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The World Next Week Podcast: September 18, 2009

Robert McMahon and Joshua Yaffa
September 18, 2009
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Foreign Affairs Associate Editor Joshua Yaffa and CFR.org Editor Robert McMahon preview major world events in the week ahead.

In this week's podcast: the United Nations General Assembly gathers in New York; UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon presides over Climate Week; Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the UN; and Russia and the United States discuss arms reductions.

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