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Massacre in Homs

Eyewitnesses describe the indiscriminate shelling of Homs, one that activists see as the prelude to full-blown civil war in Syria. François Picard’s panel argues over the next step following the Russian and Chinese veto of a UN resolution.

  • Majd EID. Syrian activist;
  • Anton KOSLOV. Associate professor, American Graduate School of International Diplomacy;
  • Chris PHILIPPS. Lecturer in the International Relations of the Middle East, School of Politics and International Relations (from London);
  • Bilal SAAB. Fellow, Monterey Institute of International Studies (from Washington);

Produced by François Picard, Anelise Borges, Mary Colombel, Christopher Davis, Pauline Heilmann.

Watch the second part.

Cataclysm in Japan
16/03/2011 - THE DEBATE

Cataclysm in Japan

In the face of its worst disaster since World War Two, faced with a major nuclear accident and rolling power outages, François Picard’s panel explains why Japan has shown amazing resilience. But will a nation that for two decades has been struggling to get out of the economic doldrums fall into irreversible decline or come out of it all galvanized?
Quake shakes faith in nuclear power (part two)
15/03/2011 - THE DEBATE

Quake shakes faith in nuclear power (part two)

Arguments abound over whether it was a good idea to build nuclear power plants in a seismic area, over the scale of the disaster at the Fukushima complex, and over the viability of atomic energy in the West.
Quake shakes faith in nuclear power
14/03/2011 - THE DEBATE

Quake shakes faith in nuclear power

Arguments abound over whether it was a good idea to build nuclear power plants in a seismic area, over the scale of the disaster at the Fukushima complex, and over the viability of atomic energy in the West.
Fear and Fanaticism: has the US right got it wrong on Islam? (part 2)
11/03/2011 - THE DEBATE

Fear and Fanaticism: has the US right got it wrong on Islam? (part 2)

Is it radical Islam or religious intolerance that's on the rise in the U-S? Hearings in Washington spark cries of a witchhunt.
Fear and Fanaticism: has the US right got it wrong on Islam?
11/03/2011 - THE DEBATE

Fear and Fanaticism: has the US right got it wrong on Islam?

Is it radical Islam or religious intolerance that's on the rise in the U-S? Hearings in Washington spark cries of a witchhunt.

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