How Russia Decides to Go Nuclear
Deciphering the Way Moscow Handles Its Ultimate Weapon
Foreign Affairs Managing Editor Gideon Rose and CFR.org Executive Editor Michael Moran preview major world events in the week ahead.
In this week's podcast: Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party approach the deadline for forming a government; the G-20 meets in London, where world leaders hope to steady a rapidly declining world economy; NATO holds its 60th anniversary summit; and the United Kingdom begins the final phase of its troop withdrawal from Iraq.
Deciphering the Way Moscow Handles Its Ultimate Weapon
The Pliant Majority Sustaining Putin’s Rule
How Months of Protest Forged an Even More Intransigent Regime
Why the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Might Boil Over Again