In the fifty-sixth episode of GREAT PODVERSATIONS, CNN’s Chief National Security Analyst, Anchor of CNN Newsroom, and author JIM SCIUTTO discusses his book The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War, with Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist JANE PERLEZ.

Jim Sciutto is CNN’s chief national security analyst and anchor of CNN Newsroom. He has reported from more than fifty countries across the globe, including recently reporting live from the Middle East. He has earned Emmy Awards and the Edward R. Murrow Award, among many others. Sciutto’s latest book The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War, details the realities of this new post–post–Cold War era, the increasingly aligned Russian and Chinese governments, and the flashpoint of a new, global nuclear arms race. Through globe-spanning, exclusive interviews with dozens of political, military, and intelligence leaders, Sciutto defines our times as a return of great power conflict, “a definitive break between the post–Cold War era and an entirely new and uncertain one.” The Return of Great Powers is a Politico Top 10 Book of 2024 and a New York Times Book Review 100 Notable Books of 2024.  The Wall Street Journal said, “… Mr. Sciutto depicts a world made more dangerous by Chinese and Russian expansionism. Drawing on his experience as CNN’s chief national-security correspondent, Mr. Sciutto has written an eye-witness account of history as it unfolds.”

Jane Perlez was a long-time foreign correspondent for The New York Times, serving as Beijing Bureau Chief in China until 2019, where she wrote about China’s role in the world, and the competition between the United States and China, particularly in Asia. Perlez was part of the team that won the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting in 2009 for coverage of the war against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan. She is currently a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, and producer and host of the podcast Face-Off: US vs China.

The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War  by Jim Sciutto

The Shadow War: Inside Russia’s and China’s Secret Operations to Defeat America  by Jim Sciutto

Original air date: 12/13/2024

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