SERIES FINALE: Trump Addresses Davos, Gaza Navigates Cease-Fire, 2025 Elections Loom, and More

The World Next Week

Council on Foreign Relations

Politics, News, News:politics

4.6 • 845 Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In this live series finale, Bob and Carla discuss the most pressing international news stories with special guest Deborah Amos. President Donald Trump virtually attends the annual Davos summit where he will address corporate and government leaders just three days after his inauguration; the next phase of hostage and prisoner swaps is due as part of the Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal; a tightly controlled presidential election in Belarus kicks off a new year of consequential elections around the globe; and TikTok is revived in the United States—for now— after President Trump forestalled the app’s initial ban. This episode was originally produced live on January 21, 2025. Mentioned on the Podcast Megan Brenan, “Americans' Trust in Media Remains at Trend Low,” Gallup Watch The World Next Week's final episode live podcast taping on YouTube. For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The World Next Week at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/twnw/series-finale-trump-addresses-davos-gaza-navigates-cease-fire-2025-elections-loom-and-more

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0:00.0	Thank you.
0:07.0	In the coming week, President Trump goes to Davos, virtually.
0:11.0	Israel and Hamas prepare for the next round of hostage and prisoner swaps,
0:15.0	and a new year of elections kicks off in the dictatorship of Belarus.
0:19.0	It's January 21st, 2025, and time for the world next week live.
0:27.2	I'm Bob McMahon.
0:28.5	And I'm Carlyan Robbins.
0:29.9	And I'm Deb Amos.
0:31.8	Well, first of all, thank you, Deb for joining us.
0:34.3	Thank you all for coming out on this frigid night.
0:36.9	Deb is the former international correspondent for NPR and is currently the Ferris Professor
0:41.0	of Journalism at Princeton University.
0:43.6	But most importantly, she is a friend of the pod.
0:48.1	She was the guest host of our 10th anniversary podcast when Jim Lindsay was my co-host.
0:54.0	And she also did our summer reading episode
0:55.9	not too long ago as well. We're delighted to have you with us, Deb. Great. It's nice to be here.
1:02.1	It's wonderful to have you here. Thank you. So tonight we have three journalists on this stage.
1:07.6	So before we dive into the news to come, we wanted to take a few minutes to talk
1:11.8	about our fabulous, struggling, and sometimes benighted profession. Bob, you have done it all
1:20.1	and are continuing to do it all. You started out, this is sort of confusing. I feel like I'm in a tennis
1:25.0	match. Okay. You started out as a print reporter.
1:28.7	You moved to radio. Then you went onto the web and some podcasting. Are they different?
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