United states and around the world. Im Fareed Zakaria coming to you from new well start todays program with two of the worlds critical hot first, ukraine, where president zelenskyy admitted this week that the counteroffensive is difficult as western officials tell cnn that further decisive progress by kyiv is highly unlikely. So where does the war go from here . Then to niger where a Military Ju Junta Launcheded A Coup three days ago. That makes for a sixcountry belt of coups spanning 3,500 miles right across the african continent. Well tell you what you need to know about the startling trend. Also, are you amazed by the power of Artificial Intelligence . Well, wait until you hear about Quantum Computing. It will make todays a. I. Look like childs play. I talked to the famous physicist miccio kaku about what he sees as the real gamechanger. But first, heres my take. In only may 2023, it seemed obvious that the United States was going to face an unmanageable Border Crisis in the Previou
announce it is activating a standby force for a possible military intervention, but the bloc appears split with two-member countries that experienced a coup recently, mali and burkina faso vowing to defend niger s junta which is now in power. joining me to discuss what is at stake is ramayad, senior collector of the atlantic counsel s africa center and she served as france s secretary of state for foreign affairs and human rights. welcome. help us understand what is going on here. the new york times call this the coup belt, and if you look at the area that is just below the sahara and above the sudanese sahara, it does seem that it s been six coups in the last few years. so what is going on? niger is the least frontier f