Controversies
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Europe is failing its Muslims
Amid growing hostility towards Islam, should Europeans be doing more for its Muslims?
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The Republicans need to play ball
From healthcare to the budget deficit, the GOP are blocking all Obama's plans. Should they?
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The crisis in Greece shows it's time to bury the euro
Is Greece merely the first domino to fall in Euroland?
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Obama should meet the Dalai Lama
Is it worth antagonising China for the sake of a symbolic gesture?
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Apple's iPad is a temptation we should resist
What will Apple's new gizmo mean for publishing and the internet?
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An Oscar for Avatar? You can't be serious!
James Cameron's ecological epic is the biggest film ever. Is it any good?
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Napoleon Bonaparte: Hero or monster?
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Obama is right to bash the bankers
Or is the Volcker rule pure populist panic?
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The US should stay in Haiti for as long as it takes
Aid agencies have criticised America's overbearing response to the quake
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Pakistan should tackle the Taliban without the US
Do drone attacks kill dangerous militants - or radicalise innocents?
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Airports should use racial and religious profiling
IQ² in replay
Intelligence² is the only institution in town - aside from Parliament - to provide a forum for debate on the crucial issues of the day. Here are quick links to videos of our most recent debates and discussions.
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Europe is failing its Muslims
Has Europe fallen into an "us vs them" mindset? Or are we missing the "silent revolution"?
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Joseph Stiglitz in conversation with Evan Davis
Economist and Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz on the financial crisis
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Public schools are a blight on British society
David Aaronovitch, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, Francis Wheen, Mary Beard, Barnaby Lenon
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Pakistan: what next?
Imran Khan, Sir David Richards, Anatol Lieven, Jonathan Paris, William Dalrymple, Farzana Shaikh, Jaswant Singh
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Everything a man does he does to get laid
Howard Jacobson, Rod Liddle, Rowan Pelling, David Buss
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It is time to lift sanctions against Burma
Frank Smithuis, Mark Farmaner, Thant Myint-U, Derek Tonkin, Brad Adams, Benedict Rogers
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Atheism is the new fundamentalism
Richard Dawkins, Charles Moore, A.C. Grayling, Bishop Richard Harries
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The threat to our civil liberties has been much exaggerated
David Aaronovitch, A C Grayling, Conor Gearty, Shami Chakrabarti
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Obama's economic policies are working effectively
Lawrence Mishel, Steve Rattner, Eliot Spitzer, James K. Galbraith, Allan H. Meltzer
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Free-market capitalism is so 20th century
Rory Bremner, Paul Mason, Stephen King, Ian Bremmer, Kim Campbell, Jean Pisani-Ferry, Vince Cable
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The Catholic Church is a force for good in the world
Christopher Hitchens, Stephen Fry,John Onaiyekan, Ann Widdecombe
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William Dalrymple on Delhi
William Dalrymple lectures on Delhi's rich history and culture
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The World in 2050
Jack Klaff, Ian Goldin, Malcolm McCulloch, Julian Savulescu, Sarah Harper
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Churchill was a liability to the free world
Pat Buchanan, Nigel Knight, Norman Stone, Andrew Roberts, Anthony Beevor, Prof. Richard Overy
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Can art be taught to the facebook generation?
