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The World Next Week: Russians, Iranians, and Republicans All Vote

<p>Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks to supporters and political scientists in Moscow. (courtesy Reuters)</p>
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks to supporters and political scientists in Moscow. (courtesy Reuters)

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The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed the presidential election in Russia; the parliamentary elections in Iran; the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference; and Super Tuesday.

[audio: https://www.cfr.org/content/publications/media/editorial/2012/20120301_T…]

The highlights:

Vladimir Putin outlines his foreign policy objectives on RiaNovosti, and Dmitri Trenin argues in Foreign Policy that Putin wants better relations with the United States. Reuters reports that the Iranian parliamentary elections will be between Khameini and Ahmadinejad advocates, and Al Jazeera summarizes the candidates’ stances leading up to the vote. The Hill reports that Israel would not warn the United States if it chose to strike Iran, and Robert Wright blogs on the Atlantic website that AIPAC is advocating war. HowStuffWorks explains why “Super Tuesday” is so super, and MSNBC details how candidates are campaigning in “Super Tuesday” states.