Can Colombia Reintegrate the Farc?
After more than 50 years of armed conflict that has left 200,000 dead and millions displaced, Colombia is on the brink of peace. A final deal between the government and the Farc guerrilla movement is ...
26 Heinä 201622min
Is Brexit Inevitable?
“Brexit means Brexit,” says Theresa May, Britain’s new prime minister. It sounds pretty unequivocal: the UK voted in a referendum to leave the European Union, so that’s what it must do. But credible f...
19 Heinä 201622min
Can Trump Win?
Donald Trump has shocked the US political establishment by knocking out every other Republican candidate to become his party’s presumptive candidate for President. Does he have a realistic shot of tak...
12 Heinä 201622min
Can You Make Bankers Behave Better?
The $5bn settlement recently agreed by Goldman Sachs is the latest in a long list of multi-billion dollar fines paid by banks implicated in the 2008 financial crisis. But behind these giant corporatio...
5 Heinä 201623min
Can the EU Survive?
The UK has voted to leave the EU, sending shockwaves through Britain’s political class and its economy. Whatever the fate of Britain – and many fear years of damaging instability – Brexit is a serious...
28 Kesä 201622min
Why Do So Many People Dislike Hillary?
Hillary Clinton is the odds-on favourite to be the next president of the USA. But polls show more and more Americans view her unfavourably. In fact, the public's hostility towards her is record-breaki...
20 Kesä 201622min
Are We Really About to End World Poverty?
“More than half the people of the world are living in conditions approaching misery,” declared President Truman at his second inauguration. “For the first time in history, humanity possesses the knowl...
14 Kesä 201622min
Why Can't Egypt Stop FGM?
Some 92% of married Egyptian women aged between 15-49 have had their genitals cut. FGM is more common in Egypt than anywhere else in the world. These astonishing statistics are all the more surprising...
7 Kesä 201622min
