The World Next Year: from new Islamist governments to US and French elections

François Picard and his panel discuss the Arab revolutions, the financial crisis and other important events of 2011 and their implications for 2012. Also on the agenda in this new year are elections in France and the US - can Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy be re-elected?

THE WORLD THIS WEEK

Steven ERLANGER, Paris Bureau Chief, New York Times;
Patrick SMITH, Editor in Chief, The Africa Report;
Christopher DICKEY, Paris Bureau Chief, Newsweek Magazine;
Aude BARON, Editor in Chief, 'Le Plus-Nouvel Obs' (Le Nouvel Observateur).
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François PICARD

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22/05/2010 - THE WORLD THIS WEEK

THE WORLD THIS WEEK - From May 17 to 21

While Europe loses its bearings over banking, the US Congress approves landmark legislation...France denies speculation of a prisoner swap with Iran, but doubts linger...and was Thailand’s bloodbath avoidable? Joining François Picard in The World This Week: Alison Smale, International Herald Tribune executive editor; Eleanor Beardsley, Paris correspondent for National Public Radio in the US; Christopher Dickey of Newsweek magazine, and Patrice de Beer of the editorial website Open Democracy.

18/05/2010 - THE WORLD THIS WEEK

THE WORLD THIS WEEK - From May 10th to 14th (part2)

One billion dollar plan later, Europe’s markets tank again. Also in The World This Week, a UK coalition that’s got deficit issues of its own, how Hamid Karzai outsmarted the U.S. and the surprisingly solid run of Nigeria’s accidental president. Joining François Picard, Anne Bagamery of The International Herald Tribune, Tony Cross from Radio France International, Gerry Feehily of presseurop.eu and Nicholas Norbrook from The Africa Report.

14/05/2010 - THE WORLD THIS WEEK

THE WORLD THIS WEEK - From May 10th to 14th

07/05/2010 - THE WORLD THIS WEEK

THE WORLD THIS WEEK - From May 3rd to 7th (part 2)

Greece and the euro braced for a lost decade, the profile of a would-be terror bomber, and the prospect of a hung parliament in the UK. Joining François Picard to discuss this week's headlines are Anne Bagamery of the International Herald Tribune, Crispian Balmer of the Reuters news agency, Dave Clark of Agence France-Presse, and Newsweek’s Christopher Dickey.