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A live debate on the topic of the day, with four guests. From Monday to Thursday at 7:10pm Paris time.... more
FAQs about The Debate:How many episodes does The Debate have?The podcast currently has 860 episodes available.
January 30, 2023Middle East escalation: What next after Iran blames Israel for drone strike?As any diplomat will tell you, your friends' friends aren’t necessarily your friends. We knew that at the start of the war in Ukraine, when Israel made sure to keep up relations with Russia so it could keep on targeting Moscow ally Syria. Did that all change last Saturday night in Isfahan? Israeli drones reportedly targeted a defence facility in Iran's third-largest city....more44minPlay
January 26, 2023Peru's bitter divide: How far will anti-Boluarte protests go?There have been six Peruvian presidents in six years and counting. The left-wing opposition is now setting the wheels in motion to remove Dina Boluarte. Her camp had already disowned her when she was vice-president. The 60-year-old Boluarte was plucked from obscurity just last month, when her predecessor was impeached on the third try and jailed for trying to rule by decree....more44minPlay
January 25, 2023Watershed moment? Germany's Scholz approves tanks for UkraineAfter much pondering and perhaps prevaricating, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has broken with a seven-decades-old non-aggression policy by greenlighting tank deliveries to Ukraine. How momentous is this moment? Did Scholz dither and cave to pressure, or did he drive a hard bargain to make sure Berlin did not go out on a limb alone?...more46minPlay
January 24, 2023Unbeatable Erdogan? Turkey's president gears up for re-election fightHe's been in power for 20 years, currently enjoys a winning streak of 12 elections and three referendums in a row and always knows how to stack the cards in his favour. Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan is back on the campaign trail, moving up by one month the date of presidential and legislative elections to May 14, while judges and prosecutors keep his most popular opponent busy in the courts. We ask about the calendar and the fate of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu....more47minPlay
January 23, 2023Would tanks turn the tide? Pressure mounts on Germany to supply UkraineWhy the tanks? Vladimir Putin wanted a lightning capture of Kyiv, but seems happy to settle for a long artillery war that potentially lasts for years. Ukraine's allies argue that only tanks can speed up a win. We ask why and look at the World War I-style trench warfare that's flattening city after city in the Donbas....more46minPlay
January 20, 2023Davos 2023: Squaring Europe's energy crisis circleAs the European Union races to diversify its hydrocarbon imports and electrify its economy, what impact will the ongoing energy crisis have on Europe’s climate ambitions and on the bloc's industrial competitiveness? FRANCE 24 Business Editor Kate Moody asks a prestigious panel of guests at Davos, in collaboration with the World Economic Forum....more46minPlay
January 19, 2023Make or break for Macron? French president braves fury over pension reformIs it one reform too many for Emmanuel Macron? France's president is braving the wrath of the street in what organisers promise is only Day One of the protest movement against his pension reform. A reform he put off during his first mandate because of Covid, but insisted he would submit again in his second term....more45minPlay
January 18, 2023Blame it on big tech? The digital age's growing inequality gapYou won't see Elon Musk in Davos this year. He says it’s boring on Twitter, which he now owns, and which is still bleeding money. The same big losses are being seen at his electric car maker Tesla. But it would take a lot more for the billionaire to go broke. The truth is that in today's world, tech titans seem unbreakable, even when the likes of Musk face a lawsuit for allegedly manipulating Tesla's share price....more44minPlay
January 17, 2023Tehran doubles down: Crackdown fuels calls to ban Revolutionary GuardsIt's incredible to think that just a few months ago, the West still hoped to revive the Iran nuclear deal. Now, the UK and the EU are openly considering outlawing the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. What's the right response to Tehran's weekend execution of British-Iranian citizen Alireza Akbari? Officially, his case has nothing to do with the protest movement, which is now in its fifth month. We ask about the timing of his killing and about the other foreign nationals currently held in Iran....more44minPlay
January 16, 2023Send in the tanks? NATO, Russia and the next phase of Ukraine warRussia's cruise missile strike on an apartment building far from any strategic target sends calling cards to both Ukraine and its NATO allies. We ask about the consequences of the Dnipro attack, both domestically and among member states of the Alliance. Ever since the Russian invasion of Ukraine last year, NATO has upped its support for Kyiv in increments....more44minPlay
FAQs about The Debate:How many episodes does The Debate have?The podcast currently has 860 episodes available.