2003
DECEMBER
December 24, 2003
Tom's Journal
New York Times columnist Tom Friedman discusses his recent trips to Turkey and Poland, including the different perceptions he came across in two of America's allies.

December 19, 2003
Debt Mission
Iraq may sit atop the world's second-largest oil reserves, but the country owes more than $220 billion in Gulf War reparations and foreign debt. Margaret Warner discusses efforts to reduce Iraqi debt with German diplomat Klaus-Peter Gottwald and Robert Hormats, chairman of Goldman Sachs International.

December 8, 2003
Big Winner
The United Russia party of President Vladimir Putin won 37 percent of the vote in Sunday's parliamentary elections, more than three times the support of the second-place Communist Party. Simon Marks reports from Moscow. Margaret Warner follows up in a conversation with former State Department official Toby Gati and Anna Vassilieva of the Monterey Institute for International Studies.

December 5, 2003
Managing Democracy
Russian opposition parties are vying to get the 5 percent vote they need to gain a foothold in Sunday's parliamentary elections and forestall what critics call the growing personality cult of President Vladimir Putin. Simon Marks previews the election from Moscow.

NOVEMBER
November 24, 2003
Revolution of Roses
What began as a rebel movement ended as a revolution Sunday in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. Margaret Warner discusses the resignation of Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze with Zeyno Baran of the Nixon Center and Charles William Maynes of the Eurasia Foundation.

November 21, 2003
Friendly Farewell
Continued attacks in Turkey and Iraq overshadowed the upbeat mood of President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair's trip to the English countryside. Terence Smith reports on the meeting between the two allies.

November 20, 2003
Shoulder to Shoulder
President Bush met with British Prime Minister Tony Blair in London, and they once again defended their decision to invade Iraq. Ray Suarez reports on how these leaders' alliance has weathered the war and its aftermath.

November 19, 2003
Forward Strategy
President Bush pressed his case for war with Iraq and peace between the Israelis and Palestinians during a state visit to England. Tom Bearden reports on the president's reception in London. Jim Lehrer follows up in a discussion with Julian Borger of The Guardian, Christopher Makins of the Atlantic Council and Robin Niblett of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

November 18, 2003
View from Berlin
Ray Suarez speaks with German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, who is in Washington this week to meet with Bush administration officials about Germany's role in the reconstruction of Iraq.

OCTOBER
October 28, 2003
Law and Order
Russian markets have tumbled since the arrest of businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky earlier this week. Margaret Warner discusses the political state of Putin's Russia with Marshall Goldman of the Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard and Dmitri Simes, president of the Nixon Center.

SEPTEMBER
September 29, 2003
Changing Partnership
President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin met at Camp David over the weekend. Ray Suarez gets perspective on U.S.-Russia relations from Michael McFaul, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Anna Vassilieva, head of the Russian studies program at the Monterey Institute of International Affairs.

JULY
July 31, 2003
After the War in Bosnia
A report examining how Bosnia is recovering seven years after the war.

July 17, 2003
Beleaguered Visitor
Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Washington for a 7-hour visit scheduled before controversial British intelligence reports brought the U.S. and UK rationales for war into question. Blair began his trip with a speech to a joint session of Congress, followed by a joint news conference with President Bush at the White House. Kwame Holman reports on the visit. Then, Margaret Warner discusses how the disputed intelligence on Iraq has affected Blair's domestic political standing with Raymond Seitz, former U.S. ambassador to Great Britain from 1991 to 1994; Peter Stothard, former editor of The Times of London; and Robin Niblett, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

APRIL
April 29, 2003
Shifting Alliances
Secretary of State Colin Powell testified about NATO before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

MARCH
March 18, 2003
The Homefronts
The British Parliament debated for 10 hours about whether to join the offensive against Iraq. Kwame Holman reports on discussions in Britain and the conversations in Congress about the threat of war.

