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On this edition of Peter Lavelle's CrossTalk, he asks his guests whether Turkey must decide to look to the West,... RussiaToday — June 14, 2010 — On this edition of Peter Lavelle's CrossTalk, he asks his guests whether Turkey must decide to look to the West, or to the East.

Peter Lavelle asks his guests what the legacy of the Holocaust is today. Is its memory being abused? Does Israel use Holocaust as a blackmail weapon? Norman Finkelstein and Israel W. Charny discuss the issue in a heated debate.

On this edition of Peter Lavelle's CrossTalk he asks guests if the on-going nuclear non-proliferation treaty talks in New York is still another means for the West to support its friends (like Israel) and punish its foes (like Iran).

On this edition of Peter Lavelle's CrossTalk, he asks his guests how we should understand Iran's soft power in the Greater Middle East. Is it under-estimated in western mainstream media?

On this edition of Peter Lavelle's CrossTalk: Is it the Nobel Peace Prize that inspired Barack Obama to bomb Libya? Is Obama trying to justify his award with the so-called humanitarian intervention? Can he first solve Iraq and Afghanistan? And should the Nobel Committee be embarrassed of its premature decision and will it learn anything from it?

On this edition of Peter Lavelle's CrossTalk: The fate of the anti-war movement: What has happened to the anti-war movement in the West and the rest of the world? Hundreds of thousands people around the globe protested against Washington's illegal invasion of Iraq in 2003. Protesters didn't stop the invasion, but they did demonstrate that people can be mobilized to stop military interventions. Now it would appear things have changed. The US and its Western allies have gone to war against Libya without a public debate and few public protests. What accounts for this? Is it because a Democrat is in the White House? Or is it because the anti-war movement during the Bush years achieved little in a practical and policy sense?

On Peter Lavelles CrossTalk Israel critic Norman Finkelstein faces off against a formidable spokesperson of Israels soft power.

On this edition of Peter Lavelle's CrossTalk, he asks his guests whether the current "indirect talks" between the Israelis and Palestinians are a waste of time.

On this edition of Peter Lavelle's CrossTalk: how long will Bahrain remain in blackout? Why does the West appear so powerful in Libya and not in Bahrain, where people crave for basic freedoms? And how does Bahrain match with the so-called US support of the Arab revolutions? CrossTalking with Stephen Zunes, Husain Abdulla and Matthew Shaffer.