Is 2024 going to be like 1939? Several trends today share parallels with the onset of World War II, CNN reporter Jim Sciutto argues in his new book, The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War. Sciutto, who reported live on CNN from Ukraine at the start of Russia’s invasion in February 2022, draws on more than two decades of reporting around the world to chart out the dangers of a growing alliance between Russia and China and the likelihood of a new nuclear arms race. Sciutto joined FP’s Ravi Agrawal to share themes and ideas from his book.
CNN anchor Jim Sciutto sounds the alarm on today’s great-power competition.
Sciutto on how India and China reined in a Russian nuclear threat.
Sciutto explains why today’s geopolitics contain the ingredients for another “1939 moment.”
Sciutto argues that former U.S. President Barack Obama misread the signs of Chinese aggression.
Sciutto cautions against hawkishness on China, which he calls a “rare bipartisan issue.”
Jim Sciutto
Chief national security analyst, CNN
Jim Sciutto is CNN’s chief national security analyst and the author of The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War. (CNN photo)
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Ravi Agrawal
Editor in chief, Foreign Policy
Ravi Agrawal is the editor in chief of Foreign Policy, the host of FP Live, and a regular world affairs analyst on TV and radio. Before joining FP in 2018, Agrawal worked at CNN for more than a decade in full-time roles spanning three continents, including as the network’s New Delhi bureau chief and correspondent. He is the author of India Connected: How the Smartphone Is Transforming the World’s Largest Democracy.
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