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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 live. today on the program, the mess at the mexican border. it may get worse, much worse. this week, u.s. authorities lost the ability to swiftly expel migrants from land borders. officials are expecting an onslaught. i will talk to former homeland security secretary jeh johnson about the problem and solutions. also, the clock is ticking. treasury secretary yellen says america may go into default in just 18 days. there s little doubt such an event would badly hurt the u.s. economy and suddenly america is standing abroad. i ll get the view from london with martin wolf of the financial times then after 12 years of civil war and more than 300,000 civilians dead, syria and its infamous leader bashar al assad are back in the arab league. what is going on? i will ask regional expert farwaz gerbez, but first, here s my take. t ....
united states and around the world, i am coming to you live. today on the program the mess at the mexican border, it might get worse, much worse. this week, u.s. authorities lost the authority to expel migrants from land borders. officials are expecting an onslaught. i will talk to former homeland security secretary jay johnson about the problem and solutions. also, the clock is ticking. treasury secretary yellin says america may go into default in just 18 days. there is little doubt such an event would badly hurt the u.s. economy and sully america s standing abroad. i will get the view from london with martin wolf of the financial towns. then after 12 years of civil war and more than 300,000 civilians dead, syria and its infamous leader are back in the arab league. what is going on? i will ask a regional expert. but first, here is my take. the tragic mass shooting in the suburb of dallas, texas took place as i was leaving the country to visit written. i might as well ....
The war, an estimated 12,000 children were wounded or killed. just about one every eight hours, 300,000 civilians have been killed in total. so it was shocking to many to see that the arab league decided this week to reinstate syria s membership. what is behind the change of heart? what will it mean for syria in the middle east? we have the professor of international relations at the london school of economics. welcome. so explain the syrian thing. what is the fundamental force behind what is happening here? i think the saudi foreign minister really summarized the puzzle. he said, for many years, we tried to get rid of a sod and we failed. what is the alternative? the arab league states are trying to reengage to see whether assad will deal with the humanitarian crisis. ....
If they happen to doubt that, the likelihood is they are going to become more risk- averse generally, and that will mean less risk-taking in a world economy and certainly a weaker american economy. martin wolf, always a pleasure. a pleasure to be with you. next on gps, it was a good week for bashar al-assad. syria was readmitted to the arab league after more than a decade of being frozen out . why now? yeah, it can be very warm. you were made to remember some days forever. we were made to help you find the best way there. ....
this really is a post- american middle east. if you ask me, i would say it s leaders in the region. they look and say china is the future. it s the chinese sanctuary. the next 20 or 30 years, it will be china is to have just to give you an example for your viewers. china is the biggest trade partner of saudi arabia. china will be the greatest trade partners of almost every single mideastern state in the next 10 or 20 years. if you follow the trail of money, the saudi s are not irrational. they are rational. but this speaks about saudi arabia, saudi arabia, turkey, iran, egypt, they are really now showing independence. they are trying to take action into their own hands. everyone is normalizing relations, turkey with saudi arabia, turkey with iran, iran and syria ....