Roundtable

The mass leaking of classified US military intelligence documents contained many secrets about Washington’s European allies. The UK even suggested the information could put British lives at risk. Does this damage the trust between friends?

Guests:

Annie Machon

Former MI5 Officer

Laura Fink

Democratic Strategist

Colin Alexander

Senior Lecturer in Political Communications at Nottingham Trent University

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by Philip Hampsheir, 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.

French President Emmanuel Macron called on Europe to be more assertive in its dealings with the U.S. and China. He was speaking to journalists on the plane home from Beijing about his theory of “strategic autonomy” for Europe.

So why did it cause such a diplomatic uproar?

Guests:

Denis MacShane

Former UK Minister for Europe

Klaus Larres

Professor of History and International Affairs

Philippe Marliere

Professor of French and European Politics at University College London

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by Philip Hampsheir, 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.

OpenAI’s ChatGPT promises so much. It can already write essays, plan businesses and even code entire websites in a fraction of the time a human can. But it’s making governments nervous, as they look for ways to regulate the spread of Artificial Intelligence.

Italy banned the chatbot, saying a data breach had put users' conversations and payment details at risk. ChatGPT is already inaccessible in a number of countries, including China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia. Now the likes of Ireland and Germany are investigating the company. But are these bans really just about users’ privacy?

Guests:

Inma Martinez

AI Pioneer & Data Scientist

Luciano Floridi

Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information at the University of Oxford.

Atoosa Kasirzadeh

Director of research at the University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Technomoral Futures

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by Philip Hampsheir, 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.

Polls in Italy show public support for sending weapons to Ukraine has plummeted. Despite that, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says she will continue to back Kyiv because, in her words, “it is right to do so”. However, it’s not just the general public who is not fully behind her position on Ukraine.

Even her own party and coalition partners appear to be losing the will to continue to send support. Silvio Berlusconi even went as far as blaming Ukraine’s President Zlensky for provoking the conflict. So can Meloni stay the course?

Guests:

Brunello Rosa

Visiting professor at Bocconi University.

Valeria Fargion

Professor of Political Science at the University of Florence

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by Philip Hampsheir, 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 US was the first to begin steps to ban Tiktok. Now governments across Europe are following suit by insisting that the Chinese-owned app is removed from the phones of all government officials. What exactly are they so worried about?

GUESTS:

Gavin Millard

Deputy Chief technology officer for Tenable

Ross Brewer

Chief Revenue Officer of SimSpace

Einar Tangen

Senior Fellow at the Taihe Institute

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by Philip Hampsheir, 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 16:00 BST on TRT World.

The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 17th. He’s accused of being responsible for the forced deportation of Ukrainian children. But in practical terms, what does that warrant really mean for Putin?

Guests:

Toby Cadman

International Criminal Law specialist and Co-head of Guernica 37 Chambers

Thomas Warrick

Senior fellow at the Atlantic Council

Chris Nineham

Author of ‘The People v. Tony Blair’

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by Philip Hampsheir, 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 16:00 BST on TRT World.

Under the umbrella of the so-called AUKUS partnership, Australia will acquire a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, and combine forces with America and Britain.

The aim is to counter any perceived threat from China in the Pacific, but could it actually increase the chances of conflict?

Guests:

Klaus W. Larres

Professor of History & International Affairs

Peter Roberts

Senior Associate Fellow at RUSI

Alice Politi

EU-China Relations Analyst

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by Philip Hampsheir, 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.

First, Silicon Valley Bank collapsed. Then, Switzerland’s Credit Suisse had to be rescued in a buyout from its biggest rival. Now, there are rumors other institutions are staring into the abyss. But Europe insists its banking system is not at risk. How can it be so sure?

Guests:

Ann Pettifore

Economist & Director PRIME Economics

Ross Clarke,

Writer, The Spectator

Cornelia Meyer,

Economist & CEO of Meyer Resources

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by Philip Hampsheir, 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.

Thousands took to the streets of Georgia’s capital Tbilisi when the government proposed a ‘Foreign Agent’ bill. Critics described the law as Russia-style, and the show of public anger led to it being withdrawn.

On the face of it, the demonstrations appeared to highlight the country’s political fault lines. A pro-Russia elite versus a pro-EU public. But is it really as straightforward as that?

Guests:

Manana Kochladze

Democratisation and Human Rights Lead at CEE Bankwatch Network

Tornike Sharashenidze

Professor at the Georgia Institute of Public Relations

Domitilla Sagramoso

Senior Lecturer in Security and Development

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by Philip Hampsheir, 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.

20 years ago, after months of diplomatic wrangling at the UN, a US-led coalition invaded Iraq. The opening salvoes were described as ‘shock and awe’, and the invading countries claimed to want to remove Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction, change the regime, and spread democracy to the Middle East. So what happened?

Guests:

Abdulrazzaq Al-Saiedi

Technical expert on Iraq at Physicians for Human Rights

Oula Kadhum

Postdoctoral Fellow in Lund University and Fellow in International Migration at LSE

Richard Toye

Professor of Modern History at the University of Exeter

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by Philip Hampsheir, 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.