Hosts: Robert McMahon, Editor, CFR.org
Gideon Rose, Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs
August 21, 2009
CFR.org Editor Robert McMahon and Foreign Affairs Managing Editor Gideon Rose preview major world events in the week ahead.
In this week's podcast: The world reacts to the elections in Afghanistan; North Korea continues new overtures toward softening relations with the West; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. Mideast Envoy George Mitchell; and South American leaders meet at an emergency summit-level meeting in Argentina.
The World Next Week is a coproduction of CFR.org and Foreign Affairs.
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