highways blocked, citizens shouting shame. this is the fierce opposition to what some are calling a coup d etat. prime minister netanyahu s plans to curtail the power of israel s judiciary. i will ask former prime minister erc ehud barack and zippy livni about what is happening on the ground and in the knesset. also china s new foreign minister said this week that there will surely be conflict and confrontation with the u.s. if the american government continues to speed down the wrong i ll dig in deep on the moods in both beijing and washington with kevin rud, the former prime minister of australia who is about to be sworn in as australia s new ambassador to the united states. also, should silicon valley s tech giants finally pay up for serving used content in they ve already squared off with australia over this and canada is next up, but it might be too little, too late in the age of a.i. i will explain. but first, here s my take. mexico could be entering a golde
this is gps, the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the would. i m fareed zakaria coming live to you from new york. today on the program, i ll talk to new york times columnist tom friedman who points out not only is the united states involved in the largest war in europe since world war ii, but america has also entered a sort of tech war with china. and an energy struggle with saudi arabia. what in the world is going on? and china s leaders, more than 2,000 of them, are gathering this week to make major decisions about the country s decision for the next five years and beyond. on the agenda, an unprecedented third term in office for xi jinping. what else will be decided? i will talk to the former prime minister of australia. then stop the steal maybe headed south of the border, as latin america s largest democracy seems to be taking cues from its neighbor up north. you don t concede when there s theft involved. we ll tell y
i m fareed zakaria coming live to you from new york. today on the program, i ll talk to new york times columnist tom friedman who points out not only is the united states involved in the largest war in europe since world war ii, but america has also entered a sort of tech war with china. and an energy struggle with saudi arabia. what in the world is going on? and china s leaders, more than 2,000 of them, are gathering this week to make major decisions about the country s decision for the next five years and beyond. on the agenda, an unprecedented third term in office for xi jinping. what else will be decided? i will talk to the former prime minister of australia. then stop the steal maybe headed south of the border, as latin america s largest democracy seems to be taking cues from its neighbor up north. you don t concede when there s theft involved. we ll tell you about the controversy with brazil s presidential election. but first here s my take. a distinguished ru
kevin rudd is here to help us understand. he is former prime minister of australia who is about to become australia s ambassador to the u.s. he is the author of a terrific book, the avoidable war. kevin, welcome. good to be with you on the program, fareed. when you hear xi jinping what he did and his foreign minister say what he did, this is a big change for the chinese, and they ve not referred to the united states by name and accuse it. what s going on? i must admit as someone who looked at this for the last 40 years, i was surprised. it s probably not since the 90s since i ve seen a paramount leader attack the united states by name. they usually have an expression that says such and such a country or certain nations and that diplomacy was pushed to one side and of course, the foreign minister went one step further, saying if the united states
about the trajectory of a great power war. but she s right in one sense, the west is collectively waging economic war on russia on a scale that would have been unimaginable just a year ago. the consequences of that are likely to be with us for decades. this new cold war marks the end of the era of globalization and integration that has shaped the international system since 1989. we re now living in a new world of great power competition, economic nationalism, and technological decoupling. the risks of this new war might not be nuclear, but they are sky high, especially for the united states. the sanctions against russia have been more far-reaching than anyone had previously predektd. they have included extraordinary measures, such as freezing central reserves.