ian bremmer is president of the eurasia group, a geopolitical risk firm. >>> anne-marie, let me starth you. you have a new book out about what is urgently needed, renewal, and we will ask everyone to buy it but i will ask about your expertise here. is the pivot to asia a good idea? >> fareed, the pivot to asia was misconceived in the start. it was conceived and executed in the obama administration and what was right was to move away from the middle east and to focus much more on east asia, also south asia. but it was conceived as a pivot from the atlantic to the pacific. primarily as a military and diplomatic pivot. it should have been a pivot to asia through europe. the europeans have much older and deeper ties in asia than the united states does. if you look at southeast asia, vietnam and laos and cambodia are french colonies. mali and burma french colonies, indonesia a dutch colony and now have many citizens of south asian decent. we should have started with europe working not only militarily and politically, but economically. of course, china is the eu's biggest trading partner. a

all of that with our all-star panel ian bremmer and anne-marie slaughter. >>> also, where in the world is sahel? the region that divides the sa vannia grasses north to the south. you will be hearing all about it. it's the new hot spot of jihadi terrorists. we'll tell you all you need to know. >>> also, this is going to serve as a wake-up call. >> sanjay gupta on what he and we all learned from the long and difficult fight against covid-19. >>> first, here's "my take." the troubles of a company that nobody ever heard of now have people worried about another global economic crisis. evergrande is a property developer in china with the dubious distinction of being the world's most indebted real estate company, with outstanding loans of more than $300 billion. for the moment, at least, it appears unlikely they will upend the economy but it speaks of the fragility in china's economy. china's private debt, by government and corporations, is now 200%, by far and away the highest in the world for any developing nation. china's fundamental growth trajectory is slowing. its export driven model ha

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joining us now is the founder of ian bremmer author of this new piece in foreign affairs that exploreser of large tech companies today. ian, good to have you. i find this interesting especially in the context of the crackdown that we see in china which, one, i suppose might interpret as china trying to keep its most powerful tech companies from getting that sort of sovereignty or nation state power. is that the way you look at it >> it's absolutely china looking at what's happening in the west and the united states and worrying that that is happening in china as well and they don't like it because as you know, these technology companies, private sector companies, both in the united states and overwhelming in china, they create their walled gardens, from the ground up the rule set, the architecture, the algorithms and from the perspectives of the government, what happens is kind of a black box, right so, the united states, i mean, if you think about both what happened after january 6th overwhelmingly it was decisions taken by technology companies to determine the political outcomes, not

ian bremmer is the president of the you are asia group. >>> grant woods, the former attorney generala passed away yesterday from a heart attack. he was 67 years old. woods spent his life dedicated to his family, to public service, to the arts, and to his beloved state of arizona. his highly sought after political endorsements frequently straddled party lines and he always did what he thought best no matter the political implication. woods was longtime friend with the late senator john mccain and his family. mccain's widow wrote, grant woods was one of my best friends. my only comfort is knowing that he's laughing and joking with john now and watching over all of us. she also said she takes solace in the fact that both men can once again worry about the fate of arizona diamondbacks together. we knew grant was a man who was always willing to wake up before the sun rose in arizona to speak out in defense of democracy. he was quick with a smile and always kind. grant was a great friend to our show. and he'll be missed sorely. clerk: hello, how can i? sore throat pain? ♪honey lemon♪ try v

joining us is ian bremmer, the president of the eurasia group.tween the united states and china. china clearly has flown a very large number of flights this month alone. we're learning about this u.s. operation in taiwan, which has been going on for some time. >> throughout the year. >> it has been going on. these are both different situations. >> yeah. it is at the edges nibbling away at the status quo. from both sides. the fact is that the chinese have run many sorties through the air defense identification zone, not taiwanese space but they're supposed to give a heads up and the americans have been running this small but real secret training program on the ground with two dozen special forces and marines. there is no question that the united states is showing the chinese that this is not afghanistan, it is not ukraine. the americans are committed, both to this region and to taiwan, specifically, and the chinese continue to prod, showing these are red lines for the chinese. >> and the risk is what? an accident? the immediate risk i should say i