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Europe is gripped by the biggest migrant crisis since the Second World War. The parallels with that
Filmed at Sadler's Wells on 17th July 2013. Speaking for the motion were Palestinian-American writer
What’s not to like? The deal reached between Iran and six world powers in July is a major diplomatic
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As Chinese President Xi Jinping visits the UK for a four-day state visit and David Cameron hails a "
No American statesman has been as revered and as reviled as Henry Kissinger. To the late Christopher
Terry Gilliam is one of the most multifaceted, visionary talents alive. He first found fame as a mem
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People everywhere are better off living in liberal democracy: that has been the reigning assumption
Fourteen years on from 9/11, we revisit our event "Ten Years after 9/11: The World Remade" from 2011
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For several years and more than a thousand miles, celebrated travel writer Robert Macfarlane has bee
In this talk from October 2011 the historian Norman Stone, who has lived in Turkey since 1997, took
Patriacide. Nationcide. Whatever you want to call it, that is what Israel is doing with its settleme
Roberto Saviano made a rare appearance in the UK in July 2015 when he came to the Intelligence Squar
Political philosopher John Gray and psychotherapist and essayist Adam Phillips came to the Intellige
This week's episode of the Intelligence Squared podcast features two sessions from our recent Digita