Antony Gormley, Stephen Bayley, Alain de Botton
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Psychotherapy has done more harm than good
Theodore Dalrymple, Andrew Samuels, Lord Layard
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The future of parliamentary democracy in Britain
David Cannadine, Malcom Rifkind, David Aaronovitch
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Happiness lies in making do with less
Rosie Boycott, Dr Anthony Seldon, Christine Hamilton, Dominic Lawson
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The future belongs to India, not China
Deepak Lal, Sir Mark Tully, Gurcharan Das, Lord Powell, Danny Quah, Sir David Tang
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George Steiner on The Poetry of Thought
George Steiner explains how poetry can be found in even the most technical prose
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Round 1 - Ruskin v. Palladio
Robert Adam, Dr Manolo Guerci, Robert Hewison, Simon Jenkins, Jeremy O'Grady
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Britain has become indifferent to beauty
David Starkey, Germanie Greer, Roger Scruton, Stephen Bayley
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Rory Stewart on Kabul
Rory Stewart OBE lectures on the culture and history of the Afghan capital
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Afghanistan - The Future
Richard Lindley, Matthew Parris, Lord Inge, Clare Lockhart, Rory Stewart, Christina Lamb, Anatol Lieven, Lord Ashdown
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Amos Oz in conversation with Melvyn Bragg
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The era of American dominance is over
Sir Christopher Meyer, Evan Davis, Sir Lawrence Freedman, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
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Clive James on Florence
Clive James delivers the Lord Forte Memorial Lecture on the Tuscan capital
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The United Nations is terminally paralysed
Zeinab Badawi, Robert Kagan, Denis MacShane, Shashi Tharoor, Sir Jeremy Greenstock
Talks
Interviews, conversations and lectures - everyone from comedians to climate campaigners talking on the issues they care about. Here is our editors' selection of the NEWEST content.
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Business and the media with Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch discusses his career, the newspaper industry, and a digital future for journalism
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Contagious Newsletter: Beta & Battle of Big Thinking
Featuring mflow's music recommendation service
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Carmen Callil on literature, justice, and the Old Bailey
Carmen Callil explains the story of Bouchra El-Hor
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Aung San Suu Kyi on non-violence
The Secretary General of Burma's NLD explains the importance of non-violent protest
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Flemming Rose on free speech in a globalised world
The controversial journalist examines the erosion of free speech
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Apollo 11 footage
Video shot by the crew of Apollo 11 during lunar orbit in 1969
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HRH The Prince of Wales on sustainable technologies
The Prince of Wales explains the benefits of sustainability
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Ben Macintyre on Operation Mincemeat
Historian Ben Macintyre looks at a classic example of military deception in WWII
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Contagious Newsletter/Thicker Connections
Featuring Philips' follow-up to 2009's Carousel campaign and Lady Gaga
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Jeffrey Sachs on economic governance
The recession showed that economic governance is not working – what can we do to reform it?
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Francis Wheen on paranoia in the 1970s
Francis Wheen discusses conspiracies in the 1970s and the failings of New Labour
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Christopher Hitchens – The morals of an atheist
Christopher Hitchens explains why he advocates atheism
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Contagious Newsletter/Sparks, Sports, and Sprite
Featuring Sprite's innovative use of social networking
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: A World Split Apart
The Nobel Laureate's commencement speech at Harvard in 1978
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TS Eliot reads selected works
The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock and The Journey of the Magi read by the poet himself
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Guinness/Area 22
Guinness's partnership with Gilbert and the Fraunhofer Institute could revolutionise rugby
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Anatol Lieven on democracy in Pakistan and Britain
Anatol Lieven discusses Pakistan's fragile democracy
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Imran Khan on government in Pakistan, and dealing with the Taliban
Imran Khan explains how to stop Taliban recruitment
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Phillip Tobias on Raymond Dart and the 'Taung Child'
Phillip Tobias discusses his mentor's discovery of Australopithecus africanus
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Francis Bacon on his work and methods
Melvyn Bragg explores the world of Francis Bacon
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Hunter S Thompson 1977 CBC interview
The American author on money and President Carter
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Azar Nafisi on the the role of women in Islam
Azar Nafisi talks to Lisa Dwan about writing novels, and the role of women in Islam
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Rupert Sheldrake on the laws of nature and memory
Biologist Rupert Sheldrake discusses morphic resonance
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Audio: Susan Greenfield and Lisa Jardine on identity
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David Blanchflower on the lost generation
David Blanchflower, Stephen Timms, Terry Ryall, Miles Templeman, Wes Streeting
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Press Freedom
Joanne Cash, Fatima Bhutto, Nick Cohen, Andrew Gilligan
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Lessons from financial crises
George Soros, Dr Ian Goldin, Roger Goodman, Anatole Kaletsky
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Intel/Infoscape
Intel takes a hands-on approach to illustrate the power of its new processor chip
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Martin Parr on Parrworld (Part 1)
Photographer Martin Parr discusses his exhibition at the BALTIC
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