Roundtable

At the hour when the winner is normally giving a victory speech there was confusion, accusations and even threats - setting the stage for what could be a long and bitter election dispute. We are going to try and make some sense, not so much of the result, but of a system that seems at the very least a bit of a mess

Guests:

David Barker

Election Expert

Laura Fink

Democratic Strategist

Dee Dee Bass Wilbon

Co-Founder of Bass Public Affairs

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.

Just as millions of Americans will be eyeing the result of their Presidential election, so too will world leaders; nowhere more so than in Europe - where the result will shape politics on this side of The Atlantic for the next four years; or more.

Paul Poast

University of Chicago

Pieter Cleppe

Policy Analyst

Nicolas Bouchet

German Marshall Fund of the United States

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 perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT WORLD.

Finally crossing a border into the European Union if you are a migrant can be a difficult enough journey on its own. But who’s there to protect you from physical and sexual abuse at the hands of those patrolling the borders?

Guests:

Arafatul Islam

Journalist, Deutsche Welle Bengali

Nidžara Ahmetašević

Journalist & Scholar

Christian Kaunert

Professor of Policing and Security

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.

Did DAESH die with Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi in Syria a year ago? Look 6,000 kms south and the answer is NO.

Mozambique has seen as many as 300,000 people displaced in a violent insurgency. On this RT, how to stop IS destablising southern Africa

Guests:

PART 1:

Zenaida Machado

Mozambique Researcher

PART 2:

Alex Vines

Director of Africa Programme at Chatham House

David Otto

Global Risk International

Gregory Pirio

Director at Empowering Communications

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.

French president Emmanuel Macron has promised more action against what he calls radical Islam after the murder of a school teacher. But is the crackdown pitting French secularism against its second most practised religion?

Guests:

Jacques Reland

Senior Research Fellow at the Global Policy Institute

Rim-Sarah Alouane

French Legal Scholar

Jonathan Laurence

Professor of Political Science at Boston College

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.

Neighbours, but not neighbourly. Israel and Lebanon are technically at war, but they’re at last talking about a dispute over a small gas-rich area offshore. If that issue is solved how close will Israel be to befriending another Middle East nation?

Guests:

Michael Harari

Former Ambassador

Laury Haytayan

Natural Resource Governance Institute

Sami Nader

Levant Institute for Strategic Studies

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 has Covid 19 changed this US election? A President who got the disease and mocks masks. A contender who says Donald Trump is playing with lives. Will this coronavirus prove terminal to one man’s hopes of sitting in the Oval Office? This is RT

Guests:

Christopher Metzler

Republican Strategist

David Smith

Washington Correspondent at The Guardian

Laura Fink

Democratic Strategist

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.

How did two countries regularly accused of abusing human rights win seats on the UN group whose job it is to protect people. China and Russia will be preaching about how best to keep people safe. So who’s going to take them seriously?

Name: Gissou Nia

Title: Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council.

Name: Sophie Richardson

Title: China Director at Human Rights Watch

Name: Sari Bashi

Title: Human Rights Lawyer at DAWN

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.

When does an enemy attack? - when you are at your weakest and most confused.

And the outside world suspects that of the US right now. A country in the grip of a pandemic, a president who’s had Covid, and a vitriolic election. Is this really a dangerous moment for the US and its allies?

Guests:

Klaus Dodds

Professor of Geopolitics

Mara Oliva

Associate Professor in US Foreign Policy

Mark Kimmitt

Retired US Army Brigadier General

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.

From a peak of 100,00 to perhaps no US troops in Afghanistan by Christmas - if Donald Trump has his way. But with Taliban attacks continuing, would the country be at risk of another civil war?

Guests:

Javid Faisal

Former Government Spokesperson

Murid Partaw

Former Senior National Representative of Afghanistan to US Central Command

Laurel Miller

Director of International Crisis Group’s Asia Program

Ahmad Shah Mohibi

Founder, Rise to Peace

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.