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Jamie Shea, Head of NATO’s Emerging Security Challenges Unit

By the end of 2014, NATO could be without a military operation to run. So how do you keep this military alliance, formed at the height of the Cold War, relevant? That’s the job of its head of "Emerging Security Challenges" Unit, Jamie Shea. He tells Annette Young how in a period of slashed budgets, NATO is facing a strategic dilemma and rethinking how it should operate in the 21st century.

07/03/2009 - THE INTERVIEW

Mowafak Abboud, Ambassador of Iraq to France

President Obama has laid out a pragmatic 18-month plan for the withdrawal of troops, but can we call Iraq a military success? More importantly, is this fledgling democracy ready to go it alone?
06/03/2009 - THE INTERVIEW

Miguel Angel Moratinos, Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation

With Spain now suffering record-breaking unemployment, how does Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero’s government intend to tackle the economic downturn?
03/03/2009 - F24 INTERVIEW

Lilian Thuram, ambassador for France's Euro 2016 bid?

FRANCE 24 interviews Lilian Thuram, a well-known retired French football player also known for his political positions. He talks to Sylvain Attal about his native Guadeloupe, racism, and...football.
27/02/2009 - THE INTERVIEW

Hans-Gert Poettering, president of the European Parliament

As Europe plunges into recession, some governments have adopted national rescue plans. FRANCE 24's Christophe Robeet asks Hans-Gert Poettering whether the current crisis could unravel the very fabric of the European project.
27/02/2009 - THE INTERVIEW

Zoe Valdes, a Cuban author exiled in France

Our guest has simultaneously published two very different books: “Danse avec la vie”, full of passion and eroticism, and “La fiction Fidel”, a historical analysis of Fidel Castro’s rise to power.

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