On GPS at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. ET on CNN:
First, Fareed gives his take on how the populist wave has outlived the crises that initially fueled it.
Populists rode to power on fears of economic hardship and uncontrolled immigration, Fareed says—but the global economy has rebounded, and illegal immigration into Europe is at its lowest point in years. In other words, the problems have been solved.
"Capitalism and democracy are open and responsive systems, and they are reacting and adjusting to the public's concerns," Fareed says, "even while populists continue to peddle little more than deception, despair, and demagoguery."
Next, we'll talk European politics—what the recent election results mean, who will become UK prime minister, what the future holds for Brexit, the implications of Italy's far-right surge, and more—with historian and Washington Post columnist Anne Applebaum, author and philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy, and Italian journalist and New York Times contributor Beppe Severgnini.
This week marks the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests—and the Chinese government crackdown that ended them—and we'll reflect on the heroism of the protesters, the legacy of the movement, and how China has managed to suppress memories of it with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, who covered the protests as a 30-year-old Beijing bureau chief, and New Yorker staff writer Jiayang Fan.
Our What in the World segment will look at intellectual-property theft and how US firms have bigger complaints about China; Jamie Metzl, author of Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity, will discuss the massive changes gene editing will bring; and finally, we'll examine laws criminalizing gay sex around the world and how the US is changing the way it handles UFO sightings by military pilots. | |
