Hosts: Gideon Rose, Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs
Kim Barker, Murrow Press Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Producer: Hagit Bachrach, CFR.org
April 1, 2010
CFR Murrow Press Fellow Kim Barker and Foreign Affairs Managing Editor Gideon Rose preview major world events in the week ahead.
In this week's podcast: U.S.-Israel tensions continue over settlements; Pakistan’s Foreign Minister visits Saudi Arabia; post-election power struggles continue in Iraq; and parliamentary elections are held in Sri Lanka.
The World Next Week is a coproduction of CFR.org and Foreign Affairs.
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