The World Next Week: Pena Nieto Assumes Office, Climate Change Conference Continues in Qatar, and NASA Announces Mars Findings
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James M. LindsayCFR ExpertMary and David Boies Distinguished Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy
The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed the presidential inauguration in Mexico; the UN Climate Change Conference in Qatar; and the highly anticipated announcement from NASA regarding the Mars Curiosity rover.
The highlights:
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Mexico’s Pena Nieto takes office: Reuters reports that Pena Nieto supports U.S. immigration reform and will do his part to tackle illegal immigration. The New York Times writes that Pena Nieto is working hard to emphasize the economic opportunities in Mexico. The Dallas Morning News reports that Vice President Biden will lead the U.S. delegation at Saturday’s inauguration. The Washington Post published an editorial piece by Pena Nieto calling for Mexico and the United States to “rearrange our common priorities.”
The UN Climate Change Conference continues in Qatar: The Washington Post writes that the two-week conference made up of two hundred countries will create the framework for a climate change agreement aimed for 2020. The official website of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change provides agendas, reports, and webcasts for the conference in addition to other official documents. Global News reports on the rising tension between poorer and richer countries attending the conference. Michael Levi explains how the mood at this year’s conference differs from conferences in the past.
NASA gives an update on the Mars rover mission: NPR interviews John Grotzinger, principal investigator for the mission, who claims that the rover has found something “for the history books.” The Huffington Post reports that the finding was made by the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument, the rover’s chemistry laboratory. The New York Times suggests that the discovery may be less “earthshaking” than the blogosphere anticipates. The official website of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory provides the latest news, images, and videos from the Curiosity rover.