Hosts: Robert McMahon, Editor, CFR.org
James M. Lindsay, Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair, Council on Foreign Relations
December 24, 2009
In this special edition, CFR.org Editor, Robert McMahon, and the Council on Foreign Relations' Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair, James Lindsay, preview major world events in the coming year.
The World Next Week is a coproduction of CFR.org and Foreign Affairs.
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