Mickey Bergman: What difference do hostage negotiators make?
The Interview4 Jun 2024

Mickey Bergman: What difference do hostage negotiators make?

Sarah Montague speaks to hostage negotiator Mickey Bergman, who has spent much of the last two decades working behind the scenes to help negotiate the release of Americans kidnapped or detained abroad – either by criminals, political actors or governments. What difference do such “fringe diplomats” make? Are they a help or a hindrance?

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Lord Coe

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Sir Antony Sher: Taking the stage

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In a programme from 2014, Stephen Sackur interviews Antony Sher, widely regarded as one of the finest contemporary classical actors. How did a self-styled outsider became a doyen of the British theatr...

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South Africa’s Public Protector - Thuli Madonsela

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Nobel Peace Prize Winners 2014 - Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai

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Author and Columnist - Alaa al-Aswany

Author and Columnist - Alaa al-Aswany

Whatever happened to the Egyptian revolution? Those heady days of people power in Tahrir square now seem like a collective delusion. A military strong man is back in power, President Mubarak has been ...

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Writer and Academic - Cornel West

Around the world the election of Barack Obama to the White House was seen as a watershed moment for race relations in America. The first black man to be president was taken as the symbol of a new post...

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UN Special Co-ordinator, Middle East Peace Process - Robert Serry

UN Special Co-ordinator, Middle East Peace Process - Robert Serry

Israelis and Palestinians seem to have given up on the idea of negotiating a compromise peace. From Jerusalem to Gaza mutual mistrust is deep and getting deeper. Israel's unilateral approach is embodi...

3 Des 201423min

Crime Writer - James Ellroy

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