Roundtable

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special operation” in Ukraine is dragging into its 10th month. Initial hopes of a quick victory have faded and his forces continue to face setbacks on the battlefield.

For now, Putin’s grip on power remains firm but that could change with further setbacks. While the WEST would like to diminish Russia’s war capabilities, they’re not so sure they want Putin to go? But who would replace him? And does the West have the willpower to keep propping up Ukraine?

Guests:

Alexander Titov

Russia analyst and Lecturer in Modern European History at Queen's University Belfast

Robert Wade

Professor of Global Political at London School of Economics

Robert Fox

Defence Editor, Evening Standard

Europe wants to increase its presence in the Horn of Africa, moving away from just development to focusing on security issues. But it is being accused of engaging in a great power competition. So what is driving Europe’s renewed focus in the Horn of Africa and what is it hoping to achieve there?

Guests:

Alexander Rondos

Former EU Special Representative for the Horn of Africa

Michael Woldemariam

Associate Professor at the University of Maryland

Abdullahi Boru Halakhe

Horn of Africa Analyst

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.

As the UK conservative party stumbles from one crisis to another, Labour sees the chance of returning to power after 12 years in opposition. During which time, its faced accusations of anti-Semitism.

Deporting asylum seekers to Africa - no, not Britain, in this case, but Denmark - and it’s proving to be a big part of next month’s election campaign. And again it’s Rwanda, just like the UK, although Britain hasn’t actually sent anyone there yet. Can the Danes make the policy work despite international criticism?

GUESTS:

Charlotte Slente

Secretary General at the Danish Refugee Council

Ahmad Joumaa

Author of ‘While you wait’

Ditte Maria Brasso Sorensen

Senior Fellow at Europa

John Gustavsson

Contributor at The Dispatch

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.

The European Commission’s proposed a ban in the EU of products linked to forced labour and other human rights abuses, exactly a year after its President declared the body would take action. So, how effective is the proposal?

Guests:

Scott Nova

Executive Director at Worker Rights Consortium

Chloe Cranston

Head of Thematic Advocacy at Anti-Slavery International

Antonio Gambini

Lobby and Advocacy Coordinator at the European Clean Clothes Campaign Coalition

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Russia has always opposed a U-S NATO-led European defence system that could knock out enemy missiles- but with the conflict in Ukraine, Germany is signing up other countries to join its programme.

For a nation that has been a persistent laggard in defence spending, and a reluctant supplier of weapons to Ukraine, is this finally the time Berlin burnishes its defensive credentials?

Edward Hunter Christie

Senior Research Fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs

Elisabeth Braw

Resident Fellow, Foreign and Defence Policy at the American Enterprise Institute

Peter Roberts

Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute

The US president Joe Biden says Russian president Vladimir Putin isn’t "joking" when he talks about using nuclear weapons. There could be nuclear ‘armageddon’ he claims. "For the first time since the Cuban Missile Crisis, we have a direct threat to the use of nuclear weapons, if in fact things continue down the path they'd been going" The White House said that Biden’s warning was not based on new intelligence suggesting an imminent nuclear threat. So is the west overestimating Putin’s intentions or will he end this war by using nukes?

GUESTS:

Nikolai Sokov

Senior fellow at the VCDNP

Mark Kimmitt

Former Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs

Keir Giles

Senior Consulting Fellow at Chatham House

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.

Amid Russia’s onslaught in Ukraine, very little attention is being paid to the under-siege country’s much smaller neighbour Moldova.

Once part of the Soviet Union, Moldova remains under Moscow’s influence, but not on friendly terms especially since it began courting the EU in 2014.

On top of consequent Russian embargoes and other punishments Moldova’s faced over those eight years, Moscow is now apparently witholding the gas supplies that Moldova wholly depends on. Threatening livelihoods and political stability, as the forecast bitter winter approaches.

Guests:

Klaus Larres

Professor of History and International Affairs, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Lucia Scripcari

Analyst on Moldovan Domestic and Foreign Policy

Thomas O'Donnell

Energy and Geopolitics Analyst

President Vladimir Putin has announced the annexation of Ukrainian regions to Russia, to loud condemnation from the West and NATO allies. What happens next?

Motivated by Russia's conflict with Ukraine and the latter’s desire to join the EU, Macron first proposed the idea of this forum in May, touting its main purpose as a platform for multilateral dialogue and cooperation. But will this disparate ‘club of nations’ fail, like the one proposed by a previous French leader more than 30 years ago? Or will its members actually stand stronger together against Russia’s belligerence?

GUESTS:

Charles Grant

Director at the Centre for European Reform

Philippe Marliere

Professor of French and European Politics at University College London

Jonathan Lis

Deputy Director at British Influence

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.