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  1. Is a Free Media Essential for Development?

    The panel debates whether Western democracies have a better track record on press freedom

  2. A Better Future For Young Bangladeshis

    Bangladeshi students ask the panel of politicians how they plan to deliver growth

  3. The Future of the US Economy

    With an uncertain economic future, what are the winning strategies for the USA?

  4. The Kyoto Treaty: Is It Enough?

    Does the Kyoto Treaty go far enough in preventing climate change and will it work?

  5. US Global Relations: Part 2

    The second part of the World Debate from the World Economic Forum in Davos

  6. US Global Relations: Part 1

    Is the USA on a unilateral policy track, indifferent to other nations' concerns about it?

  7. What can stop the war in Gaza?

    Nick Robinson will be joined by a panel of guests to discuss how stop the war in Gaza

  8. Is Donald Trump making the world safer or more dangerous?

    Lyse Doucet debates the changing international landscape during Donald Trump’s presidency

  9. Israel-Gaza: Are we witnessing war crimes?

    Anna Foster leads a debate on whether war crimes have taken place in Israel and Gaza

  10. What is the path to peace in the Middle East?

    Mishal Husain hosts a debate on the prospects for peace in the Middle East

  11. The Engineers: Clean Energy

    Can Renewable Energy save the planet?

  12. The Engineers: Re-engineering the Future

    How engineering can tackle the problems of Covid 19

  13. For richer or poorer: Does global inequality matter?

    What effect is inequality having on the future of the planet?

  14. Space flight

    Three of the world's greatest space flight engineers discuss the future of space travel

  15. Europe, Have Your Say

    We join radio stations around Europe to hear what people make of the Brexit dilemma.

  16. The Engineers

    Three bio-engineers discuss advances that could solve the huge problems the world faces

  17. The Bailout

    Three key decision makers discuss how they handled the global financial crisis.

  18. 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?

  19. Crisis in Catalonia

    Catalan independence and what the crisis means for Catalonia, Spain and the EU

  20. The Engineers: Rise of the Robots

    Engineering shapes our world - will robots drive our future?

  21. Politics of Fear or a Rebellion of the Forgotten?

    Why are so many people in democracies showing hostility towards establishment power?

  22. The Genomic Revolution from the Francis Crick Institute

    The ethics, promise and pitfalls of genomic research

  23. A Place Called Home

    How two countries, Lebanon and Wales, have responded to the Syrian refugee crisis

  24. The New America

    The issues that could motivate US Latinos to vote in the presidential election

  25. Reporting Terror: A Dangerous Game

    Journalists debate whether news organisations need to rethink the reporting of terrorism

  26. The Engineers

    Razia Iqbal meets three of the world's greatest engineers

  27. World Economic Forum in Davos

    Is Europe at a tipping point? Can Europe deal with crises without betraying its values?

  28. The War the World Needs to Remember

    Recalling the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, and its continuing legacy

  29. The Extraordinary Legacy of Magna Carta

    Experts debate the legacy of the Magna Carta on political systems around the world

  30. The Elders

    A group of the world's elder statesmen discuss IS, Syria and Iraq, Russia and Ukraine

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