Analysis examines the ideas and forces which shape the world we live in - this collection of programmes explores political issues from around the world.
Lucy Ash explores maskirovka, the Russia strategy of military deception.
Are state secrets doomed by an emerging alliance of the anti-state right and liberal left?
Edward Stourton investigates the Russian leader's geostrategic vision.
As China changes leadership, Mukul Devichand probes Beijing's hidden battle of ideas.
Mukul Devichand asks what President Obama has actually achieved on the world stage.
Does the Middle East any longer recognise the 'lines in the sand' imposed by the West?
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood won at the polls but failed to keep power. What went wrong?
Investigating Foreign Secretary William Hague's vision for the Arab world.
Could a hot war with Iran be about to start? Analysis probes the West's options.
Edward Stourton explores the prospects for post-revolution government in the Arab world.
Edward Stourton investigates Turkish politics and the nation's place in the world.
Bronwen Maddox considers the prospects of lasting peace for the Iraqi people.
Bronwen Maddox of The Times asks if small nations can survive as independent states.
Michael Blastland explores how far individuals really change what happens in the world.
Philip Stephens investigates British foreign policy.
Justin Webb explores what the primaries tell us about the state of the right in the US.
Mark Urban asks if the Obama presidency will see substantial reform at the Pentagon.
How effective is cultural diplomacy as a weapon of soft power?
Maha Azzam examines the long term implications of the recent uprisings in the Middle East.
