The World This Week - March 1st, 2013 (part 2)

Our crack panel tackles bankers’ bonuses, the French hostage drama in West Africa, France’s loss of influence in the face of Russia, Beppe Grillo’s antics in Italy and the papal succession. Will the Vatican package a new pope just like Beaujolais Nouveau markets itself – every year it’s supposed to be different, but every year it tastes the same?

THE WORLD THIS WEEK

Anne-Elizabeth Moutet, Columnist, The Sunday Telegraph;
Ana Navarro Pedro, Paris correspondent, Visao Magazine;
Christopher Dickey, Paris Bureau Chief, Newsweek, Columnist for The Daily Beast;
Craig Copetas, Correspondent-at-large, Quartz/The Atlantic Group.

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Programme prepared and produced by Sophie Alavi, Anelise Borges and Mary Colombel

François PICARD

Presenter

29/03/2013 - THE WORLD THIS WEEK

The World This Week - March 29th, 2013

How do you say gridlock in Italian? The inability to form a new government tests the patience of the voters... and the markets. Also, why some people are calling the new chair of the Eurogroup Dijssel-blooper, the scramble for the Central African Republic and why Yahoo! thinks a 17-year-old and his app are worth $30 million.

22/03/2013 - THE WORLD THIS WEEK

The World This Week - March 22nd, 2013 (part 2)

On Thursday, Turkey's prime minister gets an historic truce agreement from the jailed Kurdish rebel leader. On Friday, Recep Tayip Erdogan accepts Israel's apology of Israel over the 2010 sinking of a flotilla bound for Gaza. Two separate stories... but is there a common thread when it comes to Syria?

22/03/2013 - THE WORLD THIS WEEK

The World This Week - March 22nd, 2013

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15/03/2013 - THE WORLD THIS WEEK

The World This Week - March 15th, 2013 (part 2)

Did the International Criminal Court's indictment actually help Uhuru Kenyatta in his run for Kenya's presidency? François Picard's panel looks at an ICC badly weakened by the verdict from the ballot box there. Also, a look at the new Pope and the established order at the Vatican; and change in China with the president deploying his wife on the world stage.