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Amine Gemayel, former President of Lebanon

Sylvain Attal meets Amine Gemayel, former president of Lebanon and one of its high-profile Christian opposition figures. They discuss Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s new government and growing political tensions in Lebanon.

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Melissa Bell

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Armen Georgian

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Annette Young

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Marc Perelman

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Mahamadou Issoufou, President of Niger

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Kadri Liik, Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations

One year after Vladimir Putin's return to the Kremlin as president, mutual disdain between Russia and the West is often on public display. To discuss their relationship, Douglas Herbert speaks to Kadri Liik, a Senior Policy Fellow with the European Council on Foreign Affairs.

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Gerry Simpson, Senior refugee researcher, Human Rights Watch

The number of Syrian refugees has now topped 1.4 million. Most of them have fled to neighbouring Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Iraq. But these host countries are struggling to cope with the influx of refugees. Life in the camps is getting worse and cities are reaching capacity limits, with lack of shelter, poor sanitation and overcrowded healthcare facilities.

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Ardavan Amir-Aslani, International lawyer and author

The relationship between Iran and Israel has been strained for decades. With Iranian President Ahmadinejad’s hostility towards Israel and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s threats of attacking Iran, mistrust has deeply plagued the once close relationship. But could the two apparent adversaries really be natural born allies?

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