The World This Week - November 16th, 2012

Could the real scandal of the Petraeus affair be the fan following of a top US military brass that will ultimately be associated with failed outcomes in Iraq and Afghanistan? Also, China's not-so-new leadership, the Egyptian president caught out by the escalation between Israel and Gaza, and the romance long gone in the Franco-German couple.

THE WORLD THIS WEEK

A. Craig Copetas, Correspondent-at-large, Quartz/The Atlantic Group;
Ulrike Koltermann, Freelance Journalist;
Anne Bagamery, Senior Editor, International Herald Tribune;
Virginie Herz, France 24 International Affairs Editor.

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Produced by Paul Maakad, Mary Colombel, Anelise Borges

François PICARD

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