What’s the Worst That Could Happen in 2023?

As tensions between great powers continue to escalate, the prospect of widespread conflict—and the subsequent impact on international security, the global economy, and climate change—looms over the year ahead. The Council on Foreign Relations’ annual Preventive Priorities Survey asks foreign policy experts to evaluate the U.S. ramifications of thirty global conflicts. China’s desire to reclaim Taiwan and Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine are chief among their concerns. Meanwhile, countries including Iran and North Korea continue to covet nuclear weapons, unrest churns in Latin America, and U.S. officials are scrambling to prepare a contingency plan for a coordinated cyberattack. Whether or not these threats will be borne out in 2023 depends on how global leaders navigate this new era of great-power competition. Read the full 2023 Preventive Priorities Survey - https://www.cfr.org/report/conflicts-watch-2023 Check out the Center for Preventive Action’s Global Conflict Tracker - https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker This episode was originally released by Why It Matters on March 15, 2023. Find us 2023: What’s the Worst That Could Happen? - https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/2023-whats-worst-could-happen Why It Matters - https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/why-it-matters Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/39tmKmi Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3ACtkTq Google Podcasts - https://bit.ly/2W5Ef94 Host Gabrielle Sierra Podcast Host and Senior Producer Episode Guests Paul B. Stares, General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Center for Preventive Action Related Episodes Another Year of Living Dangerously - https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/another-year-living-dangerously Subscribe to our channel: https://goo.gl/WCYsH7 The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher. Visit the CFR website: http://www.cfr.org Follow CFR on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/cfr_org Follow CFR on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/councilonfor...