Roundtable

The EU is pushing to cap the price of Russian gas imports, but not all of the bloc’s energy ministers are happy with the idea, the Hungarians and Greeks for instance.

Guests:

Cornelia Meyer

CEO at Meyer Resources

Christof Ruehl

Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University

Sonia Buchholtz

Director of Energy Transition at Forum Energii

Sweden Democrats, with its neo-Nazi roots and anti-immigrant stance, has now become the country’s second largest party in parliament - and is set to become senior partner in a right-wing coalition government with the Swedish Moderate Party. Is ensuing social unrest a real possibility?

GUESTS:

Chang Frick

Journalist at Nyheter Idag

Zeth Isaksson

Sociologist at Stockholm University

Jim Stenman

Political Commentator

Roundtable is a discussion program with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:00 GMT on TRT World.

Protest in the Czech Republic earlier this month; many wanting steps to curb energy costs and an end to sanctions against Russia over the conflict in Ukraine. Russia now says it won’t re-open the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline it closed for supposed maintenance until that happens. Prices will go up even further. Will resentment grow - and if so, what would that mean?

GUESTS:

Mathieu Lefevre

CEO at More in Common

Kaia Parv

Chief Investment Officer at CrediLinq.Ai

Ellis Cashmore

Professor of Sociology at Aston University

Roundtable is a discussion program with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:00 GMT on TRT World.

Poland estimates the cost of World War II Nazi occupation at more than a trillion dollars -- and its ruling political party is demanding Germany pays reparations. But why seek compensation now, some 70 years after the fact? And what does this mean for the already fraught relationship between Poland and Germany, in particular with the ongoing conflict in Ukraine?

Guests:

Mateusz Piatkowski

Assistant Professor at University of Lodz

Katarzyna Zechenter

Assistant Professor at University College London

Aleks Szczerbiak

Professor at University of Sussex

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcasted out of London and presented by David Foster, it’s about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 16:30 GMT on TRT World.

Iran has a chance to come back into the international fold after dialogue reopens with the West to revive the 2015 Nuclear deal.

At the same time Russia and Iran are working on a deal that could see Tehran acting as a middle man for Moscow’s gas.

Would a trade pact with Russia be worth enough to Iran, for it to jeopardise rebuilding relations with Europe and America? What will it choose?

Guests:

Dimitri Alexander Simes

Journalist

Nima Khorrami

Research Associate

Nikolay Kozhanov

Qatar University

It’s been one year since the US withdrew troops from Afghanistan.

The chaotic withdrawal angered its European allies, who were left with no choice but do the same.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine gave their relationship a shot in the arm for now - brought closer by a common threat.

But tensions have grown between America and China over Taiwan’s sovereignty and there’s a global energy crisis is to deal with.

Will all this get in the way of repairing frayed ties with Europe?

Guests:

Klaus W. Larres

Professor of History & International Affairs

Denis MacShane

Former UK Minister for Europe

Robert Fox

Defence Editor at the Evening Standard

We look back at her life of duty, dedicated to the nation and the commonwealth. She embodied the enduring strength of Britain’s monarchy over the last seven decades… Her legacy and what's next?

The conflict in Ukraine is the most recent instance where Western and Russian tensions are playing out. But while the US and European countries have been unified in isolating and sanctioning Russia, many in the so-called Global South are not on board.

August 24, Ukraine’s Independence day, marked exactly six months since Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine. The first 180 days has seen 13 million people displaced, cities levelled and thousands have perished. What Vladimir Putin called his special military operation has been bogged down by dogged resistance. What’s next?

GUESTS:

Illia Ponomarenko

Defence Reporter at The Kyiv Independent

Peter Zalmayev

Director at the Eurasia Democracy Initiative

Olexiy Haran

Professor of Comparative Politics

Roundtable is a discussion program with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:00 GMT on TRT World.

The pandemic, war in the Ukraine and climate change… seems like the perfect storm pushing the cost of living crisis across Europe. But economists say they aren’t the only reasons for those punishing price rises. Have governments ceded so much control to the so-called free market that they can’t face down the barrage of rising costs hitting their citizens? With people often being forced to choose between heating and eating?

GUESTS:

Nick Gardham

CEO of Community Organisers

Lydia Prieg

Head of Economics at New Economics Foundation

Renaud Foucart

Senior Lecturer in Economics at Lancaster University

Roundtable is a discussion program with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:00 GMT on TRT World.