Conflict Zone: Confronting the Powerful

Nov 07 2024 12 ep. 26 mins 420
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Conflict Zone is DW's heavyweight political interview, where those with power are held to account. Decision-makers, insiders, and experts from around the globe face tough questions they might not be expecting. Conflict Zone focuses on controversial issues, and demands straight answers. Enter the Conflict Zone!

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'Failure of elites' led to Sudan's tragedy, ex-PM tells DW

Nov 07 2024 26 mins  
Sudan is the scene of one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, and millions have fled the civil war. The former PM tells DW that the displacement and famine are "much, much greater than Gaza and Ukraine combined."

EIGEN # Conflict Zone — Does Putin want war with the West?

Oct 30 2024 26 mins  
Estonia's intel chief shares his assessment of Russia's war in Ukraine and Zelenskyy's "victory plan."

Yahya Sinwar: What does the Hamas leader's death change?

Oct 23 2024 26 mins  
Israeli former justice minister Yossi Beilin discusses prospects for a future solution in the wake of Israel's killing of the Hamas leader in Gaza.

Israeli minister: 'It's our moral obligation to eliminate Hamas, whatever it takes'

Jul 09 2024 26 mins  
Hardline diaspora affairs minister Amichai Chikli says he doesn't care about criticism of Israeli military goals, including an IDF spokesman's recent statements that "Hamas is an idea" and can't be militarily defeated. In an interview with DW's Tim Sebastian he states: 'It's our moral obligation to eliminate Hamas, whatever it takes.'

Conflict Zone - Macron’s gamble: Does France want far right in government?

Jun 12 2024 26 mins  
French president’s call for snap elections as he faces historic disapproval could put Le Pen’s far right party in power.

Conflict Zone - Brussels leaders: Far right surge ‘will weaken’ EU

Jun 05 2024 26 mins  
EU Commission Vice-President for Values and Transparency, Vera Jourova, and EPP President Manfred Weber talk to DW's Tim Sebastian about their concerns ahead of the European elections 2024.

Dennis Ross: ICC indictments would likely lead Israelis to continue Gaza war

May 23 2024 26 mins  
Washington's former Mideast negotiator told DW he fears possible ICC arrest warrants seem to many Israelis as "creating moral equivalency" between Israeli officials and the Hamas leaders who ordered the October 7 attack.

Gaza: 'Most people want to leave,' says veteran diplomat

May 01 2024 26 mins  
Norwegian Refugee Council head Jan Egeland tells Tim Sebastian that the devastation in Gaza is already unprecedented and an Israeli military operation against Rafah would be a "bloodbath."

'The behavior of Netanyahu is inexcusable,' says Pelosi

Mar 27 2024 26 mins  
Senior Democrat and former US House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi talks about the wars in Gaza, Ukraine and tensions over Taiwan. Speaking to DW's Tim Sebastian, during this year's MSC, she also discussed upcoming US elections.This interview was first broadcast on February 17, 2024.

Ukraine: Zelenskyy’s one-man show strategy isn’t working anymore

Feb 13 2024 26 mins  
A Ukrainian opposition politician tells DW that Kyiv cannot afford "autocratic tendencies" from the president. MP Oleksiy Goncharenko said the country could not win against Russia unless it remained a democracy.