Syria crackdown: a growing state of isolation (part 2)

The violence against protesters continues in Syria. Both Turkey and Saudi Arabia have 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
Watch the first part here.

Presenter

François Picard

24/05/2012 - THE DEBATE

Merkel's next move: Will Germany stick to its guns on austerity?

François Hollande steals the show at his first late-night EU summit but the ball remains firmly in Angela Merkel’s court. Her constituents remain torn between paying for pain they don’t (yet) feel and shouldering the blame for an eventual collapse of the euro.

23/05/2012 - THE DEBATE

Egypt's presidential poll: The revolution, Part II (part 2)

Fifteen months after Hosni Mubarak's fall, the second act of Egypt's revolution is underway. Millions of Egyptians are choosing a president in the first free elections in the country's 5,000-year history. Douglas Herbert and his panel discuss whether the newly elected president will have a chance of healing divisions while tackling poverty and fighting violent crime.