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Peter Heather (King’s College London and author of 'Empires and Barbarians: Migration, Development and the Birth of Europe') discusses the role of migrants in the early middle ages. Peter was at the Legatum Institute to take part in a special panel that looked at why migration has always been a constant feature of history, and how the motivations and mechanisms of people on the move have shaped the world as it is today. Interviewed by Hywel Williams, Senior Adviser at the Legatum Institute.

Professor Kerry Brown (Professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau China Institute at King's College London) discusses China's current economic transition and the impact it may have on the country's future political landscape. He also discusses the use of political communication in terms of public belief. Interviewed by Alexandra Mousavizadeh (Director of the Prosperity Index, Legatum Institute).

Gary Rawnsley, Director of International Strategy at the University of Aberystwyth and co-author of 'The Routledge Handbook of Chinese', discusses China’s growing ‘soft power’ and how television, journalism, the Internet and social media has, over the last decade, been used to expand the country's cultural influence. Interviewed by Peter Pomerantsev, Senior Fellow to the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute.

Seema Malhotra, Shadow Chief Secretary for the Treasury and MP for Feltham and Heston, spoke at a Legatum Institute Business Forum breakfast where she discussed the idea of shared prosperity with broader, inclusive economic goals, as opposed to short term economic policy-making. Interviewed Sian Hansen, Executive Director at the Legatum Institute.

Anton Shekhovtsov, Senior Visiting Fellow at the Legatum Institute discusses his new paper 'Is Transition Reversible? The Case of Central Europe' with Anne Applebaum. The paper traces the development of Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Romania, with a very brief look at the current situation in Poland, identifying patterns of illiberalism and looking at what can be done to reverse this trend.

Dag Detter, Legatum Fellow and CEO of Whetstone Solutions discusses his book 'The Public Wealth of Nations: How Management of Public Assets Can Boost or Bust Economic Growth', in conversation with Shanker Singham, Director of Economic and Prosperity Studies at the Legatum Institute.

Srdja Popovic—the man who brought down Milosevic, schooled the Arab Spring and has been called ‘The Secret Architect of Global Revolution’—discusses innovative ways to defeat ISIS using non-violent methods. Interviewed by Peter Pomerantsev, Senior Fellow at the Legatum Institute.

Srdja Popovic—the man who brought down Milosevic, schooled the Arab Spring and has been called ‘The Secret Architect of Global Revolution’—discusses ways to respond to authoritarian-led conspiracy theories. Interviewed by Peter Pomerantsev, Senior Fellow at the Legatum Institute.

In the final lecture of the 2015 History of Capitalism series, Philipp Blom, author, journalist, lecturer and broadcaster, painted a picture of 1930s Europe to help uncover what it was like to live after the Wall Street Crash. Interviewed by Mary Schutzer-Weissmann, Project Coordinator at the Legatum Institute.

As part of its History of Capitalism series, the Legatum Institute hosted a seminar on the Great Depression of the 1930s. In this short interview, the Legatum Institute's Stephen Clarke challenges the speakers on the policies of the British Government in the aftermath of the Wall Street Crash and asks the big question: Did Britain really experience a 'great depression'? Speakers include: Nicholas Crafts of University of Warwick; Olivier Accominotti of the London School of Economics and Tobias Straumann of Zurich University. Interviewed by Stephen Clarke.