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Oksana Boyko

Oksana Boyko (Ustundag) is the host of the Worlds Apart biweekly geopolitical analysis show on RT, which features hard-hitting interviews with decision makers from around the world. She has been with RT since its inception in 2005, first as a political correspondent and then as a foreign correspondent. Over the course of her journalistic career, she has covered conflicts in Chechnya, Libya, Syria and Afghanistan. As the host of Worlds Apart, Oksana is known for her straightforward questions and deep knowledge of the subject. She has interviewed President of Serbia Tomislav Nikolic, President of Slovenia Borut Pahor, President of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and former President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai, President of Iceland Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, Prime Minister of Ireland Enda Kenny, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Palestine Riad al-Maliki, Prime Minister of Ireland Enda Kenny, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Minister of Defense of Iran Hossein Dehghan, PACE President Ann Brasseur, OSCE General secretary Lamberto Zannier, Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland, former UN Secretary general Kofi Annan, UN Special Representative for International Migration Peter Sutherland, UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova, UN High Commissioner on Refugees Antonio Guterres, CEO and Editor of Foreign Policy magazine David Rothkopf and many other politicians, experts and scholars, as well as actors, athletes and even an opera singer Monserrat Caballe. Oksana holds a BA in Journalism from the St Petersburg State University and an MS in Mass Communications from the Kansas State University.
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Siding & Sidelining?

Gershon Baskin shares his insights about the visit of Mike Pence to Israel and the influence of President Donald Trump on the Middle East Peace Process.

By Oksana Boyko, 7 yearsJanuary 28, 2018 ago
The Negotiator: Freeing Gilad Shalit from Hamas

The Negotiator: Freeing Gilad Shalit from Hamas
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In 2006, Gilad Schalit was kidnapped by a group of Gaza militants. Decades of animosity and distrust thwarted any attempt at a prisoner exchange. THE NEGOTIATOR is the firsthand account of Gershon Baskin, who made it his mission to liberate Gilad Schalit. Baskin drew on his ties to Hamas to create a secret back channel and succeeded where official mediators had failed, paving the way for the deal that brought Gilad home.
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In Pursuit of Peace in Israel & Palestine


In his latest book, In Pursuit of Peace in Israel & Palestine, Gershon Baskin reveals how relations in the Middle East are based on justified fear, influenced by lack of human contact and reinforced by continued violence that solidify patterns of thinking and behavior that negatively influence public policies.

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Freeing Gilad: The Secret Back Channel

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"Free Gilad" is the story of an unprecedented secret communication channel developed by Gershon Baskin developed that made a decisive contribution towards the release of Gilad Shalit.
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