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How do we learn to live with Covid?
As Plan B Covid restrictions end how do we transition to a society that lives with Covid?
麻豆社 Funding
With 麻豆社 funding under pressure, how might alternatives to the licence fee work?
Inflation
Prices are soaring. Inflation is at a 30 year high. How worried should we be?
Brexit: What Have We Learned?
Weighing up the costs and gains for the UK and Europe a year after Brexit.
Space Wars and Laws
Could space be the next frontier for conflict? And what would it look like?
Ukraine: Could There Be War?
Russian troops are amassed close to the Ukrainian border - what's happening and why?
Afghanistan: What Now? What Next?
From insurgency to government - the challenges for the Taliban and the west.
Living in a Variant World
Where do Covid variants like Omicron come from? And what makes a variant dangerous?
Europe's Covid Surge
As parts of Europe struggle to contain Covid cases we ask what that means for them and us.
China Crisis?
With an energy shortage and growing debts, is China's economy in trouble?