Inside Burma: On the road to peace and democracy?

Democratic overtures catch Burma-watchers by surprise, but human rights campaigners say they’re sceptical: many more political prisoners remain behind bars and substantive peace talks with ethnic rebel movements are yet to happen.

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Zoya PHAN. Campaign Manager, Burma Campaign UK. Author of "Undaunted: My Struggle for Freedom and Survival in Burma" (from London);
Marie BATTINI. Media officer, Info Birmanie France (French NGO);
David CAMROUX. Research fellow, CERI - Sciences Po Paris; South-East Asia expert.

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François Picard

28/01/2011 - THE DEBATE

Davos: have they learned anything?

Do they get it in Davos? Bankers are back, parties are back but with a jobless recovery in the West and rising staple item prices already sparking social unrest in the Arab World, François Picard’s panel argues over the right path for the world’s high and mighty.

26/01/2011 - THE DEBATE

Washington and the Arab world (Part 2)

Don't make a push for democratic change in Egypt if you can't back it up. So warns one of François Picard's panellists as guests debate the relative merits of George W Bush's Freedom Agenda, and note the contrast between the Obama administration's silence after Egypt's allegedly rigged legislative elections and its call for more free speech today.

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26/01/2011 - THE DEBATE

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25/01/2011 - THE DEBATE

After Tunisia, Egypt? (part 2)

With a social network-powered protest, an ageing president and an election due in September, is Egypt en route to becoming another Tunisia? Not quite yet, warns François Picard’s panel, but the warning signs are there, especially if the cost of living keeps rising with oil prices and inflation.