The French history behind Lebanon’s problems;...

Australia is ill prepared for the new reality of climate disasters and the crisis in Sri Lanka, some are calling for an emergency election and what is needed from the international community 

Olivier Knox discusses the mostly Republican witness testimony on the January 6th attack on the US Capitol building. Cindy McCreery looks at CHOGM — the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Rwanda and the organisation's purpose, place and priorities. Steve Ratuva explains ...  Show more

Lebanon was once the embodiment of glamour: its capital, Beirut, was nicknamed the “Paris of the Middle East” and enjoyed as an international playground. Today those glory years seem long gone. A political crisis has left the country without a properly functioning government – an ...  Show more

[Rediffusion de l'émission du 25 février 2019]C’est la démocratie qui se trouve cette semaine dans le Collimateur, avec Elie Baranets, chercheur à l’IRSEM et auteur de "Comment perdre une guerre. Une théorie du contournement démocratique" (CNRS éditions, 2017).Avec Alexandre Jube ...  Show more

March 2023 marks the 20th anniversary of the Iraq war, seeing US and British troops enter the country - the legalities of which are still debated today. The legacy it’s left behind includes over 1 million Iraqi deaths, thousands of troops, and a power vacuum that allowed the rise ...  Show more

The UN has called it the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Yemen’s now seven-year-long war has killed almost 400,000 people, mostly children younger than five years old. Millions of people in the country are at risk of famine.

And the war, between the Iran-backed Houthi ...