Roundtable

Academics from Oxford University have a dire warning: If Artificial Intelligence is not regulated in the same way as nuclear weapons, it could kill every human and there’s nothing we could do about it? Is this an exaggeration, or something we should be taking much more seriously?

GUESTS:

Michael Cohen

Researcher in AI Safety at University of Oxford

Mary-Ann Russon

Technology Reporter

Christoph Lutge

Director of the Institute for Ethics in AI at Technical University of Munich

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

When former England footballer turned BBC TV host Gary Lineker condemned the government’s illegal immigration bill on Twitter, the broadcaster removed him from fronting the country’s biggest sports show.

Lineker refused to take back his comments, and the BBC was accused of hypocrisy and lacking impartiality. Who was in the right?

Guests:

Femi Oluwole

Political commentator for the Independent

Petros Iosifidis

Professor of Media & Communication Policy at City University of London.

Ben Jacobs

Sport Broadcaster

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

China published a plan to end the conflict in Ukraine, yet at the same time it is widely seen as a close ally of Russia and critic of western policy towards Kiev. So, can Beijing be a credible peace broker?

Guests:

Theresa Fallon

Director of the Centre for Russia Europe Asia Studies (CREAS)

Hanna Shelest

Director of Security Programmes at “Ukrainian Prism”

Matej Simalcik

Executive Director at the Central European Institute of Asian Studies

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.

One year since Russia invaded Ukraine, there are few signs of any kind of ceasefire. In fact, all the indications are that the fighting is about to get worse. So, how will this conflict end?

Guests:

Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze

Chair of Ukrainian Committee of EU Integration

Anthony Brenton

Former British Ambassador to Russia

William Courtney

Former US Ambassador to Kazakhstan and Georgia and Senior Fellow at the Rand Corporation

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.

President Emmanuel Macron declared French interference in Africa was over during a recent four nation tour to the continent. He was there with the aim of resetting relations based on mutual respect. Will his new approach work, or does colonial resentment just run too deep?

GUESTS:

Emmanuel Dupuy

President of Institute for European Perspective & Security

Garba Moussa

African policy analyst

Alex Vines

Director of Africa Programme at Chatham House

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

In recent weeks Moldova has accused Russia of trying to destabilise it politically. There have been warnings of potential conflict, and there were even reports of a Russian missile flying through Moldovan airspace. What exactly is going on in Transnistria - and is it all linked to the war in Ukraine?

Guests:

Anna Matveeva

Visiting Senior Research Fellow at Russia Institute, King’s College London

Wilder Alejandro Sanchez

President of Second Floor Strategies

Lucia Scripcari

Analyst on Moldovan Domestic and Foreign Policy

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 15:00 GMT on TRT World.

Shamima Begum left Britain as a schoolgirl to join the terrorists of Dayesh in Syria. As a result, the British government cancelled her citizenship and told her never to return. So exactly who is responsible for bringing her to account? And is cancelling someone’s citizenship ever acceptable?

Guests:

Rebecca Butler

Barrister

Andrew Drury

Journalist and filmmaker

Yasmine Ahmed

UK Director of Human Rights Watch

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.

Traditional trade relations destroyed, soaring energy prices, and the threat of severe global food shortages. How has Russia’s conflict with Ukraine changed the global economy?

Guests:

Yuri Poluneev

Former Member of the Ukrainian Parliament and Former Deputy Head of the Supervisory Board of the National Bank of Ukraine

Arnaud Petit

Executive Director of the International Grain Council

Alicia García Herrero

Chief Economist for Asia Pacific at Natixis and Senior Fellow at Bruegel

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcasted 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 15:00 GMT on TRT World.

Russia thought it could take Kyiv in a matter of days, some Western analysts thought the same. But Ukraine is still standing.

This conflict has had one foot in the past and one foot firmly in the future. There’s been First World War style massed artillery and infantry storming trenches on the one hand, but unmanned drones and ultra-modern missiles on the other. So has Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II changed how wars are fought?

Guests:

Roderic Lyne

Former British Ambassador to Russia

Iuliia Osmolovska

Director of Kyiv office at GLOBSEC

David DesRoches

Former official in the US Department of Defense

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.

200 asylum seeking children in Britain have gone missing from government care. The UK’s Shadow Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, linked their disappearance to ‘a criminal network’, and accused the government of ‘completely failing to stop them’.

The authorities say they are trying to find the children, but is there any chance they will be found, and how could they be lost in the first place?

Guests:

Bharti Patel

Former CEO of Every Child Protected Against Trafficking

Neil Jameson

Director of UK Welcomes Refugees

Daniel Sohege

Campaigns Manager at Love 146 Human Rights Organisation

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.