Russia Tests New Missile and Seeks to Rejoin UN Human Rights Council, ICJ Takes On Syria, and More

The World Next Week

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🗓️ 6 October 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Recent satellite imagery indicates that Russia is preparing to test a new nuclear-powered missile; the UN Human Rights Council votes on new members, with Russia vying to rejoin after its April 2022 suspension; the International Court of Justice (ICJ) begins hearings on torture in Syria; and one hundred thousand ethnic Armenians flee as Azerbaijan asserts control over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave. Mentioned on the Podcast Isabel Debre, “Israeli Arms Quietly Helped Azerbaijan Retake Nagorno-Karabakh, to the Dismay of Region’s Armenians,” Associated Press Riley Mellen, “Russia May Be Planning to Test a Nuclear-Powered Missile,” New York Times David J. Scheffer, “Ethnic Cleansing Is Happening in Nagorno-Karabakh. How Can the World Respond?,” CFR.org “UN Karabakh Mission Told ‘Sudden’ Exodus Means As Few As 50 Ethnic Armenians May Remain,” UN News For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/russia-tests-new-missile-and-seeks-rejoin-un-human-rights-council-icj-takes-syria-and-more

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0:00.0	In the coming week, Russia may test a nuclear-powered cruise missile while it seeks a return
0:06.4	to the UN Human Rights Council.
0:08.7	And the International Court of Justice begins hearings on torture in Syria.
0:12.3	It's October 5, 2023 in time for the world next week. I'm Bob McMahon.
0:27.8	And I'm Carla Ann Robbins.
0:30.0	Carla, let's get going in Russia.
0:32.5	There is recent satellite imagery indicating that Russia plans to test, or perhaps already
0:37.1	has begun to test,
0:38.6	an experimental nuclear-powered cruise missile. Now, we know Russia has plenty of missiles and other
0:44.5	strategic weapons, but what is generating attention about this new missile?
0:48.4	So, Bob, we spoke a couple of weeks back about how we are inching toward a new potential
0:53.4	nuclear arms race and the increasing
0:55.0	danger of some miscalculation. And this report in the New York Times is one more reminder of that,
1:00.7	especially when we don't have enough information on what our adversaries are up to. As for what
1:06.2	we know about this, we don't know a lot. The Times reported that recently gathered satellite imagery
1:11.6	shows equipment, the truck, trailer, other things moving around at a Russian missile launch site
1:17.3	on a remote Arctic island that had previously been used to test. Unsuccessfully, I might add,
1:22.2	so far, this new nuclear-powered cruise missile, known as the Borovesknik By the way, the name means Petrol, which is a seabird.
1:29.9	I looked it up.
1:30.9	And it was also the hero of a 1901 pro-revolutionary fable by Gorky.
1:35.5	Anyway, the Russians also issued aviation notices, warning planes to avoid a, quote,
1:40.2	temporary danger area around the launch site.
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