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Obama's World
What has governed President Obama's foreign policy?
Money for Nothing
Should the state pay everyone a universal basic income? Sonia Sodha investigates.
A Subversive History of School Reform
Professor Alison Wolf on the surprising story of postwar school reform in England.
Tearing Up the Politics Textbook
Is it time for British politics professors to bin their old lecture notes and start again?
Breaking Promises
Paul Johnson asks if the government should break pledges made to pensioners.
Gentrification
David Baker asks if too much gentrification is a bad thing?
Brexit and Northern Ireland
Edward Stourton asks if the island of Ireland is where Brexit will matter most.
The Myth of Mobs
David Edmonds asks social psychologists about the psychology of crowds.
Trusting Inmates
Should we place more trust in prisoners to help them change their lives?
How Did We Save the Ozone Layer?
The story, and lessons, of the international effort to end ozone-destroying chemicals.
Brexit: What Europe Wants
How political forces in other countries will shape any future UK-EU deal.
Hospital Trust?
Is public affection for the NHS preventing it from becoming fit for the future?
Atom Man
The journey of an American 'cold warrior' from nuclear deterrence to nuclear disarmament.
How Not to Do It
Jacqui Smith reveals why one of New Labour's most cherished sentencing reforms failed.
Is Talent a Thing?
Why it could be counter-productive to hire by talent, and what to look for instead.
How Voters Decide: Part One
Rosie Campbell examines the bias that voters bring to the ballot box.
How Voters Decide: Part Two
What makes us change our mind when it comes to elections?
How do the SNP sell a second referendum?
Could a second referendum on Scottish independence yield a different result?
Holland's Challenge to Tolerance
Why is liberal, tolerant Netherlands home to a major anti-immigration, anti-Islamic party?
Detoxifying France's National Front
Has Marine Le Pen succeeded in detoxifying the party founded by her father 40 years ago?
Adventures in Social Mobility
What are the unwritten rules you must learn to get a top job?
Aid: Something to Boast About?
Why is the UK such a generous global aid donor, and should it be? Jo Coburn investigates.
Implicit Bias
David Edmonds asks if we are unconsciously harbouring racist and sexist attitudes.
Germany - Anxious Giant
As angst over European security grows, why is Germany such a reluctant military power?
What went wrong with Brazil?
How did Brazil's boom years turn to dust? David Baker investigates.
Brexit: A Tale of Two Cities
A year on from the Brexit referendum we compare Wakefield to Oxford, Leave vs Remain
Who Speaks for the Workers?
Union membership is in decline. So who will represent the workers of the gig economy?
Constitutions at Work
Constitutions control the people who run countries - but how well do they work?
Is work too easy?
Michael Blastland asks if desk-bound work is making us obese.
Yascha Mounk on democracy at risk
The political theorist who argues that liberal democracy is in grave danger.
Minimum Wage: Too Much of a Good Thing?
Paul Johnson asks if the policy's success has led to politicians stretching it too far.