Syria crackdown: a growing state of isolation

The violence against protesters continues in Syria. Turkey and Saudi Arabia have both condemned the atrocities committed in the country. Laura Baines and her panel discuss whether such regional pressure on the Syrian government might have more of an effect than criticism from the West.

DEBATE

Walid SAFFOUR, President, Syrian Human Rights Committee
Gaëtan VANNAY, Radio Suisse Romande
Jonathan PARIS, Middle East Analyst, Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council of the US
Fouad AL OBAID, columnist, Kuweit Times
Ergün BABAHAN, columnist, Star Daily, Istanbul
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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.