Doha Debates

Doha Debates addresses urgent global issues like the refugee crisis, artificial intelligence, gender inequality, water shortage and climate change, globalism, and the future of capitalism. Join Doha Debates’ Moderator Ghida Fakhry, who has spent over two decades covering global conflict, for a series of live conversations that will inspire you to change the world.

Climate Change: Can we rise to the challenge?

November 4, 2021

From floods to forest fires, climate change is devastating the Earth. Can we rise to meet this challenge? Join us as journalist Naomi Klein, author Bjorn Lomborg and former president of Mauritius Ameenah Gurib-Fakim debate the best solutions to the climate crisis during COP26.

Global Cooperation

September 20, 2020

Racial injustice. Climate change. Gender inequality. A global pandemic. DearWorld, Can our global institutions meet the challenges we’re all facing — or is it time for a new system? Join us as Nobel Laureate Leymah Gbowee, author Ece Temelkuran and economist Yanis Varoufakis debate the future of global cooperation.

Free child care. Rent freezes. Cash payments. Governments are turning to socialist policies to stem the fallout from the pandemic-but could this be a moment ...

Socialism

July 20, 2020

Free child care. Rent freezes. Cash payments. Governments are turning to socialist policies to stem the fallout from the pandemic—but could this be a moment for lasting change? Join us as three guests — Lord William Hague, Fatima Bhutto and Tabata Amaral — debate whether the pandemic proves socialism is needed now more than ever.

In this debate, we ask what long-term challenges and opportunities CRISPR presents, looking closely at two particular consequences: the implications of gene ...

Future Of Genetics

March 11, 2020

#DearWorld, Gene editing technology promises to cure diseases and make us stronger and smarter—but where do we draw the line on becoming superhuman?

DearWorld, Can you believe we are still over 100 years away from achieving gender equality? How can we speed this up? Do quotas work? Join us as we search f...

Gender Equality

March 9, 2020

#DearWorld, Can you believe we are still over 100 years away from achieving gender equality? How can we speed this up? Do quotas work? Join us as we search for solutions to global gender inequality.

DearWorld, Across the globe, people are taking to the streets in protest - many have lost faith in their leaders. ‪Can that trust be restored or should it be replaced with something new? Join us for our debate Paris Peace Forum starting now:

Loss of Trust

November 12, 2019

Across the globe, people are taking to the streets in protest — many have lost faith in their leaders. Can that trust be restored or should it be replaced with something new?

DearWorld, As the wealth gap widens and natural resources shrink, it's time to rethink the limits of economic growth. Join now and share your thoughts as three experts debate the future of capitalism:

Capitalism

October 23, 2019

Is limitless growth realistic? Debate speakers include Jason Hickel, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, Anand Giridharadas.

How do we get water into everyone's hands? Who is best equipped to solve the challenge? Governments? Wealthy individuals and institutions? Your neighbours? You, yourself? Three experts will propose solutions on September 10 with audience participation and live digital voting.

Water scarcity, getting water into everyone’s hands

September 10, 2019

How do we get water into everyone’s hands? Who is best equipped to solve the challenge? Governments? Wealthy individuals and institutions? Your neighbors? You, yourself? Three experts proposed solutions on September 10 with audience participation and live digital voting.

Global threats are growing fast, from climate change and nuclear weapons to the spread of infectious disease and job loss from automation. As challenges rise, globalization is rising with it - a highly contested concept.

Globalization

July 24, 2019

Global threats are growing fast, from climate change and nuclear weapons to the spread of infectious disease and job loss from automation. As challenges rise, globalization is rising with it — a highly contested concept. Which variations of globalization, if any, are most balanced? Watch three experts debate solutions for the future of globalization.

Advocates for AI defend it as manageable and say the risks are marginal, and the rewards life-improving, by empowering more people with instant information. But critics warn about transparency gaps and power disparities, including a slippery slope into a digital apocalypse where superintelligent machines surpass humans' ability to control them.

Artificial Intelligence

April 3, 2019

Advocates for AI defend it as manageable and say the risks are marginal, and the rewards life-improving, by empowering more people with instant information. But critics warn about transparency gaps and power disparities, including a slippery slope into a digital apocalypse where superintelligent machines surpass humans’ ability to control them. Watch as four experts weigh in on the future of AI.

For our debut of Doha Debates, Ghida Fakhry moderated a Majilis-style conversation on the global refugee crisis. We were joined by Marc Lamont Hill, Douglas Murray, Muzoon Al-Mellehan and Sanam Naraghi Anderlini. Watch the full debate here.

Doha Debate 1: Global Refugee Crisis

A hot topic for the first Doha Debate. Passionate views on both sides of the spectrum. Can we show both mercy for refugees and justice for those in host countries as Douglas Murray suggests, or do we have to resist power structures and push back as Marc Lamont Hill argues? And what do refugees like Muzoon Almellehan think?

"There's never been a more important time than now to learn to listen and act together." This is the new Doha Debates, where we explore new and collaborative solutions to the world's most pressing challenges. Join the conversation - because we can't settle for a divided world.

Season One Trailer