Washington and the Arab world (Part 2)

Don't make a push for democratic change in Egypt if you can't back it up. So warns one of François Picard's panellists as guests debate the relative merits of George W Bush's Freedom Agenda, and note the contrast between the Obama administration's silence after Egypt's allegedly rigged legislative elections and its call for more free speech today.

DEBATE

A debate with François Picard and guests:

Former US Ambassador to Morocco Marc GINSBERG, White House advisor on Middle East under President Carter
Marina OTTAWAY , Director, Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Mona ELTAHAWY, Freelance Egyptian journalist (http://www.monaeltahawy.com/)
Douglas HERBERT, France 24 International Affairs editor

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Programme prepared by Yi Song and Perrine Desplats

Presenter

François Picard

11/04/2013 - THE DEBATE

Al Qaeda's bid for Syria (part 2)

A victory for Assad? The jihadist Al-Nusra Front's pledge of allegiance to Al Qaeda puts the Syrian opposition and Western powers in a pickle. At the G8 foreign ministers meeting in London, U-S Secretary of State John Kerry is quoted as saying he can make 'no promises' that weapons sent to rebels in Syria won't fall into the wrong hands.

11/04/2013 - THE DEBATE

Al Qaeda's bid for Syria

10/04/2013 - THE DEBATE

Hollande vows to 'moralise' politics (part 2)

An ambitious plan to tackle corruption or a panic move? François Hollande's answer to the corruption scandal that's rocked his government is a series of measures that target both politicians... and the banks where they keep their money.

10/04/2013 - THE DEBATE

Hollande vows to 'moralise' politics

09/04/2013 - THE DEBATE

North Korea: Keep calm? (part 2)

If Kim Jong-un wants warmer relations with Washington, he's a got a funny way of showing it. François Picard's panel argues over the new North Korean leader's motives for ratcheting up the rhetoric and China's long-term interests in the Korean peninsula.