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May 9, 2021 | On GPS: Bombing in Kabul; Beijing’s brinksmanship in Taiwan; India’s COVID crisis; the post-pandemic boom

May 9, 2021 | On GPS: Bombing in Kabul; Beijing’s brinksmanship in Taiwan; India’s COVID crisis; the post-pandemic boom

Fareed Zakaria GPS · CNN Podcasts

May 9, 202140m 17s

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Show Notes

Airdate May 9, 2021: Former Defense Secretary Bob Gates talks about Biden’s pressing foreign policy issues – from the prospect of a Taliban takeover in Afghanistan to China’s brinksmanship in Taiwan. Then, the Lancet says India may suffer 1 million COVID deaths by August 1st; Fareed talks to public health expert Devi Sridhar on how bad it will get in India and where the next crisis may hit.  Also, economic historian Niall Ferguson tells Fareed about the role of globalization in the spread of Covid-19 and the lasting impact the pandemic will have in the world’s economic recovery. 

GUESTS: Robert Gates, Devi Sridhar, Niall Ferguson, Jake Tapper

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