Roundtable

BDS - Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions - are meant to put pressure on Israel - in the same way as it was applied to South Africa over apartheid. The issue is that the UK government wants to ban certain groups from supporting the movement.

What’s the best protection against Covid 19. Quite possibly herd immunity where enough of the population has protection to stop the virus spreading. One European country says that’s already got there but others are doubtful it will ever really be achieved. Who’s got it right?

Guests:

Adam Kleczkowski

Prof of Mathematics and Statistics at University of Strathclyde

Neville Calleja

Head of Public Health Department at University of Malta

Spencer Fox

Associate Director of COVID-19 Modeling Consortium

Roundtable is a discussion programme 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.

Strange as it may seem given many of the headlines, we’re told we are living in the most peaceful time in human history. So why would eastern European countries want more foreign troops in their country? The danger they say is Russia and they want a beefed up NATO.

Guests:

Radu Albu Comanescu

Faculty of European Studies at Babes Bolyai University

Elisabeth Braw

Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute

Jamie Shea

Former Deputy Assistant Secretary General of NATO

Roundtable is a discussion programme 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.

Are Spain and Morocco using desperate migrants as a bargaining tool in a diplomatic row between the two countries? Disagreements between the two have escalated over Ceuta - a small Spanish enclave targeted by migrants trying to leave Morocco and gain entry to the EU.

GUESTS:

Samir Bennis

Political Analyst at Morocco World News

Hanne Beirens

Director of the Migration Policy Institute Europe

Jose Ignacio Torreblanca

European Council on Foreign Relations

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.

Who's to blame when poor countries can’t get the Covid vaccines they need to protect their people?

Guests:

Robin Cohen

Professor of Development Studies

Sridhar Venkatapuram

Senior Lecturer in Global Health

Thomas Cueni

International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers

There have been warnings of a new Cold War between Russia and the European Union with neither side seemingly willing to discuss how to end a succession of disagreements. There are sanctions and travel bans. Diplomats from both sides have been expelled. So what will it mean if matters don't improve?

GUESTS:

Tony van der Togt

Research Fellow at the Clingendael Institute

LOCATION: THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS

Alena Kudzko

Director of GLOBSEC

LOCATION: BRATISLAVA

Samuel Ramani

Lecturer at the University of Oxford

LOCATION: OXFORD, UK

When your country’s own soldiers warn there’s a risk of civil war, what do you do? In some countries you might lock them up - maybe they would simply disappear. But this is France and the President might be listening to their warning that there’s an enemy at the gate. How far will Emmanuel Macron go to satisfy the generals, and their complaints about what they call radical Islamism?

Are we ever going to look at travel again as a carefree adventure? As borders begin to re-open, will we look at the dangers of a holiday first rather than the delights?

Well, just how real ARE the dangers? We’re talking to travel experts and a Covid expert about what to expect in the months ahead.

Guests:

Tom Jenkins

CEO of European Tourism Association  

Jonathan Stoye

Virologist at the Francis Crick Institute

Simon Calder

Travel Correspondent at The Independent

Roundtable is a discussion programme 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 situation between Israel and the Palestinians is as bad as it’s been in years.

But at some stage there will probably have to be talks. Here we look at whether outsiders can possibly help - whether they can actually make matters worse? The art of bringing enemies closer. How do you bring two warring sides together?

The Green Party’s doing so well in the polls that 40 year-old Annalena Baerbock is being seriously tipped for the top job. When Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel steps down in September, what are the chances that the country will have a Green leader?

GUESTS

Arne Lietz

Former MEP

Ulrike Franke

Senior Policy Fellow at ECFR

Matthew Qvortrup

Professor of Political Science at Coventry 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 15:30 GMT on TRT World.