Conflict Zone: Confronting the Powerful

President Mahmoud Abbas wants a Middle East peace conference in 2018, but with his personal support low and disunity rife, are Palestinian leaders really prepared for talks? Tim Sebastian meets Ibrahim Khraishi, Palestinian Ambassador to the UN in Geneva.

The government of Sudan has often been accused of starkly violating human rights and just as often, it has denied these charges. DW’s Conflict Zone put Sudan’s Foreign Minister Ibrahim Gandour on the hot seat.

Tim Sebastian interviews Khemaies Jhinaoui, Foreign Minister Tunisia.

Are human rights standards slipping in Europe? Michael O’Flaherty, Director of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency, says too many countries are failing to meet their commitments. He meets DW’s Michel Friedman in Vienna.

Where are the Turkish government's principles as its military pushes into Syria against the Kurds and continues to crack down on human rights? Michel Friedman meets Ravza Kavakci Kan, Vice-Chair of the AKP.

Will Kosovo heed international warnings over opposition to a newly constituted war crimes tribunal? The stakes are high for its Prime Minister, Ramush Haradinaj, twice acquitted himself for war crimes. He meets DW’s Tim Sebastian on Conflict Zone.

He was Georgia’s president, then a regional governor in Ukraine and is now technicall stateless: Mikheil Saakashvili has multiple allegations of criminal activity hanging over his head. But he’s determined to save Ukraine. Is he the right man for the job?

Over the many years since Israel annexed East Jerusalem, what kind of city has it become? Tim Sebastian meets Mark Regev, Israeli Ambassador to the UK.

After decades in power, Robert Mugabe has been forced to surrender the presidency, but his party remains firmly in charge. Given its record of economic incompetence and disregard for human rights, don't the people of Zimbabwe deserve better than ZANU-PF?

As doubts remain over President Donald Trump's relationship with Russia, how reliable a partner is the US? The US Army's top general in Europe, Ben Hodges, tells Conflict Zone "watch what the United States does", not Trump's tweets.