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• Ayad Allawi 19 June 13

  Wed, 19 Jun 13

  Duration:
  24 mins

  On Hardtalk, Sarah Montague talks to Ayad Allawi, former Prime Minister of Iraq. More than a thousand people were killed in violence in Iraq last month according to the United Nations. The country appears to be dividing along religious lines, not helped by its neighbour Syria's descent into civil war. Ayad Allawi has accused the current Prime Minister, Nouri Al Maliki, of turning into a dictator. So what hope is there now for keeping the peace in Iraq?

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• HT:Martin Amis 17 Jun 13

  Mon, 17 Jun 13

  Duration:
  24 mins

  Stephen Sackur talks to Martin Amis. Early in his writing career he was pigeonholed as the enfant terrible of the British literary world. Four decades on he remains one of the most successful and closely scrutinised novelists of his generation.

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• Ivo Daalder 06 Jun 13

  Fri, 14 Jun 13

  Duration:
  24 mins

  HardTalk's Shaun Ley talks to Ivo Daalder, US Permanent Representative to NATO, at the organisation's headquarters in Brussels. The Alliance was formed to defend western Europe against the Soviet Union, with the United States an enthusiastic member. But today there are increasing divions over money and philosophy. Is it time for this 64 year old veteran security organisation to be pensioned off?

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• Mo Ibrahim 12 Jun 13

  Wed, 12 Jun 13

  Duration:
  24 mins

  Shaun Ley speaks to Mo Ibrahim, creator of the Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership. His Index of African Governance suggests generally things are getting better. But some worry that China's willingness to lend money "no strings attached" is encouraging politicians to revert to their bad old ways. Is Mo Ibrahim's ambition of better governance being undermined from outside?

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• Jean-Francois Cope 10 June 13

  Mon, 10 Jun 13

  Duration:
  24 mins

  France is one of the political heavyweights of the European Union, a key world economy and a major global player. HARDtalk speaks to Jean-François Copé, the leader of the UMP, the main opposition party on the centre-right, who has lurched farther to the right on issues like gay marriage. He has also made comments about the French Muslim community which have led to accusations that he is threatening cultural harmony. Is he in danger of consigning his party to the political dustbin at home and on the world stage?

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• Pierre Krahenbuhl 07 June 13

  Fri, 7 Jun 13

  Duration:
  24 mins

  On HARDtalk, Stephen Sackur talks to Pierre Krähenbühl - Director of Operations, International Committee of the Red Cross. The ICRC is pulling some of its international staff out of Afghanistan, following a murderous attack on its Jalalabad compound. It's an unprecedented move in three decades of ICRC operations in Afghanistan. Is the organisation being overwhelmed by the danger and complexity of modern conflict?

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• 05 Jun 13: Robert Fowler

  Wed, 5 Jun 13

  Duration:
  24 mins

  Robert Fowler, a senior Canadian diplomat, was held hostage for five months by Al Qaeda in Niger in 2009. He says that since his capture and release, terror attacks and events in the region, such as the brief Islamist takeover of northern Mali, should serve as a wake-up call of a jihadist danger. He believes militants aim to set up a seven thousand kilometre Islamic caliphate stretching from Mauritania to Somalia. Zeinab Badawi asks if he is scaremongering or if his fears are valid.

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• Lindiwe Mazibuko 03 June 13

  Mon, 3 Jun 13

  Duration:
  24 mins

  Sarah Montague talks to Lindiwe Mazibuko on HARDtalk. She's the Parliamentary Leader of South Africa's Democratic Alliance Party. It's the biggest opposition party in South Africa, but still a long way behind the ruling ANC which has dominated politics in that country since the end of apartheid in 1994. How can the Democratic Alliance convince black South Africans that it's not just a party for wealthy white people?

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• Harold Koh 31 May 13

  Fri, 31 May 13

  Duration:
  24 mins

  On HARDtalk, Stephen Sackur speaks to Harold Koh was the legal adviser to the US State Department 2009-13. President Obama says the US needs to redefine and recalibrate its strategic response to terrorism. From drone strikes to the future of Guantanamo, the Obama Administration has consistently struggled to reconcile its stated values with the realities of the so-called ‘war on terror’. Did President Obama betray America's highest ideals in the name of national security?

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• John Kerry 29 May 13

  Wed, 29 May 13

  Duration:
  24 mins

  Zeinab Badawi presents this special edition of HardTalk from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The US Secretary of State John Kerry, takes questions from a live audience on a wide range of areas of American foreign policy.

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