this is gps , the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria. today on the program, from the czars in czarrinas to soviet air come issars, to president putin. we delve into the nature of power in russia. looking at the past to help us understand the present. i ll talk to the new yorker s david remnick and professor nina khrushcheva. and also the prime minister of barbados on getting the west to pay for damage from climate change rising seas and wild weather. two degrees is a death sentence. and the president of kenya on why many nations in the global south are not taking a side on the war in ukraine. but first, here is my take. in his important book the third wave, samuel huntington pointed out the division among the ruling elite is a key sign of weakness in authoritarian regimes. when members of the establishment break with the system, it triggers a larger set of changes. conversely, when you do not se
world. i m fareed zakaria. today on the program from the czars and arenas to soviet-era com czars to president putin. we delve into the nature of power in russia looking at the past to help us understand the present. i ll talk to the new yorkers david remnick can professor nina krus efa. also the prime minister of barbados on getting the west to pay for damage for the climate change s rising seas and weather. two degrees is a death sentence. and the president of kenya on why many nations in the global south are not taking a side on the war in ukraine. but first, here s my take. in his important book the third wave samuel huntington pointed out the division among the ruling elite is a key sign of weakness in authoritarian regimes. when prominent members of the establishment break with the system it often triggers a larger set of changes. conversely, when you do not see such defections it means the autocrat will probably be able to survive. syrian dictator bashar al ass
of get a rise out of ordinary people, his critique was aimed at shoigu and gierasimov and th leaders of the military effort in moscow. it was directed at moscow. we are here fighting the war in ukraine and you in your palaces in russia don t care about people getting killed and it was a competency argument. that changed. in the latest rant and the most recent rant it had to do with the rationale of going in in the first place. now he didn t direct it absolutely at putin. he didn t say putin did this for some pernicious reason. he said that he was manipulated by the defense establishment, but that but he did say there was no need to invade, and if you had said that as a, you know, left-leaning school teacher or ngo activist you would find yourself in jail, but it was quite something else hearing that from somebody who
with his message at the system that lots and lots of people look at in russia. and in the most profane language, which has is very attractive, something that putin used to do and really kind of get a rise out of ordinary people, his critique was aimed at shoigu and the leaders of the military effort in moscow. it was directed at moscow. we are here fighting the war in ukraine and you and your palaces in russia don t care about people getting killed and it was a competency argument. that changed. in the latest rant, and in most recen recent rant, had to do with the rational of going in the first place. now he didn t direct it absolutely at putin. he didn t say putin did this for some pernicious reason. he said he was manipulated by the defense establishment. but that he did say that there was no need to invade.
now the effect of that to some degree is the delta variant. you look across the jobs numbers, whether it s retail, whether it s hospitality, much of the front-facing covid most affected industries were the ones where there were no job increases or very limited job increases. the types of industries that have been driving the economy over the last several months. it plays into the reality as the president s approval numbers have been dropping over the course of the last several weeks. the administration has had a tough month. its competency argument has taken a number of hits. thins aren t going to get easier going forward. obviously the delta variant surging throughout the country. the president s legislative agenda still with a number of major hurdles in the weeks ahead as congress, democrats primarily, enter a critical stage in trying to enact two proposals totaling more than $4 trillion that sit at the core of biden s first year in office, perhaps even first term in office. the whit