Hosts: Robert McMahon, Editor, CFR.org
Joshua Yaffa, Associate Editor, Foreign Affairs
September 18, 2009
CFR.org Editor Robert McMahon and Foreign Affairs Associate Editor Joshua Yaffa preview major world events in the week ahead.
In this week's podcast: The United Nations General Assembly gathers in New York; UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon holds a global
"climate week"; Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the United Nations; and Russia and the United States discuss arms reductions.
The World Next Week is a coproduction of CFR.org and Foreign Affairs.
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