this is gps , the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria. today on the program, from the czars in czarrinas to soviet air come issars, to president putin. we delve into the nature of power in russia. looking at the past to help us understand the present. i ll talk to the new yorker s david remnick and professor nina khrushcheva. and also the prime minister of barbados on getting the west to pay for damage from climate change rising seas and wild weather. two degrees is a death sentence. and the president of kenya on why many nations in the global south are not taking a side on the war in ukraine. but first, here is my take. in his important book the third wave, samuel huntington pointed out the division among the ruling elite is a key sign of weakness in authoritarian regimes. when members of the establishment break with the system, it triggers a larger set of changes. conversely, when you do not se
a far cry from the 9% we saw in june but there are warnings of a possible recession or the pipelines our business reporter katie silva has been looking into the details of the story for us. it is always great to see you on asia business report at the seems like relatively good doesn t it? fit at the seems like relatively good doesn t it? of course. as we mentioned good doesn t it? of course. as i we mentioned a huge drop since lastjune. 5% inflation down from 6%, its well and truly been welcomed in high quarters, president biden saying it gives american families some breathing room in particular pointing to the fact that we ve seen the greatest reduction in the costs of gas as well as food and grocery expenses, things that are very important to american families. but the excitement should be tempered somewhat. up was the us like many major economies pursues an inflation target of 2% so 5% is still a long way off that and if we were to take out those impacts of the fuel and
of a possible recession in the pipelines. our business reporter katie silva who has been looking into the details of the story for us, joins me now on the program. katie, it is always great to see you on asia business report and this seems like relatively good, doesn t it? it does. it has been welcomed in high quarters. president biden, for example, saying that it gives american families some breathing room and particularly pointing to the fact that we ve seen the greatest reduction in the costs of gas as well as food and grocery expenses things that are very important to american families. but the excitement should be tempered somewhat. of course, the us like many major economies pursues an inflation target in the order of around 2%, so 5% is still a long way off that, and if we were to take out those impacts of the fuel and food prices, that would leave us with a figure called core inflation and, in fact, core inflation actually rose, particularly driven by increase in co
its lowest level for nearly two years. consumer prices rose by 5% of the year to march, a far cry from the 9% it was that in june. but there are warnings of a possible recession in the pipeline. our business reporter is katie silver, she s been looking through the dater and joins me now on the programme. great to have you on the show. this looks pretty optimistic, doesn t it was back it s good news it isn t it? it’s doesn t it was back it s good news it isn t it? news it isn t it? it s good news it isn t it? it s good news but it news it isn t it? it s good news but it needs - news it isn t it? it s good news but it needs to - news it isn t it? it s good news but it needs to be i news but it needs to be analysed further and taken with analysed further and taken with a grain of salt. inflation is down and there are warnings every session but still we are hearing the fed may hike rates for the three things that don t normally go together. in terms of the inflation figure w
trump had pulled the u.s. out of, so biden how do the opposite, seems childish. it seemed weird because there are not many international bodies more discredited than the world health organization, particularly after covid. it is a laughingstock. if there s one thing is not good at it is public health. since the very first cases of coronavirus in wuhan, the w.h.o. slavishly ran for the chinese government. first the w.h.o. claimed there was no evidence of human to human transmission of the virus. remember this? they cited chinese officials who were obviously lying and we are no they were lying. when it became clear it up virus probably came out of a chinese government lab, w.h.o. sabotaged the investigation into the origin of the virus by appointing a gain-of-function researcher to lead the team. shocking. wh has not acknowledged it did any of that, though it obviously dead. they have continued to praise china s response to covid as transparent, which is the one thing it is n