying with the senior administration official is saying that, no, they believe that putin is really threatened by these forces that are sort of unraveling in ukraine, that any popular jup rizing against the government, thats aligned with him, he deems a threat. an...

>> i also understand the white house -- there was a white house official disputed the notion that vladimir putin was somehow unhinged. how would they describe putin, his state of mind? >> reporter: well, at this point, anderson, they really think that he is acting in his own self interest and they say that this is a consistent pattern of behavior. well call it angela merckel said and quoted in "the new york times" saying putin is in another world and what the white house saying with the senior a...