Former Commander ISAF and US Forces, Afghanistan - General Stanley McChrystal
The US mid-term elections were a mixed picture for President Trump. Democrats took control of the House of Representatives and that will allow them to block the President’s legislative agenda. As a le...
9 Nov 201823min
Professor of Behavioural Genetics - Robert Plomin
It is an age old debate that engages scientists and philosophers; which is the more powerful influence on who we are, nature or nurture? In recent years, genetic science has done much to reframe the d...
2 Nov 201823min
American Civil Liberties Union Legal Director - David Cole
American politics in the era of President Donald Trump is a polarised, partisan arena. But still there are pillars of the US system of governance such as the constitution and the courts that are suppo...
2 Nov 201823min
Deputy Energy Minister, South Africa - Thembisile Majola
Cyril Ramaphosa replaced Jacob Zuma as leader of the ANC and President of South Africa with a promise to revive the country’s economy, tackle poverty and root out corruption. Maybe he underestimated t...
31 Okt 201823min
UK Labour MP - David Lammy
In just five months, Britain will be out of the European Union. But on what basis, and under whose leadership? And could it yet not happen? Brexit uncertainty is coursing through the veins of British ...
29 Okt 201823min
National Security Adviser of Afghanistan - Hamdullah Mohib
Afghans will have to wait until next month to get the results of last Sunday’s parliamentary election – but in one sense the verdict is already in; the ballot again exposed widespread insecurity and t...
26 Okt 201823min
Minister of State, UK Foreign Office - Alan Duncan MP
Turkey’s President Erdogan says the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was a savage crime meticulously planned in Riyadh. He wants all those responsible to stand trial in Turkey. As the pressu...
24 Okt 201823min
Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah
What gives each of us our sense of who we are? At the most personal level we all have our own family background. In the most general sense we are, all of us, part of the human species. But it’s the st...
22 Okt 201824min
