The Economist: The week ahead
Summary: Editors and correspondents of The Economist discuss the events shaping the world next week, in the studio and in the field. Published on Economist Radio every Friday.
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Podcasts:
The week ahead: Cuba, the US and the UN
Voters take to the polls in Canada, President Xi Jinping begins the first state visit by a Chinese leader to Britain in a decade and local elections are held in Ukraine
The week ahead: Courting Xi
Democrats prepare for their first primary debate in America, Egypt holds a round of parliamentary elections and the Man Booker Prize is awarded to the best English-language novel
The week ahead: Runners and riders
Russia intervenes in Syria, Republicans in America's House of Representatives elect a new speaker and Nobel Prizes are awarded to top scientists
The week ahead: A muddled war
Narendra Modi visits Washington, Vladimir Putin comes to Paris to discuss the conflict in Ukraine and Jeremy Corbyn's first party conference as Labour leader
The week ahead: Radical prospectus
The week ahead: Spoofing Wall Street
The trader accused of instigating the 2010 'flash crash' faces an extradition hearing, the UN lays out a new set of global development goals and Pope Francis heads to America
Greece holds a snap election, the UN attempts to unify two warring halves of Libya's parliament and Donald Trump and his fellow Republican candidates get ready for another debate
The week ahead: Rival factions
The tech world anticipates the launch of Apple's new iPhone, an anti-corruption campaigner runs for a seat in Russia's regional elections and North Korea commemorates its National Day
China stages a grand military parade, elections take place in Guatemala amid a high-level corruption scandal and President Obama gives a speech on the future of the Arctic.
