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Introduction
Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
Show Notes
In this special edition, CFR.org Editor Robert McMahon, CFR's Director of Studies Jim Lindsay, and Foreign Affairs Editor Gideon Rose start off the summer with a list of books that they will be reading in the weeks ahead. Listen in for recommendations from their reading lists, and check out the links below for more information.
Robert McMahon's list:
- The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin, by Masha Gessen
- Through a Screen Darkly: Popular Culture, Public Diplomacy, and America's Image Abroad, by Martha Bayles
- My Crazy Century, by Ivan Klima
- Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China, by Evan Osnos
- Official Guide New York World's Fair 1964 / 1965, Time-Life
James Lindsay's list:
- The Pity of War, by Niall Ferguson
- Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War, by Robert Gates
- No End Save Victory: How FDR Led the Nation Into War, by David Kaiser
- The Education of an Anti-Imperialist, by Richard Drake
- One Summer: America, 1927, by Bill Bryson
Gideon Rose's list:
- The Leading Indicators: A Short History of the Numbers That Rule Our World, by Zachary Karabell
- The World of Yesterday, Stefan Zweig
- War Comes to Garmser: Thirty Years of Conflict on the Afghan Frontier, by Carter Malkasian
- How About Never - Is Never Good for You? My Life in Cartoons, by Bob Mankoff
- A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1), by George R.R. Martin
World leaders express hopes for cooperation with the United States after former President Donald Trump’s comeback election win; Israel faces a deadline to increase humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip or risk restrictions on U.S. military funding; Azerbaijan prepares to host the twenty-ninth UN climate conference (COP29) as concerns grow that climate targets could fall short; and Moldova’s election spurs hopes of European Union ties.
In this special episode of The World Next Week, hosts Robert McMahon and Carla Anne Robbins discuss how news outlets around the world are reporting on the November 5 U.S. elections and how it reflects on public and government interests.
France seeks to spur international support for humanitarian aid for Lebanon as fighting grinds on between Israel and Hezbollah; Japan holds a snap general election as Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru hopes to rally the embattled and longtime ruling Liberal Democratic Party; Georgia heads to the polls in an election that could shift the country away from the European Union and firmly into Russia’s orbit; and China and India reach a border deal.