Worlds Apart
The battle of the sexes is the longest running battle in human history. Waged on playgrounds, in homes and pretty much anywhere you can find people, the conflict has in recent years taken on a new dimension in the West, with one side – the...May 9, 2021 07:08- Worlds Apart is a fast-paced, in-depth discussion on the most pressing issues facing the world today.It strives to depart from the traditional Q&A form of interview in favor of a more emotive and engaging conversation. Host Oksana Boyko is not afraid to ask the hard questions that others avoid, with the aim of promoting intelligent public debate.
- Boys can’t be boys? Michael Gurian, psychotherapist & bestselling authorThe battle of the sexes is the longest running battle in human history. Waged on playgrounds, in homes and pretty much anywhere you can find people, the conflict has in recent years taken on a new dimension in the West, with one side – the...May 9, 2021 07:08
- Preventing the unpreventable? Robert Lawrence Kuhn, renowned China expert & bestselling authorLive and let live is one of the oldest moral imperatives, and it’s increasingly being called into question by modern-day geopolitics. The United States, in its doctrinal documents, makes it no secret that it sees the success of others,...May 2, 2021 06:54
- One and only no more? Dmitry Suslov, Deputy Director at the Centre for Comprehensive European and Int'l Studies at HSEPlaying hard to get has long been an underlying rationale of US foreign policy – it’s no secret that the Americans view themselves as an indispensable nation, with which dialogue is both an imperative and a dispensed grace to any other...Apr 25, 2021 06:54
- Hot line? Evgeny Buzhinsky, chairman of the executive board at the PIR CenterHostilities in eastern Ukraine have more than once resulted in a call to arms for Kiev’s Western allies, a call that has, time and again, raised the threat of a direct confrontation between Russia and the United States. But this past week, as...Apr 18, 2021 06:54
- Science quarantined? Martin Kulldorff, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical SchoolMore than a year into the global pandemic, Covid-19 still presents scientists and doctors with many puzzles. However, in the public domain, it’s surrounded by just as many dogmas, the challenging of which can prompt stricter isolation than the...Apr 11, 2021 06:48
- Vote by rote? Yossi Mekelberg, senior consulting research fellow at Chatham HouseThere is a saying in Russia that whenever two Jews come together, there are at least three opinions. This was fully borne out by the latest Israeli election, which, after months of electioneering, resulted in yet another stalemate, with 13 parties...Apr 4, 2021 06:42
- Moral exhibitionism? Alexander Lukin, head of the Department of International Relations at HSEHaving promised to use diplomacy as a tool of first resort and engage in substantive dialogue with both Russia and China, the new US administration is off to a rocky start. President Biden casually calling his Russian counterpart a killer, followed...Mar 28, 2021 06:43
- Vexing over vaxxing? Luke O’Neill, professor of biochemistry at Trinity College DublinIt’s been roughly a year since Covid-19 emerged, running roughshod over all aspects of our lives, with its spikes pricking and infecting everything we used to take for granted. But as vaccines slowly but surely enable our release from...Mar 21, 2021 06:29
- Faithfully reasonable? Spencer Critchley, author of ‘Patriots of Two Nations: Why Trump Was Inevitable and What Happens Next’Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of the United States, once quipped that common sense without education is better than education without common sense. More than two centuries later, the country he helped found is more divided than...Mar 14, 2021 07:06
- Forever until it ends? Georgi Derluguian, professor of social research & public policy at New York University, Abu DhabiMikhail Gorbachev, one of most recognizable politicians of the 20th century, recently marked his 90th birthday and, while his legacy still remains the subject of hot ideological debate, it’s puzzling that his main brainchild, perestroika,...Mar 7, 2021 07:05
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