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HARDtalk: Marwan Muasher

14/07/2008

Marwan Muasher

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The former Jordanian Foreign Minister discusses the waning influence of moderate states.

Marwan Muasher, the former Jordanian Foreign Minister, discusses the waning influence of moderate states in the Middle East. Why are Arab centrists losing their influence?

Stephen Sackur talks to Marwan Muasher, the former Jordanian Foreign Minister. The rise of extremism is wiping out the influence of so-called moderate states in the Middle East, according to one of Jordan's top diplomats. A recent Arab poll of international leaders had Hizbollah's Hassan Nasrallah as the top choice. Why are Arab centrists losing their influence to a more radical direction, and what can be done to reverse the situation?

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