this is gps the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you from new york. today on the program, germany will give leopards as america offers the abrams. they re the most capable tanks in the world. what will the tank deliveries to ukraine mean for the future of its fight? how will russia retaliate for what it sees as a major escala escalation? we ll talk about all of that and more with the new panel. and the new government led by netanyahu is the most far right ever. its first month in office has been marked by provocations and protests and problems. a fight has begun over the power of parliament to overturn the rulings of the nation s highest court. would it be a major step back for the middle east s only liberal democracy? i ll talk to a close observer. and we ll bring you an important update on iran. on the anti-regime protests, and the status of the islamic republic s nuclear program. b
today on the program, germany will give leopards as america offers the abrams. they re the most capable tanks in the world. what will the tank deliveries to ukraine mean for the future of its fight? how will russia retaliate for what it sees as a major escalation? we ll talk about all of that and more with the new panel. israel s new government led by netanyahu is the most far right ever. its first month in office has been marked by provocations and protests and problems. a fight has begun over the power of parliament to overturn the rulings of the nation s highest court. would it be a major step back for the middle east s only liberal democracy? i ll talk to a close observer. and we ll bring you an important update on iran. on the anti-regime protests, and the status of the islamic republic s nuclear program. but first, here is my take. what should we think of the fact that donald trump, joe biden and now mike pence have all turned out to have classified material sitti
no major war in asia since 1979, 43 years, and what s remarkable is now the wars are at europe s doorstep. and i only say this because it is important to do some deep reflection. because wars are also at the end of day a result of political incompetence of some kind and there needs to be some deeper reflection on why is it in so many wars on europe s doorstep and peace, these are the big questions. we will have to leave it at that and have you back to give us the answers. ann marie, carl, kishore, really fascinating conversations. thank you so much. thank you. next on gps we ll tackle two important stories out of iran. first what is happening with the protest movement there and we ll also give you a troubling update on the country s nuclear program when we come back. your dishes.
ann marie slaughter from the state department and joins us from princeton. she s the president of new america, carl bildt joins us from stock home and kishore mahbubani joins us from singapore. and ann marie, what do you make of this, particularly the german decision? well, the german decision is extraordinary in just historic ol terms because once again german tanks, panthers to most of the russians and europeans, they will be fighting russia, they are not rolling into ush, but we certainly hope not. so the historical significance is enormous. but what is important about this decision is political. it is signaling to putin, no, we are not going to split, we re going to maintainco he cohesion