The speakers discuss how the UK and Japan might enhance their awareness and understanding of each other’s perspectives, and differences, to help each other promote solutions more effectively in multilateral forums.

The speakers discuss how the UK and Japan might enhance their awareness and understanding of each other’s perspectives, and differences, to help each other promote solutions more effectively in multilateral forums.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reflects on the UN’s role over its 70 year history in helping to protect successive generations from crises including war, disease and poverty.

Mohammad Javad Zarif addresses the key issues affecting the Middle East region, including the conflicts in Syria, Yemen, Iraq and with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

David Miliband discusses the current humanitarian situation in Syria, and the wider Middle East, five years on from the beginning of the conflict.

Following President Paul Kagame’s recent announcement that he will run for a third term, which could see him in power until 2034, the panel discusses the space for free and open political expression in Rwanda.

Following President Paul Kagame’s recent announcement that he will run for a third term, which could see him in power until 2034, the panel discusses the space for free and open political expression in Rwanda.

The panel assesses the state of India’s economy and the current business climate. They consider the progress of India’s economic reform programme at national and state level and what this could mean for global investors.

The panel assesses the state of India’s economy and the current business climate. They consider the progress of India’s economic reform programme at national and state level and what this could mean for global investors.

The International Affairs January 2016 podcast includes interviews with T. V. Paul on nuclear doctrine in south Asia, Asaf Siniver and Scott Lucas on ISIS as a lexical battleground in US politics, plus Krisztina Csortea on the book reviews section.