{"id":12028,"date":"2026-09-23T16:36:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T14:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shams-alyaoum.com\/en\/?p=12028"},"modified":"2026-09-23T16:36:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T14:36:40","slug":"doha-debates-podcast-returns-for-a-new-season-exploring-the-ideas-shaping-our-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shams-alyaoum.com\/en\/doha-debates-podcast-returns-for-a-new-season-exploring-the-ideas-shaping-our-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Doha Debates Podcast Returns for a New Season Exploring the Ideas Shaping Our World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span lang=\"EN\">The 20-episode season, launched September 22, builds on questions raised in flagship debates and global town halls through long-form conversations.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Qatar Foundation\u2019s Doha Debates has launched a new season of the Doha Debates Podcast, with 20 episodes airing weekly through February 16, 2027. The series brings leading global thinkers together to debate some of the world\u2019s most complex and challenging issues.<\/p>\n<div class=\"content content-justify \">\n<p>The podcast carries forward themes from its flagship debates and town halls through long-form conversations, reflecting Doha Debates\u2019 commitment to open, truth-seeking dialogue exploring global issues with depth, nuance and respect for diverse perspectives.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The opening episode, \u201cWill China or the West lead the world into the future?\u201d moderated by <b>Soraya Salam<\/b>, brings together <b>Renata \u00c1vila<\/b>, CEO of the Open Knowledge Foundation; <b>Arnaud Bertrand<\/b>, entrepreneur; <b>Isabel Hilton<\/b>, visiting professor at the Lau China Institute, King&#8217;s College, London; and <b>Henry Wang<\/b>, founder and president of the Center for China and Globalization, to examine the contest over influence, technology and the international order.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For much of the past century, Western powers played an outsized role in shaping that order. China\u2019s growing economic, technological and diplomatic influence is challenging that balance.<\/p>\n<p>This episode asks whether Western influence is in decline. Does China offer an alternative, or a different set of dependencies? And with tensions over Taiwan, the war in Ukraine and the race for artificial intelligence reshaping geopolitics, can competing visions of global order coexist?<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Wang says we are \u201cat a crossroads\u201d as the global order shifts \u201cfrom a unipolar world to a multipolar world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYet the multipolar system is not there. I think right now, the daunting task is that we have to get the major players to work together,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Hilton cautions against reducing the debate to a moral binary. \u201cI do think that if we regard the world as one side good, the other side bad, we\u2019re really not serving the conversation,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Bertrand argues that the differences between China and the West need not be irreconcilable. \u201cWe need to find a way to coexist and to accept each other as others,\u201d he says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00c1vila looks beyond major powers, hoping to see \u201ca different configuration of countries\u2014a little like the Non-Aligned Movement did back in the days\u2014that could have enough weight to tame the powerful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new podcast season explores how cultural, social and political change shapes our identities, covering a range of topics including international law; the state of journalism, work and parenting; emerging technologies and the legacy of wars and empires.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWill China or the West lead the world into the future?\u201d is available across podcast platforms, YouTube and DohaDebates.com. 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