Peace & Security

Mishal Husain Meets Rana Dasgupta – The Making and Unmaking of a World Order

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Rana Dasgupta joins Mishal Husain, host of the Mishal Husain Show podcast, to discuss the future of our nation-state system.

The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and the unlearned lessons of history

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Two decades after the invasion of Afghanistan, veteran journalist Jon Anderson and Afghan filmmaker Tamana Ayazi reflect on the colossal misjudgements of the U.S. invasion

Spring 2026 Impact Programme

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Hello from the Impact Programme team. We’ve had a great start to the year, and here’s just some of what you can look forward to in March, April and May.

How to defeat the far right with Nick Lowles

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Anti-immigrant hostility feeds off dissatisfaction. Only by recreating a sense of community in left-behind areas do we stand a chance at combating it, says the CEO of Hope not Hate

Nation of Strangers featuring Ece Temelkuran and Juliet Stevenson

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Writer and political thinker Ece Temelkuran presents her new book in an event featuring live readings from Juliet Stevenson, hosted by Jon Alexander and Omezzine Khelifa.

Afghanistan: Two Decades of War and Its Legacy

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In conversation with Jon Lee Anderson, Saima Mohsin and Tamana Ayazi.

The Crime That Underpins All Other Crimes

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Money laundering costs the global economy an estimated $2 trillion a year and sustains everything from drug trafficking to war. At a recent talk at The Conduit in London, journalist Oliver Bullough argued that decades of effort to stop it have failed, and explained why.

Nick Lowles: How to Defeat the Far Right

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Renowned campaigner Nick Lowles reflects on pressing questions and possible solutions amid the rise of far-right extremism.

In Sudan’s forgotten war, civilians have built their own lifelines

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As Sudan’s civil war enters its third year and the humanitarian crisis deepens, volunteer-run Emergency Response Rooms have become vital sources of survival and solidarity. Their work reveals both the scale of civilian resilience and the cost of an international inaction.

From surviving the Holocaust to international human rights judge

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Theodor Meron transformed his experience surviving genocide into a legal career that has shaped international human rights law for in the decades since.