United states and around the world. Im Fareed Zakaria coming to you from new york. We start with two of the worlds critical hot spots. First ukraine. Where president zelenskyy admitted that the counteroffensive is difficult as wes western Officials Say that kyiv is highly unlikely so where does the war go from here . And then to niger, where a Military Coup was launched, that makes for a six county belt of cues spanning 3,500 miles across the african continent. Well tell you what you need to know about this 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 mitchia kaku about what he sees as the real gamechanger. But first, here is my take. In early may, 2023, it seems obvious that the United States was going to face an unmanageable border crisis. In the Previous Fiscal Year there were about 2. 4 million of apprehensions trying to enter the u. S. A
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and that is why that is the first reason why these countries matters so much now. the second reason is that there is a strong fear that the region, the sahell collapses and falls in the hands of china and russia. because, as you know, there is a skprong competition between global powers and even regional powers in africa. and niger represents these two things. the last frontier of this fight against terrorism, against the islamic state and al qaeda in africa. but also it is an important asset for western forces who would like to contain the chinese and the russian agenda in africa. so this is getting very complicated. so let me try to understand it. because what you see is in the same area of the sahell, global terrorism deaths have gone from about 1% in 2007, now it is up
avoid to avoid sanctions because it is a rich it is a rich territory. and, as you know, wagner is very active in mali, for example, where they tried to develop and they are developing predatory business through diamonds, gold, sugar, you know, all of these very important materials that are very important to feed the war in ukraine. so, no matter what we say here, the future of the war in ukraine goes through the sahell region. that is why it is so important. the whole thing does feel like one more step backwards in terms of democracy. right. i mean, you had the countries that had heroically managed to become democracies and slowly one by one it is unraveling. it feels to me like part of a noble trend. but particularly concentrated in
block which met it week to announcing it activating a stand-by force for a possible military intervention. but the block appears split with two member countries that also experienced coups recently, mali and burkina faso, vowing to defend the junta that is now in power. joining me is rama yade, the senior director of the atlantic council of africa center and served for foreign affairs and human rights. welcome, rama. help us understand what is going on here. the new york times called this the coup belt and if you look at sahell, above the sierra and above the sudanese, i think there have been six coups in the last few years. so what is going on? niger is the last frontier of the fight against terrorism in africa.