Michalis Sarris – Chairman, Cyprus Popular Bank
Greece appears to be inching closer to the Eurozone exit door. If the Greeks leave how far could the contagion spread? One country which could very soon find itself in the eye of a financial storm is ...
18 Maj 201223min
Sir William Patey – British Ambassador to Kabul, 2010-2012 (Retired)
Has western military intervention in Afghanistan failed? The question will hang over this weekend's Nato summit in Chicago as the alliance's political leaders set the seal on a phased military retreat...
16 Maj 201223min
Nasser Judeh - Jordan's Foreign Minister
Jordan has survived the Arab Spring relatively unscathed, at least so far. Perhaps it is because the king has promised reform. But he is now on his fourth prime minister since the start of 2011 and th...
14 Maj 201223min
NORMAN FINKELSTEIN – Political scientist
American Presidents have long been criticised for being too in thrall to the Jewish lobby, and that American Jews influence US foreign policy, which explains America's unwavering support for Israel. S...
11 Maj 201223min
09/05/2012 GMT
The west faces a lost decade of economic stagnation. Unemployment is high, inequality is rising and governments are broke. Should we be blaming capitalism or looking to the market for solutions?HARDta...
9 Maj 201223min
NHIAL DENG NHIAL – Foreign Minister, South Sudan
Africa's newest nation, South Sudan, is in trouble. Less than a year after independence from Khartoum, the South and its much larger northern neighbour are confronting each other over oil reserves, bo...
1 Maj 201223min
Sir JOHN SULSTON – Nobel Prize-winning scientist
Science is constantly changing and deepening our understanding of ourselves and our planet. So is it time to give scientists a more prominent role in the debate about humanity's strategic choices; eco...
29 Apr 201223min
OLEG DERIPASKA – Chief Executive, RUSAL
In post Soviet Russia, a small band of businessmen became unimaginably rich. These so-called oligarchs command assets worth billions of dollars, but their position isn’t without its perils in the era ...
24 Apr 201223min
