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April 13, 2017 Day of reckoning: How will Erdogan's referendum reshape Turkey? (part 1)
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is putting all his energy into Sunday's referendum which - depending on the outcome - could reshape the constitution and grant the Turkish leader broad-ranging executive powers. The purges following last July's failed coup have bled into a campaign upended by a crackdown on dissent. So considering polls are giving the "yes" camp the edge, why the heavy-handed approach? How will the referendum reshape Turkey? Click here for PART TWO.
Produced by Charles WENTE, François WIBAUX and Laure FOURQUET.
14 min
April 12, 2017 Dangerous brinksmanship? Trump, North Korea and China
What if North Korea really is spinning out of control? Pyongyang seems to be threatening nuclear war as Donald Trump brags about the armada dispatched to the East China Sea. The rhetoric seems so far from what’s in either party’s interest that it’s tempting to dismiss it as mere playground taunts. But China isn’t laughing it off. So how should we view Washington’s way of handling of North Korea and China? Will it be win-win all around or does it all risk going horribly wrong? Produced by Charles WENTE, François WIBAUX and Laure FOURQUET.
19 min
April 11, 2017 Tillerson in Moscow: Have US strikes in Syria scuppered US-Russia relations? (part 1)
It’s Rex Tillerson’s first trip to Moscow as US Secretary of State, but he’s expected to get a frosty welcome after last week's US strikes against a Syrian air base that allegedly served as the launch pad for deadly chemical attacks. Will Tillerson’s trip mark the end of Washington’s reset with Russia? And what is Russia’s role in Syria now? How does the Kremlin perceive Trump and the West, and how does it manage Russian public opinion in the wake of those air strikes? Click here for PART TWO.
Produced by Daneil BARNEY, François WIBAUX and Laure FOURQUET.
17 min
April 11, 2017 Tillerson in Moscow: Who owns the mess in Syria? (part 2)
It’s Rex Tillerson’s first trip to Moscow as US Secretary of State, but he’s expected to get a frosty welcome after last week's US strikes against a Syrian air base that allegedly served as the launch pad for deadly chemical attacks. Will Tillerson’s trip mark the end of Washington’s reset with Russia? And what is Russia’s role in Syria now? How does the Kremlin perceive Trump and the West, and how does it manage Russian public opinion in the wake of those air strikes? Click here for PART ONE.
Produced by Daneil BARNEY, François WIBAUX and Laure FOURQUET.
27 min
April 10, 2017 A four-way race? Late surge by France’s far-left candidate Mélenchon (part 1)
It's become a four-way race as polls now put communist-backed French presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon neck-to-neck, or even ahead, of conservative candidate François Fillon. With less than two weeks to go until the first round of the presidential vote, we take a look at why some socialists seem to be deserting their nominee in favor of Mélenchon, whose movement dubs itself "insurgent France". Who's the true insurgent in the race? How much is about protest and how much is about policy? Click here for PART TWO.
Produced by Daniel BARNEY, François WIBAUX and Laure FOURQUET.
19 min
April 10, 2017 A four-way race? Late surge by France’s far-left candidate Mélenchon (part 2)
It's become a four-way race as polls now put communist-backed French presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon neck-to-neck, or even ahead, of conservative candidate François Fillon. With less than two weeks to go until the first round of the presidential vote, we take a look at why some socialists seem to be deserting their nominee in favor of Mélenchon, whose movement dubs itself "insurgent France". Who's the true insurgent in the race? How much is about protest and how much is about policy? Click here for PART TWO.
Produced by Daniel BARNEY, François WIBAUX and Laure FOURQUET.
26 min
April 06, 2017 High Stakes Summit: Trump and China's Xi first face-to-face meeting (part 1)
On Thursday US President Donald Trump hosts his Chinese counterpart at his luxury golf resort in Florida. However hitting the links will not be part of the program in this meeting which many see as a make-or-break moment for Sino-American relations in the years to come. The two men could not be more different in terms of style, but both are unapologetically nationalist. What can we expect from high stakes visit? Click here for PART TWO.

Produced by Charels WENTE, François WIBAUX and Laure FOURQUET.
2 min
April 06, 2017 High-Stakes Summit: Trump and China's Xi in first face-to-face meeting (part 2)
US President Donald Trump is hosting his Chinese counterpart at his luxury golf resort in Florida. However hitting the links will not be part of the programme in this meeting which many see as a make-or-break moment for Sino-American relations in the years to come. The two men could not be more different in terms of style, but both are unapologetically nationalist. What can we expect from this high-stakes visit? Click here for PART ONE.
Produced by Charles WENTE, François WIBAUX and Laure FOURQUET.
27 min
April 06, 2017 High-Stakes Summit: Trump and China's Xi in first face-to-face meeting (part 1)
US President Donald Trump is hosting his Chinese counterpart at his luxury golf resort in Florida. However hitting the links will not be part of the programme in this meeting which many see as a make-or-break moment for Sino-American relations in the years to come. The two men could not be more different in terms of style, but both are unapologetically nationalist. What can we expect from this high-stakes visit? Click here for PART TWO.
Produced by Charles WENTE, François WIBAUX and Laure FOURQUET.
19 min
April 05, 2017 War in Syria: Russia and West clash over Idlib gas attack (part 2)
On Tuesday in Idlib, a province in northwestern Syria, at least 70 people were killed, 20 of them children, in what appears to have been a chemical weapons attack on the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun. Initial reports point to the nerve agent sarin gas. Our panel of experts asks who was behind this attack. What explanations are being put forward, and do they stack up? Click here for PART ONE.
Produced by Michele BARBERO, François WIBAUX and Laure FOURQUET.
27 min

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