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A high-profile international debate on topics which matter.
The Public Philosopher
Professor Michael Sandel explores the nature and limits of democracy
Democracy Day
Shaimaa Khalil chairs a live debate on Islam and democracy with Tariq Ramadan, Heba Rao...
A Richer World, but for Whom?
IMF's Christine Legarde, Mark Carney and Sir Martin Sorrel debate global wealth in Davos
The End of Development
Anthropologist Henrietta Moore argues that the age of development is an outdated concept
Understanding Ebola
What the recent outbreak of Ebola says about how far Africa has come in development
Ebola - What Next?
Zeinab Badawi is in Ghana with a panel of decision-makers to discuss: Ebola - what next...
The Elders
A group of the world's elder statesmen discuss IS, Syria and Iraq, Russia and Ukraine
The Extraordinary Legacy of Magna Carta
Experts debate the legacy of the Magna Carta on political systems around the world
The War the World Needs to Remember
Recalling the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, and its continuing legacy
World Economic Forum in Davos
Is Europe at a tipping point? Can Europe deal with crises without betraying its values?
The Engineers
Razia Iqbal meets three of the world's greatest engineers
Reporting Terror: A Dangerous Game
Journalists debate whether news organisations need to rethink the reporting of terrorism
The New America
The issues that could motivate US Latinos to vote in the presidential election
A Place Called Home
How two countries, Lebanon and Wales, have responded to the Syrian refugee crisis
The Genomic Revolution from the Francis Crick Institute
The ethics, promise and pitfalls of genomic research
Politics of Fear or a Rebellion of the Forgotten?
Why are so many people in democracies showing hostility towards establishment power?
The Engineers: Rise of the Robots
Engineering shapes our world - will robots drive our future?
Crisis in Catalonia
Catalan independence and what the crisis means for Catalonia, Spain and the EU
Davos: The Fake News Challenge to Politics
Zeinab Badawi and panel in Davos discuss the distortion of truth. Can a free and fair media restore trust in political debate?
The Bailout
Three key decision makers discuss how they handled the global financial crisis.
Three bio-engineers discuss advances that could solve the huge problems the world faces
Space flight
Three of the world's greatest space flight engineers discuss the future of space travel
For richer or poorer: Does global inequality matter?
What effect is inequality having on the future of the planet?
The Engineers: Re-engineering the Future
How engineering can tackle the problems of Covid 19
The Engineers: Clean Energy
Can Renewable Energy save the planet?
What is the path to peace in the Middle East?
Mishal Husain hosts a debate on the prospects for peace in the Middle East