Summit in Seoul, Victory Day, Syria Joins Arab League
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Nirmal Ghosh, Stefan Kornelius, and Philip Stephens join guest host Carla Anne Robbins to discuss the week's top news stories.
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About This Episode
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida discuss steps to strengthen security and economic cooperation. Meanwhile, Europe celebrates the 78th anniversary of Victory Day. Plus, Syria returns to the Arab League. CFR’s Carla Anne Robbins guest hosts World Review with Nirmal Ghosh, Stefan Kornelius, and Philip Stephens to discuss.
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About the Panelists
US Bureau Chief, The Straits Times
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Nirmal Ghosh is the US Bureau Chief for The Straits Times. His reporting covers politics, elections, conflict and coups d’etat, natural disasters, and social and environmental issues across a dozen Asian countries.
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Political Editor, Süddeutsche Zeitung
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Stefan Kornelius has spent over 20 years at Süddeutsche Zeitung. Throughout his career, he has covered Germany's Christian Democratic Party, the chancellorship of Helmut Kohl, and defense issues in Europe. His biography of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, entitled “Angela Merkel, the Chancellor and her World,” has been translated into 13 languages.
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Contributing Editor, Financial Times
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Philip Stephens joined the Financial Times in 1983 as the economics, political, and UK edition editor, and currently serves as a contributing editor. He won the David Watt Prize for Outstanding Political Journalism, Political Journalist of the Year by the UK Political Studies Association, and Political Journalist of the Year in the British Press Awards.
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Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
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Before joining CFR, Carla Anne Robbins was the deputy editorial page editor of The New York Times and chief diplomatic correspondent of the Wall Street Journal. She is also faculty director of the MIA program at Baruch College's Marxe School.
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