Latest update: 21/10/2011 

- human rights - Libya - Muammar Gaddafi - NATO - war


The Death of Gaddafi

Tripoli fell in August but a Muammar Gaddafi still at large left a cloud hanging over the revolution, admit Libyan panellists. François Picard’s panel reflects on the violent end to a 42-year reign.

  • Anas EL GOMATI. Director, Sadeq Insitute - from Tripoli;
  • Kamel ALMARACHE. Independent Libyan journalist;
  • Philip STONOR. Former UK defence attaché to Paris;
  • Jon MARKS. Associate Fellow at Chatham House, Director of Cross Border Information - from London.

Watch the second part here.

Plotting Algeria's course
20/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Plotting Algeria's course

Speculation over Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s health highlights Algeria’s longstanding culture of secrecy, amid worries over what will follow once the last generation to have fought the war of independence dies out.
Hollande's rebuttal: French president meets the press (part 2)
16/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Hollande's rebuttal: French president meets the press (part 2)

In the face of recession and dismal poll numbers, the French president promises to go on the offensive, but by staging his grand bi-annual press conference one day after a trip to Brussels, does François Hollande give the impression he’s come with his marching orders?
Hollande's rebuttal: French president meets the press
16/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Hollande's rebuttal: French president meets the press

In the face of recession and dismal poll numbers, the French president promises to go on the offensive, but by staging his grand bi-annual press conference one day after a trip to Brussels, does François Hollande give the impression he’s come with his marching orders?
I spy, you spy
15/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

I spy, you spy

And you thought the Cold War was over. Beyond cloak-and-dagger tales of blonde wigs and bags of money, the expulsion of an alleged US spy highlights the continued and unabated mistrust between Moscow and Washington.
Riots in Paris: why Paris Saint-Germain title celebrations turned sour (part 2)
14/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Riots in Paris: why Paris Saint-Germain title celebrations turned sour (part 2)

A case of poorly-anticipated hooliganism, or were Monday's Right Bank riots symptomatic of a deeper-rooted problem in France that goes well beyond football? François Picard's panel looks at how Paris Saint-Germain's past could haunt its new Qatari owners.

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