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Written debates

We cannot win in Afghanistan

25 Jun 2010
Israel's flotilla attack was entirely justified

07 Jun 2010
Closing the gap

07 Jun 2010
Debate Transcript: Obama's foreign policy is a gift to America's enemies

05 Jun 2010
Obama's foreign policy is good for America's position in the world

26 May 2010
The Ottoman Empire was good for the Arabs

17 May 2010
It's time to talk to the Taliban

12 Mar 2010
The US should step back from its special relationship with Israel

10 Feb 2010
Pakistan should tackle the Taliban without the US

14 Jan 2010
Kashmir should be part of Pakistan

13 Jan 2010
Can democracy survive in the Middle East?

23 Nov 2009
Democracy is not for everyone

22 Oct 2009

Live debates

Obama's foreign policy spells America's decline

Filmed: 11 May 2010
Obama's foreign policy is a gift to America's enemies

Filmed: 27 May 2010
America cannot succeed in Afghanistan/Pakistan

Filmed: 06 Oct 2009
The US should step back from its relationship with Israel

Filmed: 09 Feb 2010
The 'road map' to peace is leading to nowhere

Filmed: 10 Sep 2003
Islam is incompatible with democracy

Filmed: 18 May 2004
A pre-emptive foreign policy is a recipe for disaster

Filmed: 13 Sep 2004
The West must stay friends with the House of Saud

Filmed: 23 Mar 2005
Zionism today is the real enemy of the Jews

Filmed: 25 Jan 2005
Pakistan: what next?

Filmed: 14 Jan 2010
Tyrants should be left free to tyrannise their own people

Filmed: 14 Sep 2005
The time to quit Iraq is now

Filmed: 17 Jan 2006
The threat posed by Iran has been exaggerated

Filmed: 25 Apr 2006
We should bomb Iran before they get the bomb

Filmed: 22 Jan 2008
We should never negotiate with terrorists

Filmed: 03 Oct 2006
Our mission in Afghanistan is destined to fail

Filmed: 22 Feb 2007
The American Empire is a force for good

Filmed: 30 Oct 2003
Afghanistan - The Future

Filmed: 10 Mar 2009
Rory Stewart on Kabul

Filmed: 12 Mar 2009
The superiority of Western values

Filmed: 09 Oct 2007
Paths to Peace: The Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Filmed: 16 Sep 2008
The future of Iraq

Filmed: 11 Dec 2007

Talks

Bella Freud on the Hoping Foundation

Filmed: 14 Jun 2010
Obama's foreign policy, with Philip Bobbitt and Stephen Walt

Filmed: 23 Jan 2010
John Pilger on the Obama foreign policy

Filmed: 06 Nov 2008
Barack Obama on US foreign policy

Filmed: 12 Oct 2007
War and terror with Philip Bobbitt

Filmed: 29 Apr 2008
The United States and the Middle East with Fouad Ajami

Filmed: 27 Apr 2010
Afghanistan Briefing by Jeffrey McCausland

Filmed: 29 Oct 2009
Deborah Amos on Eclipse of the Sunnis

Filmed: 18 Mar 2010
Katherine Brown and Robert Diamond on exit from Afghanistan

Filmed: 16 Mar 2010
Jacob Weisberg on the US and the Middle East

Filmed: 24 Mar 2010
Intelligence and Security with James Woolsey

Filmed: 14 Jan 2009
New rules of war with Hanson and Arquilla

Filmed: 19 Mar 2010
How To Win A Cosmic War meets Waltz With Bashir

Filmed: 25 Apr 2009
Breaking Down Barriers of Fear and Prejudice

Filmed: 30 May 2009
War and history with Victor Davis Hanson

Filmed: 09 Mar 2010
William Sieghart on the Israel-Palestine Conflict

Filmed: 15 Mar 2010
The Middle East with Daniel Pipes

Filmed: 03 Apr 2008
Enemies of State: why the US is hated

Filmed: 18 Apr 2002
'Crisis and Command' with John Yoo

Filmed: 18 Dec 2009
Imran Khan on government in Pakistan, and dealing with the Taliban

Filmed: 14 Jan 2009
Azar Nafisi on the the role of women in Islam

Filmed: May 2009
Hanan al-Shaykh on The Locust and the Bird

Filmed: 18 Jan 2010
Pakistan and the global war on terrorism

Filmed: 30 Jan 2008
What happened to pluralism in Kashmir?

Filmed:
An interview with Jaswant Singh (Part 2)

Filmed: 28 Aug 2009
An interview with Jaswant Singh (Part 1)

Filmed: 28 Aug 2009
Economic inequalities and Pakistan's Identity crisis

Filmed: 25 Nov 2009
Assessing Pakistan's proliferation risk

Filmed: Feb 2009
Jonathan Paris on the future of Pakistan

Filmed: 30 Apr 2009
Interview with General Sir David Richards

Filmed: Dec 2009
Afghanaid panel discussion

Filmed: 07 Oct 2009
Rethinking the Afghanistan War

Filmed: Mar 2009
Tariq Ali – Obama, Pakistan, and the US empire

Filmed: Jul 2009
Nadeem Aslam on Afghanistan, Islam, and the Qur'an

Filmed: Jan 2009
Rajiv Chandrashekaran on Baghdad's Green Zone

Filmed: Jan 2009
Friendly Fire: a discussion with Abraham B. Yehoshua

Filmed: 01 Mar 2009
John Pilger on propaganda disguised as journalism

Filmed: 24 Aug 2007
Karen Armstrong on the reason for interfaith

Filmed: 17 Jun 2009
Reza Aslan on the US in the Middle East, and the veil

Filmed: May 2009
Alexandra Pringle on the Middle East and Palestinian literature

Filmed: May 2009
Lord Patten on Chinese Hong Kong

Filmed: May 2009

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