Fareed Zakaria on Where Russia’s War in Ukraine Stands — and Much More
About this episode
The central question is where Russia's war in Ukraine stands and what that, plus developments in China and India, says about the emerging global order. Fareed Zakaria argues Western sanctions have underperformed because Russia can sell commodities to much of the world, and that the war will likely end through long-term attrition and negotiated frozen lines rather than total victory. He warns the Republican Party's turn toward isolationism threatens sustained U.S. support. On China, he cautions against over-securitization — citing the balloon incident, the TikTok debate, and chip export controls — while acknowledging real competition. He also examines India's economic dynamism alongside Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist democratic backsliding, and the refusal of nonaligned countries to take sides, sketching a world of fragmented power rather than neat blocs.