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Tyson Barker, Director of Transatlantic Relations, Bertelsmann Foundation

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The US presidential race may be neck-and-neck with less than two weeks to go before Election Day, but polls show Barack Obama would trounce Mitt Romney if Europeans could vote. Douglas Herbert asks US-EU guru Tyson Barker, of the Bertelsmann Foundation, what the rest of the world sees in Obama that many Americans don’t.

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Rached Ghannouchi, leader of Tunisia's ruling Islamist party

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Jean-François Di Meglio, President, Asia Centre
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Jean-François Di Meglio, President, Asia Centre

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Solange Guo Chatelard, China-Africa researcher
27/03/2013 - THE INTERVIEW

Solange Guo Chatelard, China-Africa researcher

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Adama Gaye, author of 'China-Africa, the Dragon and the Ostrich'
25/03/2013 - THE INTERVIEW

Adama Gaye, author of 'China-Africa, the Dragon and the Ostrich'

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Ali Larayedh, Tunisian Prime Minister
24/03/2013 - THE INTERVIEW

Ali Larayedh, Tunisian Prime Minister

For the first time since his appointment, Tunisian Prime Minister Ali Larayedh speaks to France 24's Taoufik Mjaied about the political impact of the assassination of Chokri Belaid and the ongoing investigation into his murder. He also analyses the fragile equilibrium of Tunisian politics, the role of the ruling Islamist party Ennahda (of which he is a member) and the challenges his government faces in the coming months.

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