Kentucky Author Forum presents Jim Sciutto

Jim Sciutto, CNN anchor and Chief National Security Analyst, and author of The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War

Interviewed by Jane Perlez, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, former New York Times Beijing bureau chief, and current fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center

Monday, November 25th, 2024, at THE KENTUCKY CENTER

Jim Sciutto is CNN’s chief national security analyst and anchor of CNN Newsroom. He is reporting live this month from the Middle East. Throughout his career, he has reported from more than fifty countries across the globe and has earned Emmy Awards and the Edward R. Murrow Award, among many others. Sciutto’s latest book, The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War, 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.

Jane Perlez is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. She was a long-time foreign correspondent for The New York Times, serving as Beijing Bureau Chief in China until 2019, where she wrote about China's role in the world and the competition between the United States and China, particularly in Asia. Perlez was part of the team that won the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting in 2009 for coverage of the war against the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan. She is a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and producer and host of the podcast Face-Off: US vs China, which focuses on the growing rift between the United States and China.