On this episode of Great Conversations, Jim Sciutto, CNN’s chief national security analyst and anchor of CNN Newsroom, talks with Jane Perlez, a long-time foreign correspondent for The New York Times. They discuss Sciutto’s latest book, The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War, which 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.

Great Conversations: Jim Sciutto & Jane Perlez
KET Sunday, Dec. 29 • 2/1 pm
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