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The World Next Year: 2014 Edition

<p>Tim Tompkins, president of the Times Square Alliance, unveils part of the &#8220;2014&#8221; sign that will light up Times Square at midnight on New Year&#8217;s Eve. (Mike Segar/Courtesy Reuters)</p>
Tim Tompkins, president of the Times Square Alliance, unveils part of the “2014” sign that will light up Times Square at midnight on New Year’s Eve. (Mike Segar/Courtesy Reuters)

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  • James M. LindsayCFR Expert
    Mary and David Boies Distinguished Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy

Bob McMahon and I typically use our weekly podcast to discuss major foreign policy issues likely to be in the news in the coming week. In honor of the approaching New Year, we changed things up for this podcast and examined the issues likely to dominate world politics in 2014. We discussed budget battles in the United States; the Iran nuclear talks; domestic discontent bubbling up in countries around the world; fracking and energy security; tensions in the East China Sea; and the race for economic opportunities in the Arctic. Paul Stares, director of CFR’s Center for Preventive Action (CPA), joined our conversation to talk about CPA’s newly released Preventive Priorities Survey, which assesses the likelihood and consequences of potential conflicts in 2014.

[audio: https://www.cfr.org/content/publications/media/editorial/2013/20131219_T…]

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Bob and I will be taking a break for the next two weeks. We’ll be back in January. In the meantime, we wish everyone a safe and happy holiday.