In this conversation with Fareed Zakaria, the discussion centers on negotiation as the core of foreign policy and the danger of confusing tactical success with strategic clarity.

Zakaria weighs in on the U.S conflict in Iran and shares a dire warning about how it could affect U.S negotiations for years to come.

Stan and Fareed discuss a wide range of bilateral relationships and the potential risk of an “imperial trap” we might be falling into as we erode trust and the post-1945 order.

Check out Fareed on his podcast:

https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/fareed-zakaria-gps

And CNN: https://podcasts.apple.com/iq/podcast/fareed-zakaria-gps/id377785090

00:00 Tactics vs Strategy

01:33 Iran Talks Undermined

03:46 Israel US Goals Diverge

06:00 Iraq Lessons and Aims

08:20 Pressuring Israel

12:25 China Reads the Signals

15:11 Tariffs and Trust

18:01 Allies and Supply Chains

21:55 India and Turkey

23:11 Turkey Drifts Westward

23:59 Pressuring Putin to Talk

25:43 Both Sides and Overreach

28:50 Norms Versus Guardrails

32:00 Why Congress Stays Silent

35:35 Can GOP Reclaim Reagan

38:03 Democrats and Culture Wars

42:10 Great Negotiators and Wrap

Host Stan Christensen has spent his career working as a professional negotiator in a variety of arenas. He has also taught a popular course on negotiation at Stanford University for over twenty years.