Algeria at 50: Beyond the fraught relationship with France (Part 2)

Is Algeria celebrating the past to avoid talking about the present? 50 years after independence, François Picard’s panel looks at how the love-hate relationship with France and the civil war of the 1990s cloud the conversation over how to stamp out corruption and curb the influence of the military.

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Malek SERRAI, Economist,Former Advisor to President Bouteflika
Mathew CONNELY, Professor, Department of History, Columbia University, Author of A Diplomatic Revolution: Algeria's Fight for Independence and the Origins of the Post-Cold War Era
Najy BENHASSINE, NABNI Toung civic leaders initiative (Notre Algerie Batie sur de Nouvelles Idees)
Pierre CONESA, French Political Institute Sciences-Po, author of " La fabrication de l'ennemi", Former High Commissioner, French Defence
Mohamed HNID, linguist and Professor at INALCO
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Program prepared and produced by Christopher Davies, Mary Colombel and David Boratav

Presenter

François Picard

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.

27/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Syria: Hezbollah's gamble (part 2)

Hezbollah's leader calls it a "new phase" for the Lebanese Shiite movement, but will Hassan Nasrallah make good on his promise of victory for his fighters in Syria? As Hezbollah moves to tip the scales in Lebanon, so do France and the UK as they push their EU partners to lift the embargo on arming the rebels.

27/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Syria: Hezbollah's gamble

23/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Homegrown terror (part 2)

With attackers who stick around the crime scene to brag, a lot has changed since the July 2005 London bombings. After last year’s Toulouse shootings and last month’s attack on the Boston marathon, François Picard’s panel looks at homegrown terror made in Britain;