Iván Fischer, Conductor and Composer

Dr Njoki Ngumi – Artist and film-maker

Fawzia Koofi: Do Afghans still have hope?

Vassily Nebenzia: Is Putin's plan failing?

Josef Aschbacher: Is Europe losing the space race?

Nicu Popescu: How can Moldova protect itself?

Olha Stefanishyna: Will Kyiv get the support it needs?

Semyon Bychkov: Artists speaking out against Putin

João Vale de Almeida: Have UK-EU relations become toxic?

Henry Huiyao Wang: Is China exposing its vulnerabilities?

K. Shanmugam: Will Singapore have to choose between the US and China?

Lord Patten: Were promises to Hong Kong broken?

Steve Thompson: Rugby's traumatic legacy

Nury Turkel: Will the world stand up for China's Uyghurs?

Ibram X. Kendi: America's unhealed racial wounds

Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda: Does Christianity in Iraq have a future?

Meaza Ashenafi: What are the prospects for peace in Ethiopia?

Omah Lay: Is there a universal message in his music?

Sharan Burrow: Do workers have faith in collective action?

Fatih Birol: Could short-term panic derail the clean energy transition?

Julius Malema: Is South Africa on the brink of chaos?

The Singh Twins: Mixing art and politics

Gregory Doran: Why does Shakespeare still captivate us?

Albert Woodfox: Freedom after a life inside

Amrullah Saleh: Is resistance in Afghanistan viable?

Shon Faye: The transgender issue

George Monbiot: Surrounded by fear

Krišjānis Kariņš: Is Latvia still vulnerable?

Sir Peter Blake: What keeps his creativity alive?

Olga Rudenko: Is there room for government critique in Ukraine's fight for survival?

Pinchas Goldschmidt: Is the Ukraine war deepening Jewish anxiety?