Power shifts, cracking alliances & a new world order. Who created ripples and what made geopolitical waves? Catch Fareed Zakaria and Rahul Kanwal on #WalkTheTalk at 8 PM on December 17, only on NDTV 24X7 | NDTV

CNN's Fareed Zakaria said there has been an "un-real calm" over the past two years in Afghanistan as the security situaton quickly deteriorates. "When Trump agreed to withdraw troops down to about 3,000, the Taliban agreed to negotiate. So, there was a period there where it looked like the place was calm, but ... for 10 years, the Taliban had been making inroads." "There is no real Afghan army that is able to defend its country." https://cnn.it/3fYiApW | CNN

Tonight @ 8 p.m. ET/PT on CNN: In his latest special, “The War on Government,” Fareed traces the modern conservative movement’s budget-slashing efforts from the mid-20th century to President Trump and Elon Musk. | Fareed Zakaria