Prime Minister of Finland - Alexander Stubb
A sense of gloom is hanging over Europe. Years of economic stagnation are at the heart of it, but there are other factors too - for example, the security challenge posed by Vladimir Putin’s Russia, an...
13 Okt 201423min
CEO, International Rescue Committee - David Miliband
The Middle East is in turmoil, beset by ethnic, religious and sectarian conflicts that together have created one of the gravest global humanitarian crises since World War II. And once again a US-led m...
10 Okt 201423min
Chief of the Defence Staff, British Armed Forces, 2010-13 - General Lord Richards
The US led military operation against the so-called Islamic State organisation has raised a host of awkward questions. Is the makeshift coalition fighting a war, or mounting an anti-terror operation? ...
8 Okt 201423min
Director, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Professor Peter Piot
The warnings about Ebola have been apocalyptic - Liberia's defence minister says it threatens his country's existence, while the US president says it threatens 'global security'. Three thousand people...
6 Okt 201423min
EU Counter-terrorism Coordinator - Gilles de Kerchove
How serious a threat to western security is the extremist group that calls itself Islamic State? According to those governments now backing military action against the jihadis, the danger is very real...
3 Okt 201423min
Economist - Lord Stern
World leaders gathered at a UN climate summit in New York recently and pledged again to tackle global warming. Yet again this year global greenhouse emissions have risen, partly because many politicia...
1 Okt 201423min
Opera Singer - Jessye Norman
Hardtalk speaks to Jessye Norman, who is acknowledged as one of the greatest singers of her generation. Her voice has enthralled audiences in the world’s greatest concert halls and opera houses for de...
29 Sep 201423min
UK Deputy Prime Minister 1995-1997- Lord Heseltine
The Scottish people voted 'No' to independence, but they may just have changed British politics forever. More powers are to be handed to the Scottish parliament and now English MPs want their own form...
26 Sep 201423min
