Sunday, 29 April 2018

On Fareed Zakaria GPS Today

Insights, analysis and must reads from CNN's Fareed Zakaria and the Global Public Square team, compiled by Global Briefing editor Jason Miks.

April 29, 2018

On Today's Show

On GPS at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. ET on CNN:

First, Fareed gives his Take on French President Emmanuel Macron's state visit to Washington this week, and why it was about more than trying to generate buzz or goodwill.
 
Macron "is trying to stop Donald Trump from dividing the Western alliance and disrupting the (already turbulent) Middle East. Watching him at work -- flattering Trump, then politely disagreeing with him, all the while proposing compromise solutions -- is like watching a skilled dancer execute a complex set of moves. It remains to be seen if Macron can pull it off, but thank goodness he is trying," Fareed says.
 
Then, Fareed hosts a live panel to discuss the historic meeting between Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in. Should we expect genuine change from Pyongyang? And what could it mean for President Trump's planned meeting with Kim? Joining Fareed to discuss this and more will be Sue Mi Terry, a former CIA analyst and now senior fellow for the Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Antony Blinken, a former Deputy Secretary of State and Deputy National Security Adviser in the Obama administration, and Elliott Abrams, former deputy national security advisor in the George W. Bush administration.
 
Also on the show: Despite some of the rhetoric you might hear, crime has actually fallen dramatically in the United States over the past few decades. Why did this happen? And why are we not talking about it and studying it more? Fareed speaks with Adam Gopnik, author of a recent New Yorker article entitled, "The Great Crime Decline."
 
Plus: Fareed is joined by Ronen Bergman, an Israeli investigative reporter, who has done a deep dive into the mostly untold story of Israel's secret assassinations. They discuss Bergman's new book, "Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations."
 
And: CNN's Jake Tapper has covered the twists and turns of the Trump administration. Tapper joins Fareed to talk about his new book, a fictional political thriller titled "The Hellfire Club." The novel is set in early 1950's Washington, at the height of McCarthyism.
 

Take This Week's GPS Challenge

What type of tree did President Trump and President Macron plant at the White House this week? Which country has the freest media? Where did the leaders of North and South Korea meet?

Find out the answers to these questions and more – and see how other GPS viewers did – by taking this week's quiz here: cnn.com/fareedquiz

 

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