Samy Gemayel, Lebanese politician with the Kataëb Party

Tit-for-tat kidnappings by Syrian rebels and Lebanese Shiite gunmen have escalated tensions inside neighbouring Lebanon. Samy Gemayel, a young Lebanese Christian politician, tells Annette Young how for many Lebanese, the kidnappings recall the dark days of their own civil war.

THE INTERVIEW

Douglas Herbert

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Melissa Bell

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Armen Georgian

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Annette Young

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Marc Perelman

French Politics Editor

19/03/2013 - THE INTERVIEW

James Dobbins, Director of the RAND International Security and Defense Policy Center

Ten years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the American troops may be gone but the country they left behind is reeling from the consequences of the war. To discuss this issue, Douglas Herbert speaks to James Dobbins, a former American diplomat who is now the Director of the RAND International Security and Defense Policy Center.

15/03/2013 - THE INTERVIEW

Pervez Musharraf, Former Pakistani President

Just before his return to Pakistan after four years in exile, former president Pervez Musharraf explains that he does not fear arrest or assassination; that he wants to run in the upcoming elections and would like to rule his country again. He vows to force the US to stop its use of drones to hit targets inside Pakistan and offers that al Qaeda’s leader Ayman Al-Zawahairi could be in Pakistan.

14/03/2013 - The Interview

Jean Duchesne, special advisor to the Archbishop of Paris.

To discuss the challenges of the new pope, Marc Perelman speaks to Jean Duchesne, a special advisor to the Archbishop of Paris.

11/03/2013 - The Interview

Reed Brody, Counsel and Spokesperson for Human Rights Watch

How to hunt down dictators and bring them to Justice? Marc Perelman puts the question to Reed Brody, spokesperson for Human Rights who works as lead counsel for the victims in the case of the exiled former dictator of Chad, Hissène Habré and Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier.