Ideas and trends shaping the world
World Service,·159 episodes
What do we mean by equality and how can we apply it morally and politically?
Are intellectuals just for thinking big thoughts or can they change the world?
How food reaches every aspect of life: friendship, class, health, sex and politics
Is the legacy of colonialism's brutal passage to modernity all bad?
How the trial of Slobodan Milosevic gives hope for independent international justice
We have a global market but we don't have a global society yet, says George Soros
What's does the Commonwealth stand for the 21st century?
Why do we continue to use more and more paper?
How can governments and individual companies best make reparations for slavery?
Why rich countries will need more workers at both the top and the bottom of the workforce
Australia's Immigration Minister defends his goverment's much criticised policies
King Abdullah II of Jordan talks about how the Saudi peace plan needs American support
The dream of Pan-African unity is still alight, although it flickers in stronger countries
Can rules of war from one era still be applied in a new era and to new kinds of war?
As President Bush is greeted by protesters: how strong is the transatlantic alliance?
Francis Fukuyama asks if the biotechnology revolution changing what it means to be human
What is the role of priest in our communities now fewer people in the West believe in God?
Ashraf Ghani talks about his ideas of how to restore Afhanistan to prosperity
The new International Criminal Court "will mean an end to impunity for war criminals"
Are recent financial scandals cause to distrust the market altogether?
The work of the Red Cross and how best to deal with alleged breaches of humanitarian law
The WTO is no longer a rich-man's club, says its first director from the developing world
The fight for a fairer deal for the developing world's economies and citizens
International concern over falling local currencies, rising unemployment and national debt
Is there room for media neutrality in the 'war against terror'?
Can we pursue economic growth and a global society without threatening the environment?
America's treatment of citizens of Arab ethnic origin after the September 11 attacks
How has international security policing has changed in the year since September 11?
Can innate human nature – why we are the way we are – be quantified?
As millions face starvation in southern Africa, how can the cycle of famine be stopped?
