How Russia Decides to Go Nuclear
Deciphering the Way Moscow Handles Its Ultimate Weapon
CFR.org Editor Robert McMahon and Foreign Affairs Associate Editor Joshua Yaffa preview major world events in the week ahead.
In this week's podcast: Pakistan continues its efforts to capture Taliban leaders; U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton travels to Latin America; Russia deals with changes in its "near abroad;" and China’s National People’s Congress meets in Beijing.
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