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HARDtalk - Marwan Muasher

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Stephen Sackur talks to Marwan Muasher, the former Jordanian Foreign Minister. The rise of extremism is wiping out the influence of so-called moderate states in the Middle East, according to one of Jordan's top diplomats. A recent Arab poll of international leaders had Hizbollah's Hassan Nasrallah as the top choice. Why are Arab centrists losing their influence to a more radical direction, and what can be done to reverse the situation?