The World Next Week: December 1, 2011
A preview of world events in the coming week from CFR.org: EU leaders meet for a critical summit; the Greek parliament votes on a 2012...
Hosts: Sebastian Mallaby, Senior Fellow for International Economics, CFR
Robert McMahon, Editor, CFR.org
Producer: Hagit Bachrach, CFR.org
August 26, 2010
CFR.org Editor, Robert McMahon, and the director of CFR's Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Sebastian Mallaby, preview major world events in the week ahead.
In this week's podcast: The U.S. ends combat operations in Iraq; Israeli and Palestinian leaders resume direct peace talks; and the U.S. gets an updated read on second-quarter GDP.
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A preview of world events in the coming week from CFR.org: EU leaders meet for a critical summit; the Greek parliament votes on a 2012...
A preview of world events in the coming week from CFR.org.
A preview of world events in the coming week from CFR.org and Foreign Affairs.