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Peter Gumbel, former correspondent for Time Magazine and Fortune Magazine

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Marc Perelman meets Peter Gumbel, former Paris correspondent for Time Magazine and Fortune Magazine. In the wake of the sexual assault allegations against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, he speaks to us about the private life of politicians, and how it is treated differently in France and the US.

THE INTERVIEW
Fouad Siniora, former Lebanese Prime Minister
28/05/2013 - THE INTERVIEW

Fouad Siniora, former Lebanese Prime Minister

Hezbollah fighters have joined Bashar al-Assad’s troops in the battle for the key Syrian town of Qusair. Even if Hezbollah’s support for the Syrian regime was no secret, its growing involvement in the conflict is now out in the open, and it has fuelled tensions between communities in Lebanon.
Peter Harling, Project Director, International Crisis Group
27/05/2013 - THE INTERVIEW

Peter Harling, Project Director, International Crisis Group

The conflict playing out in Syria between Bashar al-Assad's supporters and the rebels backed by Sunni countries has begun to cross into neighbouring Lebanon. Over the past few days, rocket attacks have struck Beirut and several people have been killed during gun battles in the Lebanese city of Tripoli.
John Christensen, Director, Tax Justice Network
23/05/2013 - THE INTERVIEW

John Christensen, Director, Tax Justice Network

Governments across the world are cracking down on tax havens, but some of those very same governments are equally touting their countries as offshore financial centres. Annette Young talks to John Christensen, director of the Tax Justice Network, about how these nations, such as Britain, are suffering from what he calls the "financial curse", where their oversized financial sectors ironically hinder economic growth.
Raphaël Lefevre, Author of 'Ashes of Hama: The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria'
22/05/2013 - THE INTERVIEW

Raphaël Lefevre, Author of 'Ashes of Hama: The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria'

Who has the loudest voice of the fragmented Syrian opposition? How strong is the Muslim Brotherhood? Raphaël Lefevre, a specialist in political Islam and Syria who has just published a book entitled “Ashes of Hama: The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria", shares his thoughts with France 24’s Annette Young.
Vali Nasr, author of 'The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat'
21/05/2013 - THE INTERVIEW

Vali Nasr, author of 'The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat'

Vali Nasr, author of "The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat" and a former senior US State department policy advisor, tells Marc Perelman about what he considers America’s dangerous choice to engage less and matter less in the world.

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