How far will Assad go? (part 2)

Ten months after the start of the Syrian uprising, we analyse the words of its embattled president: his denial, his threats and his defiance. Melissa Bell's panel discusses what the one-and-a-half hour speech tells us about the strength of the regime of Bashar al al-Assad, besieged as it is by sanctions and under continued pressure from within.

DEBATE

Monzer MAKHOUS. Member of the Syrian National Council;
Jonathan PARIS. Middle East Analyst; Senior Fellow, South Asia Center - Atlantic Council;
Andrew TABLER. Next Generation Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East policy (from Washington);
Marietje SCHAAKE. MEP, Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe; ALDE Spokesperson for Syria (from Brussels).

Watch the first part here.

Presenter

François Picard

03/02/2011 - The Debate

Clashes in Cairo

Does it have to end badly? Cairo this Wednesday was rocked by charging camels and hours of pitched battles between pro and anti-Mubarak supporters. François Picard's panel argues over the next move of the president, the army and the opposition. (Photo credit: Mehdi Chebil).

01/02/2011 - THE DEBATE

Egypt on edge (part 2)

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.

01/02/2011 - THE DEBATE

Egypt on edge

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.