Will pressure on Syria have to bypass the UN?

It may be short-sighted for the Assad regime to celebrate the veto of UN sanctions at the Security Council. Despite vested interests and ties to Damascus, François Picard’s panel predicts that Moscow won’t back Damascus forever.

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Samir AITA. Editor, Arabic edition of 'Le Monde Diplomatique';
Suat KINIKLIOĞLU. Member of Central Executive Committee, AK Party - from Bucharest, Romania;
Michael YOUNG, Opinion editor at the Daily Star Newspaper. Author of "The ghosts of Martyrs Square" - from Beirut;
Bilal SAAB, Fellow at the Monterey Institute of International Studies - from Washington.

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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.