This is gps, the Global Public square. Welcome to all of you in the United States and Around The World. Im Fareed Zakaria coming to you from new york. Today on the program, the knesset votes to take away a key power of israels Supreme Court, and as Benjamin Netanyahu urges calm, the nations Political Center and left erupt in anger. Ill talk to the New York Times Paul Friedman about the politics involved and with his colleague Emily Bazilon about the legal issues. Then the secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas on the good news and the bad news from americas Southern Border. Finally, did President Putin lose or gain power after prigozhins failed mutiny . Ill ask russian journalist in exile mikhail zigov. But first heres my take. The mysterious disappearance of chinas Foreign Minister qin gang is a timely reminder that the future of u. S. China relations will be determined not just by american policy and whats happening domestically in the United States such as the president i
Ten tensions and holding firm to the communist party line. these are skills that ching ought to value. that brings me to the case of the other missing person in another country, known for the murkiness of its domestic politics. i m speaking of general sergey of russia, who was last seen in a hostage-style video last month, as the wagner group s yevgeny prigozhin and his troops marched on moscow. in the video, wearing fatigues, but stripped of all insignia pled awkwardly with prigozhin to abandon the coup. the awkwardness perhaps indicates coercion. he was close to yevgeny prigozhin, who has called him a man who is not afraid of responsibility. u.s. intelligence officials told the new york times that seravikin has advanced acknowledge of the attempted
General who spearheaded an ineffective russian offensive that cost forces dearly. now seravikin is missing. the current defense minister and gerasimov, both of whom are willing to tell putin only what he wants to hear, will continue to conduct the war in an inept fashion, for the sake of familiarity, the kremlin has chosen to reinforce failure. it s the nature of a close political system that yes-men and political operators win out over competence every time. these twin events in china and russia remind us of the virtues of an open and democratic political system, despite all its messiness. you know, we often despair the tumult of democracies, look at british politics over the last few years, with this revolving door of prime ministers and constant leaks, resignations, and recriminations. we cringe at the volatility of