Syrian crisis, Lebanese fears (part two)

Is Syria calling the shots in Lebanon? François Picard’s panel argues over how a new Hezbollah-backed government suddenly came about. For Daily Star columnist Michael Young, Syria and Hezbollah don’t necessarily have identical interests.

DEBATE

Antoine CHEDID, Rassemblement pour le Liban (pro-Michel Aoun)

Elie ABDEL HAYE, March 14 Forces (opposition)

Michael Young, Opinion editor, Daily Star newspaper (from Beirut)

Lucy Fielder, France 24 correspondent in Beirut

Watch part one

Produced by Yi Song, Pauline Heilmann, Anelise Borges, Louise McWatt

Presenter

François Picard

01/02/2011 - THE DEBATE

Egypt on edge

Hosni Mubarak remains in charge but if Tuesday's million man march lives up to its billing, the France 24 Debate wonders if he can still hang on. If not, who to fill his shoes? Answers range from the secular opposition to Islamists and the army.

31/01/2011 - THE DEBATE

Egypt on edge: calls for change, but a transition to what? (part 2)

Despite Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak reshuffling his cabinet and appointing his first ever vice-president, there's no let-up in the protests calling for him to go. François Picard's panel debates what the role of the army could be in a transition process, and who of the civilian and Islamist opposition is best placed to take the reins of the Arab world's most populous nation.

31/01/2011 - THE DEBATE

Egypt on edge: calls for change, but a transition to what?

28/01/2011 - THE DEBATE

Davos: have they learned anything? (Part 2)

Do they get it in Davos? Bankers are back, parties are back but with a jobless recovery in the West and rising staple item prices already sparking social unrest in the Arab World, François Picard’s panel argues over the right path for the world’s high and mighty.