Latest update: 21/06/2012 

- Barack Obama - Bashar al-Assad - Kofi Annan - Russia - Syria - UN Security Council - Vladimir Putin


Syria: The search for plan B (part 2)

With both sides locked in a conflict they think they can win, it truly seems like Mission impossible for an unarmed 300-strong UN observer mission in Syria. However there is go further… once Russia and the West find common ground.

  • Haytham MANNA. Head of the Executive Bureau, National Coordination Body for Democratic Change;
  • Joshua LANDIS. Director, Centre for Middle East Studies - University of Oklahoma; Blog Syriacomment.com - from Oklahoma City;
  • Walid PHARES. Special advisor to the US Congress on Terrorism; National Security Advisor to Mitt Romney - from Washigton;
  • Ole SOLVANG. Human Rights Watch;
  • Paul VALLET. Professor of Political Science, Sciences Po, Paris.

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

Watch the first part here.
 

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The death of the Swedish model? (part 2)
28/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

The death of the Swedish model? (part 2)

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The death of the Swedish model?
28/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

The death of the Swedish model?

Riots in Stockholm, rising income inequality... As the world wonders what has happened to the one-time poster child for social democracy, François Picard's panel takes a hard look at the long-touted Swedish model.

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