With the world focused on Iraq, the standoff in the Taiwan Strait grows more explosive every day. Would the United States really go to war to protect Taiwan from China? Find out what top experts think about a clash between two nuclear superpowers in this first episode of FPTV.

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It’s not easy representing the world’s most vulnerable nations. Not only must you confront massive economic and social problems, but you have to defend your government from ferocious critics. To get the other side of the story, FPTV sat down with ambassadors from seven of the worst-performing countries on the 2007 Failed States Index. Watch the videos-->

Should drugs like marijuana, heroin, and cocaine be legal?

Watch the fireworks as Ethan Nadelmann, author of Think Again: Drugs and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance clashes with David Murray, chief scientist at the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy.

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A worsening political standoff between Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto threatens to destabilize what may be the world’s most dangerous nuclear state. FPTV sat down with Mahmud Ali Durrani, Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, to get his perspective on his country’s crisis.

Are we running out of oil? FPTV speaks with Vijay Vaitheeswaran and Robert L. Hirsch about their conflicting views on the future of the world's greatest addiction.

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