The Stakes in Ukraine’s Kursk Offensive, Stopping Mpox Spread, Nuclear Arms Race Returns, and More

The World Next Week

Council on Foreign Relations

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4.6 • 845 Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the incursion into Kursk is an important step towards ending the war with Russia, but Ukraine is facing a major test in its own Donbas battlefields; the intensifying mpox outbreak places additional strain on the Democratic Republic of Congo and surrounding African nations; heightened security tensions spur the United States, keeping nuclear defense planners busy; and the Taliban bans the voices of women and girls in public. Mentioned on the Podcast “Countries Should Act Faster to Curb the Spread of Mpox,” The Economist “If a China and America War Went Nuclear, Who Would Win?,” The Economist Allison Krugman and Chloe Searchinger, “Mpox Vaccine Tracker: Millions Pledged, Millions Still to Be Delivered,” Think Global Health David E. Sanger, “Biden Approved Secret Nuclear Strategy Refocusing on Chinese Threat,” New York Times Lara Seligman, “U.S.-Made F-16 Jet Fighter Crashes in Ukraine,” Wall Street Journal “Ukraine’s Attack on Kursk, With Liana Fix,” The President’s Inbox “Ukraine Pushes Into Russia, 2024 DNC Begins, Foreign Hacking Targets Trump and Harris, and More,” The World Next Week For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The World Next Week at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/twnw/stakes-ukraines-kursk-offensive-stopping-mpox-spread-nuclear-arms-race-returns-and-more

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0:00.0	In the coming week, Ukraine and Russia battle for control over Kursk and the Dunbass.
0:05.0	African countries remain on high alert over the M-Pox outbreak,
0:09.0	and the 75th anniversary of the Soviet's first atomic test
0:12.0	reminds the world that the nuclear arms race is not over.
0:15.0	It's August 29, 2024 in time for the world next week.
0:31.9	I'm Bob McMahon.
0:33.3	And I'm Carly Ann Robbins.
0:39.6	Carla, let's get started with what's being known as increasingly a two-front Ukraine-Russia war,
0:41.6	as in two different country war.
0:46.3	Ukraine is continuing to push into the Kursk region of Russia, where it has reportedly captured 500 square miles, something like 100 settlements, and about 600 Russian prisoners
0:52.2	of war.
0:53.2	Russia, meanwhile, is making a major drive in the
0:55.8	Dunbass region of Ukraine, closing in on Pukrovsk, a key Ukrainian military transport hub.
1:01.6	Is this what Kiev was expecting when it launched its surprise attack on August 6th?
1:05.8	Who knows what Kiev was expecting? When we last discussed Ukraine on the show with our colleague Miriam
1:11.8	Elder, we really weren't sure why Keith had even taken the risk and diverted so many forces
1:17.4	for really that surprise and quite stunning invasion of Russian territory. And for the first time
1:24.1	this week, Ukraine's president Zelensky is talking about eventual negotiations,
1:29.4	and he suggested that Korsk was part of a plan.
1:32.7	He described it to compel Russia to end the war diplomatically.
1:36.9	He said he's going to share details of this plan with President Biden,
1:41.3	Vice President Harris, and former President Trump sometime in the fall.
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