Roundtable

Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik is on the move to Eastern European countries. Why is the queue for Western vaccines so long? Are both China and Russia providing vaccines in Eastern Europe to win influence in the region?

Strahinja Subotic

Researcher at the European Policy Centre

Wojciech Przybylski

Editor-in-Chief at Visegrad Insight

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.

A law’s going through Parliament to put the brakes on what France calls “Islamic Separatism.” following a number of murderous attacks.

Guests:

Joseph Downing

Expert in French politics

Nabila Ramdani

French Journalist

Philippe Marliere

Professor of French and European Politics

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 man known as Europe’s last dictator says he will step down if protests in Belarus against his rule are called off. But can President Alexander Lukashenko be believed? He’s promised constitutional changes as well - a move dismissed by the opposition as a sham.

Guests:

Yauheni Preiherman

Director, Minsk Dialogue Council

Hanna Liubakova

Journalist

Franak Viačorka

Advisor to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

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 cold winds of the North Sea could soon be providing warmth and light for millions with the first-ever purpose-built energy island. The new artificial energy island is a Danish project and is part of that country’s drive to be carbon neutral by the middle of this century.

GUESTS:

Jacob Ostergaard

Professor at Technical University of Denmark

Mercan-Ellen Nielsen

Head of Division at Danish Energy Agency

Kingsmill Bond

Energy Strategist at Carbon Tracker

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.

Northern Ireland has been handed a different set of rules to deal with Brexit compared to the rest of the UK. And already the so-called border in the Irish Sea is causing friction.

Guests:

David Phinnimore

Professor of European Politics

Connal Parr

Senior Lecturer in History

Malachi O’Doherty

Author and Journalist

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.

Nord Stream 2 starts in Russia and ends in Germany, supplying vital energy to a country that is abandoning coal and nuclear power. But the pressure is on Germany to drop the whole idea.

Thomas O'Donnell

Hertie School of Governance

Ulrike Esther Franke

Policy Fellow at European Council on Foreign Relations

Dmitry Babich

Political Analyst

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.

Many have tried to cross only to face violence from border guards - leading to a warning from the UN that the asylum system is under threat in Europe.

Guests:

Matt Saltmarsh

Senior Communications Officer at UNHCR

Hanaa Hakiki

Migration Legal Adviser

Eleni Konstantopoulo

Advocate for Refugee Rights

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.

Two major international powers are wrestling for influence in one of Africa’s poorest yet potentially richest countries, the Central African Republic. Russia and former colonial ruler France are involved as the government confronts increased rebel activity. What is it that those two countries want?

Paul Simon Handy

Institute for Security Studies

Samuel Ramani

International Relations Researcher

Eugene Pehoua Pelema

Central African Republic Analyst

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.

How much short-term damage has the EU done to its citizens by falling so far behind other countries in the West in Covid vaccinations?

Guests

Kathleen Depoorter

Member of Belgian Federal Parliament

Alberto Giubilini

Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics

Gwen Eamer

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent

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.

Scotland may well be heading for another vote on independence - raising the prospect of a country with less than five and a half million people going it alone. Could it survive outside the United Kingdom?

Guests:

Sir John Curtice

Political Scientist

Colin Fox

Spokesman for the Scottish Socialist Party

John Lloyd

Journalist and Author

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.