Former Commissioner of Corrections, Georgia, USA - Allen Ault

How will Africa cope with an impending population explosion? Over the next thirty years Africa's population is projected to double, requiring delivery of jobs, housing and infrastructure to enable two billion people to thrive. It is an unprecedented leadership challenge. Does governance in Olusegun Obasanjo's Nigeria inspire confidence or scepticism?(Photo: Olusegun Obasanjo, former president of Nigeria speaks at the London Global African Investment Summit, 2015. Credit: Anthony Devlinl/Getty Images)

13 Sep 201723min

Is social media bad for public discourse? Man Booker prize-winning author Howard Jacobson thinks the internet is changing the way we use words, and not for the better. But is he an artist swimming against an irresistible cultural tide?(Photo: Howard Jacobson author of The Finkler Question, poses after winning the 2010 Man Booker Prize. Credit: Stuart Wilson/Getty Images)

11 Sep 201723min

Donald Trump embraces disruption and unpredictability, but what does that mean for America's national security and foreign policy? At first glance it seems to herald a new era of confrontation, from the Korean peninsula to the Mexican border, but are there limits to the President's break with convention? Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to veteran US diplomat and adviser to a host of Republican presidents - John Negroponte. Does this presidency mark a permanent shift in America's global role?(Photo: John Negroponte speaks at the 2016 Concordia Summit, New York. Credit: Paul Morigi/Getty Images)

7 Sep 201723min

Is it easy to lose sight of what matters most to business success? We speak to one of Asia's best-know businessmen, Tony Fernandes. He is the boss of Air Asia, football club owner, one-time Formula One investor, and dabbler in reality television. But is a flamboyant style and diversification into sports or media necessarily good for the bottom line?(Photo: CEO AirAsia Tony Fernandes at the World Economic Forum, Jakarta, 2015. Credit: Adek Berry/AFP)

6 Sep 201723min

US Senator Lindsey Graham speaks to Hardtalk about the foreign and domestic impact of President Trump. Senator Graham made an unsuccessful bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016 but remains an influential voice inside the party. He has been openly critical of President Trump but has also praised him on some aspects of foreign policy. Where does America go from here as tensions with North Korea escalate?(Photo: Senator Lindsey Graham holds a press conference, Washington DC, 2017. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

4 Sep 201723min

How do you survive the North Korean labour camp system? Kenneth Bae is an American Christian missionary who was arrested inside North Korea and spent two years in a Pyongyang prison.(Photo: Kenneth Bae speaks at a briefing on North Korea 2016. Credit: Getty Images)

28 Aug 201723min

Neo-Nazism, and race hatred are alive and kicking in the United States. The violence in Charlottesville was shocking not just because a life was taken, but also because of the polarising impact of President Trumps response. Stephen Sackur speaks to Richard Cohen, President of the Southern Poverty Law Centre, a group devoted to civil rights activism. How fanciful is the notion of a 21st century American civil war?(Photo: Richard Cohen on Hardtalk)

25 Aug 201724min

Politicians and civil servants usually abandon their offices in the dog days of August, but not this year in London, where Brexit is now an overwhelming political priority. Theresa May's Government has issued a raft of proposals on what trade, border and legal arrangements might look like post Brexit, with a striking focus on continuity rather than change. Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to one of the Conservative Party's staunchest 'Brexiteers', MEP Daniel Hannan. If Brexit is not a clean break, then what is the point?(Photo: MEP Daniel Hannan in the Hardtalk studio)

22 Aug 201723min