EPISODE · Dec 29, 2017 · 47 MIN
Correspondents Look Ahead
from The Briefing Room · host BBC Radio 4
A group of senior BBC journalists forecast what is likely to happen in 2018 in a discussion chaired by Owen Bennett Jones.Last time they got together they were firmly predicting that Marco Rubio would become the Republican presidential candidate - and that Britain was likely to vote to stay in the EU. So, as the saying goes, making predictions is a tricky business - especially about the future. Yet our experts can at least lay out the parameters for what is likely to happen in the spheres of geopolitics, economics and society more widely - and give us essential tips on what and who to look out for in 2018.CONTRIBUTORSCarrie Gracie, BBC China EditorKevin Connolly, BBC Europe CorrespondentYolande Knell, BBC Middle East CorrespondentJames Robbins, BBC Diplomatic Correspondent James Naughtie, BBC Special Correspondent
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A group of senior BBC journalists forecast what is likely to happen in 2018 in a discussion chaired by Owen Bennett Jones.Last time they got together they were firmly predicting that Marco Rubio would become the Republican presidential candidate - and that Britain was likely to vote to stay in the EU. So, as the saying goes, making predictions is a tricky business - especially about the future. Yet our experts can at least lay out the parameters for what is likely to happen in the spheres of geopolitics, economics and society more widely - and give us essential tips on what and who to look out for in 2018.CONTRIBUTORSCarrie Gracie, BBC China EditorKevin Connolly, BBC Europe CorrespondentYolande Knell, BBC Middle East CorrespondentJames Robbins, BBC Diplomatic Correspondent James Naughtie, BBC Special Correspondent
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