Christiane looks into why tornadoes repeatedly hit this particular region of the United States
Check showtimes to see when the program airs on CNN where you are. Or watch online.
Q: Why did you come back to CNN?
CA: CNN is family. CNN is where I’ve been for decades and it is from here that I’ve seen the world change. CNN has played a role in all the changes that we’ve witnessed over the last three decades, so for me it was a really wonderful opportunity to come back and anchor this new program at a time of incredible, almost unprecedented global change and upheaval. From East to West, North to South, people are protesting because they want a better future, a better life – and they are demanding that their elected leaders be accountable and responsive to the people.
Q. What type of guests will you interview for Amanpour?
CA: As a major story breaks, you see the same people, day in and day out, interviewed across the world. On my program, we’re not just going to go to the usual suspects, we’re going to go to people who you may have never seen before, people who are real players, people who can really impact the outcome.
Getting a good interview requires a journalist make certain he or she is well informed. You must do your homework and research – and you cannot be afraid to be disliked or challenged in the pursuit of the truth. Persistence is at the heart of the best journalism because obviously many people just don’t want to answer tough questions. This is what we must do for the people who demand accountability from us.
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Still Take Iran at its Fatwa
Months ago I wrote, ‘Take Iran at its Fatwa’ (http://on.cnn.com/xSAi79): "Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, issued a fatwa years ago, decreeing that the production, possession, use or threat of use of nuclear weapons is 'a Great Sin.'" Now, going into new nuclear talks U.S. officials are pouring over Ayatollah's Fatwas for possible exit ramp from crisis: http://nyti.ms/IFifF2
War Games
Iran and Big Powers in Istanbul today for the first nuclear negotiations in a year, looking for a diplomatic way out. Warning: US lost last 'war games' enactment against Iran. Check out this piece from the WSJ: http://on.wsj.com/IIHgwOÂ
Q&A with Christiane Amanpour
by Samuel Burke, CNN
Christiane Amanpour will host a new daily foreign affairs program on CNN International starting Monday, April 16. Showtimes at Amanpour.com
What’s the next phase for women’s rights in the Middle East?
I think that is the key question we are all looking at as we see these unfolding democracies in former dictatorships where Islamists are now the rising powers. The most important gauge of this will be whether women’s rights will be enshrined in the new constitutions, along with other minority rights. Will women who took very prominent parts in taking down the dictatorships, get the rights that they sacrificed and risked their lives for in countries such as Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and today in Syria? One of the most important things to recognize is that for decades the UN reports have explained why the Arab and Muslim world is far behind despite it’s natural resources: there’s a lack of freedom, democracy, but most important there’s a lack of women’s participation.
Have western women been helping their counterparts in the Middle East?
Nancy Pelosi – one of the most powerful women in the U.S. – recently visited Egypt, Tunisia and Libya and made no bones about standing shoulder to shoulder with women and saying that women deserve and must have full rights – not just because that’s right, but the parity and equality makes for a much healthier society.
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Arab Democracy
Everyone is still asking can real democracy come to the Arab world. I think it’s the wrong question! Some of the universal principles of freedom and individual rights came from the cradle of civilization millennia ago: ‘Free Exchange’ | http://econ.st/HBXuHl
Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi
I’m transfixed by her win, but will the Generals let her lead? This headline says it all: The Lady of all Landslides | http://econ.st/I44f0O
Watch Christiane’s ground-breaking 2008 documentary from North Korea as the New York Philharmonic Orchestra makes a historic visit to one of the world's most closed societies. She examines the tense standoff with the U.S. over nuclear weapons and provides a rare look inside a notorious, top-secret nuclear facility. Behind the scenes: Amanpour's notes
Christiane Amanpour gets a look inside North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear facility during a 2008 visit for a CNN special.
Christiane Amanpour went to North Korea in 2008 for a historic performance by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
Go back in time to 2000 as a young people’s revolution was being born. Christiane returns to the country where she was raised for an intensely personal look at a Revolutionary Journey.
Christiane Amanpour, who left Iran at the start of the Islamic Revolution, returns 20 years later for a CNN special .
Christiane Amanpour explores the lure of globalization and personal liberty among Iranian youth in this CNN special.
Christiane Amanpour finds that democracy in Iran is being born in newspapers. Yet, risks remain for Iranian journalists.
Christiane met the Dalai Lama and spent time with his flock for CNN's 2008 special, "Buddha's Warriors."
CNN's Christiane Amanpour discusses China with the Dalai Lama in this behind-the-scenes look at their 2008 interview.
Behind-the-scenes look at Christiane Amanpour's interview with the Dalai Lama and a moment of karma.
Reincarnation is discussed in this behind-the-scenes look at Christiane Amanpour's interview with the Dalai Lama.
Christiane explores the battle for the hearts and minds of youth in the Muslim world.
The 'Generation Islam' interactive experience.
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