The World Next Week: February 21, 2013
A preview of world events in the coming week from CFR.org: Sequestration is set to go into effect; Pope Benedict XVI steps down; and the...
Hosts: James M. Lindsay, Director of Studies, CFR
Robert McMahon, Editor, CFR.org
January 26, 2012
UN nuclear inspectors visit Iran; a Republican primary is held in Florida; and Prime Minister Gilani's Supreme Court case resumes in Pakistan.
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