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The World Next Week: NATO and Russia Debate Missile Defense

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  • James M. LindsayCFR Expert
    Mary and David Boies Distinguished Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy
President Barack Obama meets Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the G-8 Summit in France on May 26, 2011. (Kevin Lamarque/courtesy Reuters)

The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed the upcoming meeting of NATO defense ministers with Russia’s top brass; the presidential run-off elections in Peru; and the twenty-second anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests.

[audio: https://www.cfr.org/content/publications/media/podcast/2011/20110602_TWN…]

The highlights:

World News Forecast previews the upcoming Russia-NATO defense ministers meeting, and Bloomberg discusses Russia’s take on Syria and Libya, a point of contention between some members of the alliance and Russia.  Reuters profiles the remaining contenders for the Peruvian presidency, and the BBC outlines the choice between wallet and conscience that many Peruvians feel the election presents. The Guardian discusses the possibility that China is considering a compensation deal for the relatives of Tiananmen Square massacre victims, and the Telegraph’s Peter Foster evaluates the Chinese government’s claim that the crackdown was a necessary but ugly step to ensure social stability.