Battle of Ideas 2015
Festival weekend: International Relations & Development

Fuller details of sessions are available where the title is in bold.

Saturday 17 October: 12.00-13.00
Eye on the World Pit Theatre
Travelling for a change: the new ethical tourism
Saturday 17 October: 14.00-15.30
Eye on the World Pit Theatre
Plantation politics: is industrial farming bad for the developing world?
Saturday 17 October: 16.00-17.15
Eye on the World Pit Theatre
Young Arab Voices: resisting radicalisation
Saturday 17 October: 16.00-17.00
Hot Off the Press Free Stage
Do we need the Sustainable Development Goals?
Sunday 18 October: 10.00-11.30
War and peace Conservatory
New wars, new technology
International Battles Garden Room
Modi's India: good days for all?
Sunday 18 October: 12.00-13.00
International Battles Garden Room
France: liberté, égalité, fraternité today
Sunday 18 October: 14.00-15.30
Contemporary Controversies Free Stage
Bookshop Barnie with Jeanne-Marie Gescher on All Under Heaven: China's Dreams of Order
International Battles Garden Room
China and India: putting the space race before the human race?
Sunday 18 October: 16.00-17.15
International Battles Garden Room
What next for Greece?
War and peace Conservatory
Asymmetric warfare and the new terrorism
Sunday 18 October: 17.30-18.45
International Battles Garden Room
Shifting sands: understanding the Middle East today

From betting to minimum pricing: saving the poor from themselves?

"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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