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Understanding the World
Season 46 - 2026 to 2027
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What is Immigration Policy For?
Madeleine Sumption
Director of the Migration Observatory, University of Oxford
8th October 2026
Can Humanitarian Aid Still Deliver in a Fractured World?
Dr Duncan Green
Professor in Practice and Senior Strategic Adviser at Oxfam GB, London School of Economics and Political Science
15th October 2026
EU & UK: Separate or Converging Paths?
Her Excellency Susanne Baumann
German Ambassador to the UK
22nd October 2026
India and China: Tensions, or Trade and Treaties?
Dr Chietigj Bajpaee
Senior Research Fellow for South Asia, Chatham House (RIIA)
29th October 2026
The Electoral System: all a question of geography?
Professor Sir John Curtice
Professor of Politics, University of Strathclyde
5th November 2026
The House of War: does conflict in the Middle East end?
John Raine CMG OBE
Senior Advisor, Geopolitical Due Diligence, International Institute forStrategic Studies
12th November 2026
Global Finance in a Divided World
Professor David Marsh CBE
Chairman OMFIF, Visiting Prof Kings College London & Sheffield University
19th November 2026
The Asian Century: Can We Work with China?
Cindy Yu
Columnist and Contributing Editor at The Times and The Sunday Times
26th November 2026
Russia and the West
Sir Laurie Bristow KCMG
President, Hughes Hall Cambridge, former UK Ambassador to Russia
3rd December 2026
Why Growth Matters for Equity
Paul Johnson CBE
Provost, The Queen's College, University of Oxford
10th December 2026
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