It has now been more than a year since the Middle East was set ablaze again. But in recent weeks, the multiplication of fronts and the escalation of tensions between Israel on the one hand, and Iran and its proxies on the other, have made the specter of all-out war more and more real. In this episode, Thomas Friedman, American journalist and expert on the Middle East, reveals the issues at stake in the current conflict.
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Charlotte Baris: At the start of the year, we exposed the risks weighing on 2024. The war in Ukraine was approaching two years, the war in the Middle East had just started. And the months promised to be busy with elections in more than 70 countries.
Unsurprisingly, tensions and divisions in the world continued to grow during the year. But then what can we imagine for the period to come? To respond, L’Express interviewed Thomas Friedman, American journalist specializing in international relations, three times winner of the prestigious Pulitzer Prize. And his vision is not necessarily reassuring…
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