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world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you from new york. today we ll devote most of the program to the global power struggles. we are witnessing. america versus china. america versus russia. we ll give you a republican roadmap for how to compete with china, with david mccormick, former top treasury official funds ceo and republican politicians. i ll also ask him about whether the gop four more years. needs to get beyond donald trump. but first a look deep inside russia. just what is vladimir putin s in . i ll talk to the new york times spirit chief anton troyanovsky. also. both beijing and moscow have spies and operatives in america that is a given. but revelations this week about exactly what both china and russia doing stateside shocked even longtime spy watchers. we will tell you all about it. but first here s my take. the united states and china have embarked on one of the most hair raising experiments in international history. both sides are now locked in a steady, escalat
up the wealth of the nation. in the absence of an ideological motive for conflicts such as choosing a side in the cold war of fighting for freedom against the colonial oppressor. greed has become the primary motivator. but this is now all happening against a new geopolitical backdrop, which allows such violence to fester. ever since the fall of the soviet union, as the economist notes, a period of relative calm prevailed around much of the world, largely because the united states was an uncontested global superpower. this era was not free from war by any means, but great power conflicts of the style of the cold war appeared to be a thing of the past, american military might, or washington s ability to write checks was often an effective deterrent to invasion or rebellion. but all that has changed. america has withdrawn its military and its money from large swaths of the world, concentrating its efforts on a few key areas in issues. this is
mercenaries for the and saudi arabia in their proxy war in yemen. transition to civilian rule and eventually elections could weaken his hold on either of these sources of power. this is a phenomenon we see. across africa resource rich countries have witnessed sustained conflict as warlords, soldiers and rebels have carved up the wealth of the nation. in the absence of an ideological motive for conflicts such as choosing a side in the cold war of fighting for freedom against the colonial oppressor. greed has become the primary motivator. but this is now all happening against a new geopolitical backdrop, which allows such violence to fester. ever since the fall of the soviet union, as the economist notes, a period of relative calm prevailed around much of the world, largely because the united states was an uncontested global superpower. this error was not free from war by any