Battle of Ideas 2014
Festival weekend: International Relations & Development
Saturday 18 October: 12.00-13.00
Interrogating Megatrends Conservatory
Feeding the world: can we engineer away hunger?
Eye on the World Cinema 3
In conversation: Israel
Saturday 18 October: 16.00-17.15
Austerity Dilemmas Garden Room
PIGS can't fly? Surviving austerity
Eye on the World Hammerson Room
Young Arab Voices: has the Arab Spring made us more polarised?
Sunday 19 October: 10.00-11.30
Eye on the World Garden Room
America: the twilight years?
Sunday 19 October: 12.00-13.00
Eye on the World Garden Room
Do they mean us? International views on Britain
Sunday 19 October: 14.00-15.30
Eye on the World Garden Room
Ukraine: Cold War rebooted?
Sunday 19 October: 16.00-17.15
Eye on the World Garden Room
Whose borders are they anyway? The nation state unravelling

America: the twilight years?

"Although 'battle' suggests destruction, these were some of the most constructive debates I've taken part in. This was civilised conflict in the best sense of both words."
Julian Baggini, author, Welcome to Everytown: A Journey into the English Mind, and The Ego Trick

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