March 12, 2003
New Offer
Britain proposed six new conditions for Iraq to meet in order to avoid a military strike. After a report, Gwen Ifill discusses this new effort to gain the U.N. Security Council's support with Gerard Baker, an associate editor of The Financial Times, and Pippa Norris, a lecturer in comparative politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

March 3, 2003
War Plan
On Saturday the Turkish parliament narrowly rejected a proposal to let thousands of U.S. ground troops into their country. Gwen Ifill speaks with Time magazine military correspondent Mark Thompson about whether Turkey will reconsider the decision and what a "no" vote means for America's efforts in Iraq.

March 1, 2003
Forum: Conflict in Chechnya
The struggle for independence in Chechnya, now more than ten years old, has claimed thousands of lives and stunted economic growth in the small republic. What drives the conflict? Thomas de Waal, a journalist who has written extensively on Russia and the Caucasus, answers your questions on the complex situation.

FEBRUARY
February 26, 2003
War Debate
The British House of Commons debated the use of force against Iraq for more than six hours. Kwame Holman reports on the serious political opposition that faces Prime Minister Tony Blair.

February 21, 2003
Bargaining Power
Turkey appeared to move closer to letting U.S. ground troops use its bases to invade Iraq. Margaret Warner discusses the negotiations and the importance of Turkey to U.S. war plans with to Zeyno Baran, director of international security and energy programs at the Nixon Center, a Washington think tank; Henri Barkey, a former member of the State Department policy planning staff focusing on this region; and retired Marine Lieutenant General Bernard Trainor, a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.

February 19, 2003
Tony Blair's Predicament
Gwen Ifill reports on the difficulties British Prime Minister Tony Blair is facing over his support of the U.S. and his stance towards Iraq. She follows up with Pippa Norris, a lecturer in comparative politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and Robin Niblett, a senior fellow in the Europe program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.

February 17, 2003
Iraq Views
Jim Lehrer gets two views of this weekend's war protests and the diplomatic battle over what to do about Iraq from Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Tx., and Germany's ambassador to the United States, Wolfgang Ischinger.

February 10, 2003
Deepening Divide
Divisions in NATO and Europe are widening over the conflict with Iraq. After a report by Kwame Holman, Margaret Warner discusses the situation with Richard Holbrooke, former assistant secretary of state for European affairs under President Clinton; Charles Kupchan, former director for European affairs on the National Security Council; and James Woolsey, former director of the CIA.

February 7, 2003
Newsmaker: France's Jean-David Levitte
The world's leaders continue to react to Secretary of State Colin Powell's U.N. address about Iraq earlier this week. Jim Lehrer discusses Powell's report with Jean-David Levitte, the French ambassador to the U.S., who until December was that country's ambassador to the U.N.

February 7, 2003
Newsmaker: Britain's Sir Jeremy Greenstock
Jim Lehrer assesses Powell's speech and the prospect of war with Iraq with the United Kingdom's ambassador to the U.N. Jeremy Greenstock.

JANUARY
January 31, 2003
Charting a Course
British Prime Minister Tony Blair met with President Bush to discuss the conflict with Iraq. Kwame Holman reports on Blair's political troubles both abroad and at home. Margaret Warner follows up with guests Reginald Dale, the editor-in-chief of the journal European Affairs; and Robin Niblett, a senior fellow in the Europe program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

January 30, 2003
European Rift
Europe showed signs of a growing division over a possible U.S.-led war with Iraq. Margaret Warner follows up on the conflict with Radek Sikorski, a former deputy foreign minister and deputy defense minister of Poland; Jean-Robert Leguey-Feilleux, a professor of political science at Saint Louis University; Stephan Richter, publisher of The Globalist; and Maurizio Molinari, a columnist for the Italian newspaper La Stampa.

January 23, 2003
Update: War of Words
As world leaders continued to voice conflicting views on war, Turkey hosted a meeting to discuss regional concerns about a confrontation with Iraq. Ray Suarez discusses the situation with Turkey's ambassador to the United States, Faruk Logoglu.