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To Hope Is to Be Human

Hope may spring eternal but is it a saving grace or the great deceiver?

• 25 mins

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

• 25 mins

Russia – 10 Years after the End of the USSR

Special report from Saint Petersburg on Russia's first decade after the Soviet Union

• 25 mins

How Can We Best Talk about Equality?

What do we mean by equality and how can we apply it morally and politically?

• 25 mins

Intellectuals – What Are They For?

Are intellectuals just for thinking big thoughts or can they change the world?

• 25 mins

The Power and Politics of Food – Interview with Claudia Roden

How food reaches every aspect of life: friendship, class, health, sex and politics

• 25 mins

Legacy of Colonialism in a Modern World

Is the legacy of colonialism's brutal passage to modernity all bad?

• 25 mins

International Justice – War Crimes on Trial

How the trial of Slobodan Milosevic gives hope for independent international justice

• 25 mins

Globalisation Is Lopsided – Interview with George Soros

We have a global market but we don't have a global society yet, says George Soros

• 26 mins

Do We Need the Commonwealth?

What's does the Commonwealth stand for the 21st century?

• 26 mins

Whatever Happened to the Paperless Office?

Why do we continue to use more and more paper?

• 26 mins

How Best to Make Slavery Reparations?

How can governments and individual companies best make reparations for slavery?

• 25 mins

What Is Economic Migration really about?

Why rich countries will need more workers at both the top and the bottom of the workforce

• 26 mins

Australia's Immigration Debate – Interview with Philip Ruddock

Australia's Immigration Minister defends his goverment's much criticised policies

• 26 mins

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

• 26 mins

The Dream of Pan-African Unity Lives On

The dream of Pan-African unity is still alight, although it flickers in stronger countries

• 25 mins

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?

• 26 mins

European Protest against America's War on Terror

As President Bush is greeted by protesters: how strong is the transatlantic alliance?

• 25 mins

Fukuyama's Post-Human Future

Francis Fukuyama asks if the biotechnology revolution changing what it means to be human

• 25 mins

Christian Priests and Their Work

What is the role of priest in our communities now fewer people in the West believe in God?

• 25 mins

A Vision for Afghanistan – Interview with Ashraf Ghani

Ashraf Ghani talks about his ideas of how to restore Afhanistan to prosperity

• 26 mins

The Place of International Justice

The new International Criminal Court "will mean an end to impunity for war criminals"

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The WorldCom Effect

Are recent financial scandals cause to distrust the market altogether?

• 25 mins

Quiet Diplomacy or Front Page News?

The work of the Red Cross and how best to deal with alleged breaches of humanitarian law

• 25 mins

'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

• 25 mins

Africa on the World Stage – Interview with Dr Mamphela Ramphele

The fight for a fairer deal for the developing world's economies and citizens

• 26 mins

Is South America in Economic Crisis?

International concern over falling local currencies, rising unemployment and national debt

• 26 mins

Journalistic Objectivity after September 11

Is there room for media neutrality in the 'war against terror'?

• 26 mins

World Summit on Sustainable Development

Can we pursue economic growth and a global society without threatening the environment?

• 26 mins

A Tough Year for Arab Americans?

America's treatment of citizens of Arab ethnic origin after the September 11 attacks

• 26 mins