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Why Does War Exist?
Why do we fight wars? Is it inherent in human nature?
Is there a Connection between Globalisation and September 11?
Were attacks on the USA a result of resentment fuelled by unbridled global capitalism?
Civil Liberties – Liberty versus Security
Will proposed new anti-terrorism legislation in Britain compromise our civil liberties?
Does Nation-building Work?
Reconstructing Afghanistan could cost $20 billion but does nation-building really work?
Special Report from Prague
Have Czechs forged a new national identity since their release from the Soviet Union?
Living with Fear
Can we conquer fear or should we learn to live with it?
To Hope Is to Be Human
Hope may spring eternal but is it a saving grace or the great deceiver?
Bill Clinton on the 21st century after 9/11 – the Richard Dimbleby Lecture
Former US President Bill Clinton on the fight for the soul of the 21st century after 9/11
Russia – 10 Years after the End of the USSR
Special report from Saint Petersburg on Russia's first decade after the Soviet Union
How Can We Best Talk about Equality?
What do we mean by equality and how can we apply it morally and politically?
Intellectuals – What Are They For?
Are intellectuals just for thinking big thoughts or can they change the world?
The Power and Politics of Food – Interview with Claudia Roden
How food reaches every aspect of life: friendship, class, health, sex and politics
Legacy of Colonialism in a Modern World
Is the legacy of colonialism's brutal passage to modernity all bad?
International Justice – War Crimes on Trial
How the trial of Slobodan Milosevic gives hope for independent international justice
Globalisation Is Lopsided – Interview with George Soros
We have a global market but we don't have a global society yet, says George Soros
Do We Need the Commonwealth?
What's does the Commonwealth stand for the 21st century?
Whatever Happened to the Paperless Office?
Why do we continue to use more and more paper?
How Best to Make Slavery Reparations?
How can governments and individual companies best make reparations for slavery?
What Is Economic Migration really about?
Why rich countries will need more workers at both the top and the bottom of the workforce
Australia's Immigration Debate – Interview with Philip Ruddock
Australia's Immigration Minister defends his goverment's much criticised policies
Middle-East Peace – Interview with King Abdullah II of Jordan
King Abdullah II of Jordan talks about how the Saudi peace plan needs American support
The Dream of Pan-African Unity Lives On
The dream of Pan-African unity is still alight, although it flickers in stronger countries
War, Terrorism and Tearing up the Rules
Can rules of war from one era still be applied in a new era and to new kinds of war?
European Protest against America's War on Terror
As President Bush is greeted by protesters: how strong is the transatlantic alliance?
Fukuyama's Post-Human Future
Francis Fukuyama asks if the biotechnology revolution changing what it means to be human
Christian Priests and Their Work
What is the role of priest in our communities now fewer people in the West believe in God?
A Vision for Afghanistan – Interview with Ashraf Ghani
Ashraf Ghani talks about his ideas of how to restore Afhanistan to prosperity
The Place of International Justice
The new International Criminal Court "will mean an end to impunity for war criminals"
The WorldCom Effect
Are recent financial scandals cause to distrust the market altogether?
Quiet Diplomacy or Front Page News?
The work of the Red Cross and how best to deal with alleged breaches of humanitarian law
'WTO Is No Longer a Rich Man's Club' – Supachai Panitchpakdi
The WTO is no longer a rich-man's club, says its first director from the developing world