US Ambassador to the UK - Matthew Barzun
By the time George W Bush left the White House, perceptions of the United States in the wider world were overwhelmingly negative. As the Obama presidency enters its final phase, how have attitudes shi...
30 Okt 201523min
Chairman of the US Federal Reserve 2006-2014 - Ben Bernanke
Seven years ago Wall Street was close to meltdown. And the world economy was feeling the full force of a financial crash which changed long held assumptions about the stability of markets and global c...
28 Okt 201523min
Dmitry Peskov
Stephen Sackur speaks to the spokesman for President Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov. Depending on who you believe, Russia’s military intervention in Syria is a boost for the forces of legitimacy in the...
26 Okt 201523min
Yair Lapid - Leader, Yesh Atid Party, Israel
The latest paroxysm of violence between Israelis and Palestinians has conjured up a host of horrifying images. Israelis stabbed in random street attacks. Palestinian suspects shot dead by Israeli poli...
23 Okt 201523min
Eric Cantor - former House Majority Leader, US Republican Party
Is the US Republican Party serious about winning back the White House in 2016? The front runner to win the party's presidential nomination is Donald Trump - a billionaire businessman turned celebrity ...
20 Okt 201523min
US Ambassador to Syria 2011-2014 - Robert S. Ford
Stephen Sackur talks to Robert S. Ford, US Ambassador to Syria until last year. The escalation of Russia's military involvement in Syria has been greeted with dismay in Washington. Vladimir Putin hasn...
19 Okt 201523min
International President of Médecins Sans Frontières - Dr Joanne Liu
Stephen Sackur speaks with Joanne Liu, International President of Médecins Sans Frontières, Doctors without Borders. In early October American forces in Afghanistan fired missiles into a Kunduz hospit...
16 Okt 201523min
Novelist Jonathan Franzen
So much of our developed world culture is driven by the instant, all pervasive internet. Our opinions, our fantasies, our lives, delivered in bite sized chunks, consumed with a glance and a click. Jon...
14 Okt 201523min
