Hosts: Robert McMahon, Acting Editor, CFR.org
Gideon Rose, Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs
May 29, 2009
CFR.org Acting Editor Robert McMahon and Foreign Affairs Managing Editor Gideon Rose preview major world events in the week ahead.
In this week's podcast: trials for two American journalists in Pyongyang put further strain on U.S.-North Korean relations; President Obama travels to Egypt for a much-anticipated address to the Muslim world; he then heads to Germany and France; and China tightens security ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen square crackdown.
The World Next Week is a coproduction of CFR.org and Foreign Affairs.
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