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Branding – Buying into a Lifestyle

The power of branding: how advertisers get us to buy an idealised vision of ourselves

• 25 mins

The Future of US Foreign Policy after 9/11

How the terrorist attacks might affect American foreign policy in years ahead

• 25 mins

The American Psyche after September 11

How have the atrocities of 9/11 changed the way Americans think of themselves?

• 25 mins

Time – Not a Moment to Spare

No time to stop and think? The experience of fast and slow time in the information age

• 25 mins

Germany and Europe – 9/11 Is Upsetting the Balance

How will 9/11 and the war on terror reshape the debate about EU integration?

• 25 mins

Who Will Rule in Afghanistan?

What is the future for the country if and when the Taliban are removed from power?

• 25 mins

Islam and September 11

How well does the West understand Islam and what did religion have to do with 9/11?

• 26 mins

In an Unreal World – Interview with Ivan Klíma

Czech novelist Ivan Klíma on the big issues for a novelist after the fall of communism

• 25 mins

'Civilisation' in the Balance

Is Western liberal democracy triumphant and if it is, will it remain so?

• 25 mins

Why Does War Exist?

Why do we fight wars? Is it inherent in human nature?

• 25 mins

Is there a Connection between Globalisation and September 11?

Were attacks on the USA a result of resentment fuelled by unbridled global capitalism?

• 25 mins

Civil Liberties – Liberty versus Security

Will proposed new anti-terrorism legislation in Britain compromise our civil liberties?

• 25 mins

Does Nation-building Work?

Reconstructing Afghanistan could cost $20 billion but does nation-building really work?

• 25 mins

Special Report from Prague

Have Czechs forged a new national identity since their release from the Soviet Union?

• 25 mins

Living with Fear

Can we conquer fear or should we learn to live with it?

• 25 mins

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