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The World Debate convenes panels that engage in a robust exchange of views on issues that matter around the globe.

In its five year history, the programme has assembled an extraordinary roll call of world leaders and global figures: Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Kevin Rudd, Felipe Calderon, Michelle Bachelet, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Robert Zoellick, Bill Gates, Carlos Ghosn and Indra Nooyi among many others.

The Debates are recorded before a live studio audience.

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2012
Rescuing the global economy: what next? From Tokyo, Japan	Why Poverty? From Johannesburg, South Africa
2012: Reinventing Capitalism? From Davos, Switzerland Recorded 27 January 2012	Syria: Is it time to intervene From Paris, France Recorded 6 July 2012
2011
Can India Beat Corruption? From Mumbai, India Recorded 13 November 2011	Does the EU Have a Future? From Rome, Italy Recorded 25 September 2011
The Global Economy: A Tipping Point? From Washington, DC Recorded 22 September 2011	Powering Development in the 21st Century From Vienna, Austria Recorded 21 June 2011
Russia: Facing West and East? From St Petersburg, Russia Recorded 17 June 2011	Does Mining Benefit Africa? From Lusaka, Zambia Recorded 16 June 2011
Asia: Sharing the Wealth? From Jakarta, Indonesia Recorded 13 June 2011	The Arab Spring: Is America Getting it Right? From Washington DC Recorded 24 May 2011
The Arctic: A Resource or Reserve? From Nuuk, Greenland Recorded 12 May 2011	Have the West's Policies Failed North Africa & the Middle East? From Brussels, Belgium Recorded 26 March 2011
Is Homosexuality Un-African? From Johannesburg, South Africa Recorded 12 March 2011	What Role for Islam in Democracy? From Istanbul, Turkey Recorded 23 February 2011
Global Leadership: A New Era? From Davos, Switzerland Recorded 29 January 2011
2010
Can Human Trafficking Be Stopped? From Luxor, Egypt Recorded December 12 2010	Natural Resources: Enough to Go Around? From Dubai, UAE Recorded 30 November 2010
Middle East Peace: Are the Right People Talking? From Marrakech, Morocco Recorded 27 October 2010