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

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Venezuela: The death of Chavism?

Why did Hugo Chavez's anointed successor blow a double-digit lead in the polls? François Picard's panel argues over whether Venezuela's election signals a fundamental shift for Latin America's left/right divide.

11/04/2013 - THE DEBATE

Al Qaeda's bid for Syria (part 2)

A victory for Assad? The jihadist Al-Nusra Front's pledge of allegiance to Al Qaeda puts the Syrian opposition and Western powers in a pickle. At the G8 foreign ministers meeting in London, U-S Secretary of State John Kerry is quoted as saying he can make 'no promises' that weapons sent to rebels in Syria won't fall into the wrong hands.