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The Real Story

Global experts and decision makers discuss, debate and analyse a key news story.

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Syria: Has Assad Won?

Syria: Has Assad Won?

It has been over seven years since the uprising in Syria turned first into a civil war and then into a proxy war that ha... Read more

3 Aug 2018

49mins

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What Does Putin Want?

What Does Putin Want?

Major Western powers are united in their conclusion. Russia, they say, carried out the first offensive use of a nerve ag... Read more

16 Mar 2018

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Is the Nation State in Decline?

Is the Nation State in Decline?

People around the world continue to want a nation to call their own. There have been recent independence referendums in ... Read more

16 Aug 2018

49mins

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How Lehman's Collapse Changed the World

How Lehman's Collapse Changed the World

Ten years ago the US investment bank Lehman Brothers collapsed. The event rocked global stock markets and led to the big... Read more

14 Sep 2018

49mins

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Can the EU Survive?

Can the EU Survive?

"The fragility of the EU is increasing," says EU Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker, and, "the cracks are growing in s... Read more

29 Jun 2018

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What Justifies Military Intervention?

What Justifies Military Intervention?

The decision by the US, France and Britain to bomb Syria after seeing evidence that President Bashar al-Assad had allege... Read more

20 Apr 2018

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Who Should Be Let In?

Who Should Be Let In?

Images of crying children separated from their parents at the US border with Mexico have brought a new urgency to the mi... Read more

22 Jun 2018

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What is Fuelling War in Yemen?

What is Fuelling War in Yemen?

The UN calls Yemen 'the world's worst humanitarian crisis'. It says more than three-fourths of the population - over 22 ... Read more

23 Mar 2018

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Sweden: Liberalism in Trouble

Sweden: Liberalism in Trouble

For years Sweden has been praised for its generous welfare state and the welcoming hand it held out to refugees. But thi... Read more

7 Sep 2018

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Who Should Own South African Land?

Who Should Own South African Land?

Nearly 25 years on from independence the vast majority of South Africa’s farmland is still owned by the country’s white ... Read more

31 Aug 2018

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