Roundtable

French cement giant Lafarge has been accused of links with Daesh, prompting debate about its role and complicity in crimes against humanity in Syria’s civil war.

Guests:

Fabrice Balanche

Associate Professor at the University of Lyon 2

Cannelle Lavite

European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights

Tallha Abdulrazaq

University of Exeter's Strategy and Security Institute

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 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

62 million Germans will be casting their ballots on the 26th of September. The outcome is expected to be a two or three way coalition but with several combinations possible, which parties will take the lead?

GUESTS:

Michael Gahler

Christian Democratic Union

Ursula Munch

Director of the Academy for Political Education

Arne Lietz

Social Democratic Party

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 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

Angela Merkel is set to leave her position after more than a decade and a half. And while some applaud her political style in Europe, others see a lack of bold leadership. What do Europeans expect from a post-Merkel Germany?

GUESTS:

Stefan Collignon

Professor of European Political Economy

Matthew Qvortrup

Author of ‘Angela Merkel, Europe’s most influential leader’

Ursula Munch

Academy for Political Education in Tutzing

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 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

More than a billion students were affected by school closures last year. Now children are returning to the classroom. But with many unvaccinated and not wearing masks, will we see another surge? And do the benefits of in-person teaching outweigh the risks of virus transmission?

GUESTS:

Dr David Strain

University of Exeter Medical School

Helen Ross

Special needs teacher

Ghassan Khalil

UNICEF Representative in Georgia

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 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

The 9/11 attacks were a defining event for global terrorism, it sent shock waves across the international community. 20 years later, the United States and its European allies have continued to wage wars on a global scale to combat terrorism. But has the failure of the Afghanistan war shown the failure of the ‘War on Terror’?

GUESTS:

Moazzam Begg

Former Guantanamo prisoner

Sahar Aziz

Author of ‘The Racial Muslim’

Khalil Dewan

Head of Investigations at Stoke White law firm

Did Europe gain anything from 20 years of the so-called War on Terror? America coined the phrase, led the charge and now has decided enough is enough. Will what happened in Afghanistan mean Europe is once more exposed?Now that the USA says it won’t fight forever wars, other people’s battles, what can Europe do to protect itself? And what lessons have been learned in the last two decades?

GUESTS:

Tallha Abdulrazaq

University of Exeter Strategy and Security Institute

Temur Umarov

Russia and Central Asia analyst

Raffaello Pantucci

Senior Associate Fellow at RUSI

More and more walls are being built on the borders of Europe. Does it make sense to keep out those who are not wanted or do these barriers lead to a rise in persecution?

Guests:

Matthias Lucke

Senior researcher, Kiel Institute

Eleanor Paynter

Migration Fellow, Cornell University

Giovanni Fontana

President of Second Tree

Bit by bit, we appear to be waking up to the fact that our own home - our planet - is probably being destroyed by our own actions. But even with the realisation that this nightmare is not a thing of bad dreams, how ready is humankind to take the tough decisions today that could save our world tomorrow?

Guests:

Paul Drummond

Institute for Sustainable Resources

LOCATOR: LONDON

Jennifer Tollmann

Senior Policy Advisor for E3G

LOCATOR: BERLIN

Damien Short

Professor of Environmental Justice

LOCATOR: GUILDFORD, UK

The possibility of an EU army has been raised again following the collapse of Afghanistan to The Taliban. But if America can’t handle foreign wars, what chance for a force pulled together from 27 different countries?

GUESTS:

Russell Foster

EU Affairs Analyst at King's College

Elisabeth Braw

American Enterprise Institute

Samir Puri

Senior Fellow at IISS-Asia

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 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

You might be tempted to think the worst is over when it comes to Covid, but perhaps it’s time to think again with warnings of another wave in Europe and a worrying new mutation. Which might make you wonder if this will ever end, or if living with the coronavirus threat is something we will all have to get used to.

GUESTS

Oksana Pyzik

Global Health Adviser

Jean Pierre Thierry

Senior Medical Advisor at France Assos Santé

Catherine Smalwood

WHO COVID-19 Incident Manager for Europe

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 15:30 GMT on TRT World.