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The World Next Week Podcast: October 9, 2009

Gideon Rose and Robert McMahon
October 9, 2009
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Foreign Affairs Managing Editor Gideon Rose and CFR.org Editor Robert McMahon preview major world events in the week ahead.

In this week's podcast: the United States debates a troop surge in Afghanistan; Russian and Chinese officials meet for energy talks; and the UN Security Council elects five new members.

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