Amanpour and Company

December 3, 2019

Bobby Ghosh joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss this year's NATO summit and analyze tensions between Presidents Trump and Macron, then Gülnur Aybet explains President Erdogan's role in the situation. Shirin Neshat and Hadi Ghaemi unpack the significance of a new exhibition of female Iranian artists. Feras Fayyad tells Hari Sreenivasan about his new documentary "The Cave."

Bobby Ghosh on Trump's Relationship with NATO

2m 31s

President Trump is in London for NATO's 70th's birthday, proud that other members are contributing more money to the defense organization than before. But there was also tension on display today between Trump and French President Macron, as they sparred over NATO, ISIS and Turkey. Bobby Ghosh, a veteran analyst of foreign affairs, joins the program to assess the fallout.

Previews + Extras

  • Gülnur Aybet Discusses Turkey's Role in NATO: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Gülnur Aybet Discusses Turkey's Role in NATO

    S2019 E2112 - 2m 31s

    Some of President Macron's sharpest criticisms today were aimed at President Erdogan, while Erdogan has called Macron "brain dead" for questioning his offensive into Syria, and is now blocking a NATO defense plan for the Baltics and Poland unless Turkey receives support for its effort to defeat Syrian Kurd forces on its borders. Erdogan's senior advisor joins Christiane to discuss the situation.

  • Shirin Neshat and Hadi Ghaemi on Iranian Art and Activism: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Shirin Neshat and Hadi Ghaemi on Iranian Art and Activism

    S2019 E2112 - 2m 3s

    A new exhibition of female Iranian artists curated by photographer and filmmaker Shirin Neshat explores the nexus between politics, protest and culture. Christiane speaks with Neshat alongside another prominent Iranian exile, human rights activist Hadi Ghaemi, to discuss the history and emotional significance behind the exhibition.

  • Feras Fayyad Discusses His New Film "The Cave": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Feras Fayyad Discusses His New Film "The Cave"

    S2019 E2112 - 17m 56s

    Emmy Award-winning director Feras Fayyad's film "The Cave" documents the work of Syrian doctor Amani Ballour as she manages an underground hospital in Ghouta, outside Damascus. Hari Sreenivasan sits down with Fayyad to discuss the film and his own traumatic experience of being kidnapped and imprisoned in Syria. Their conversation contains images of war victims and descriptions of torture.

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