Fareed Zakaria

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2,161 appearances 8 recordings 5 series first heard Jan 2025 last heard 5 Jun

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Freakonomics Radio · 676. Has America Lost the Plot? · 5 Jun 2026 podcast

But what do you think happens in Gaza over the next one to three years?

Is it a Palestinian enclave or is it something totally different?

And why do the Saudis care that much about the Palestinian cause, per se?

How do you see Netanyahu over time as a leader of a country trying to defend itself as a lone democracy in a region where there's hostility directed toward them for a variety of reasons?

When he shakes the hand of a monarch in the Middle East or a Putin or a Trump,

Is he reliable?

So I think it's very much a mixed legacy.

Where do you think that reputation goes in the future?

I was talking to someone the other night about when Americans started buying German cars after World War II, how long it took.

There was the same thing for Japanese products.

And now we consider German and Japan two of our very, very, very best friends and allies.

So reputations of countries certainly change, but it takes a good amount of time.

If you were to look at the Middle East, the major players...

What do you see that landscape looking like way down the road, 10, 20, 50 years?

We always hear that the majority of Iranians don't want the theocracy and they want a more normalized state.

What do you know about that sentiment now?

And do you think there's enough sentiment to lead to an...

Coming up after the break, given the war with Iran, why haven't oil prices spiked even more than they have?

Also, is the U.S.

making its own Brexit?

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