Democracy
One to One. David Loyn talks to Hekmat Karzai. Audio, 15 minutes
David Loyn talks to Hekmat Karzai, Afghan political analyst and cousin of the president.
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Analysis. The Jihadi Spring. Audio, 30 minutes
Is al-Qaeda the real beneficiary of the multiple failures of the Arab revolutions?
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Analysis. Roberto Unger. Audio, 30 minutes
Roberto Unger explains why he thinks fellow left-of-centre progressives lack imagination.
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Analysis. Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood: Why Did They Fail? Audio, 30 minutes
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood won at the polls but failed to keep power. What went wrong?
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British Conservatism: The Grand Tour. 10/09/2013. Audio, 15 minutes
Anne McElvoy explores how mass democracy split conservatism into moderates and militants.
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File on 4. Recoiling the Arab Spring. Audio, 38 minutes
What threat does a growing fundamentalist branch of Islam pose to Arab Spring countries?
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Analysis. Middle East: Too Soon for Democracy? Audio, 30 minutes
Edward Stourton explores the prospects for post-revolution government in the Arab world.
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Analysis. Sheikh Rachid Ghannouchi. Audio, 30 minutes
Profile of Rachid Ghannouchi, one of the world's most influential Islamist thinkers.
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The Reith Lectures. Securing Freedom, Eliza Manningham-Buller: Security. Audio, 43 minutes
Assessing the role of security and intelligence services in a democracy.
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Analysis. Egypt's New Islamists. Audio, 30 minutes
Edward Stourton asks if the Egyptian revolution spells the end of old-style Islamism.
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Analysis. Doomed by Democracy? Audio, 28 minutes
Justin Rowlatt asks if democracies are incapable of tackling climate change.
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In Our Time. Aristotle's Politics. Audio, 45 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aristotle’s ‘Politics’.
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I Don't Know What to Say. Audio, 30 minutes
Nick Clarke's widow Barbara Want investigates how we as a society deal with bereavement.
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Analysis. Let the People Decide? Audio, 28 minutes
Quentin Peel asks if plebiscites enable the voice of the people to be properly heard.
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Assignment. Uganda's elections. Audio, 22 minutes
A look at Uganda's first multi-party elections
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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke. Why the War Couldn't Wait. Audio, 15 minutes
Alistair Cooke examines why it is so difficult to establish democracy in Iraq.
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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke. An Embarrassing Relic of Authoritarianism. Audio, 15 minutes
Alistair Cooke contemplates the pros and cons of democracy.
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