Fareed Zakaria Has a Better Way to Handle Russia — and China
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About this episode
CNN host and columnist Fareed Zakaria offers his framework for handling a world where American dominance is receding — what he calls a 'post-American' order. He argues the United States should be less moralizing and more pragmatic toward Russia and China, pursuing interests rather than crusades. The conversation covers Putin's miscalculations in Ukraine, how economic interdependence and sanctions constrain great powers, and why China differs fundamentally from Russia as a challenger — deeply integrated into the world economy rather than isolated from it. Zakaria also discusses India's strategic position, the future of globalization, and why he remains cautiously optimistic about liberal democracy despite the current gloom surrounding it.