CrossTalk on post-oil

­On this edition of Peter Lavelle's CrossTalk, he asks his guests how long the world can remain addicted to oil. What is, or should be, our energy future? Should we embrace green technology to replace our current addiction to carbon fuels? (Though there are those who believe this an unrealistic scam at the moment). Is the future path nuclear energy, considered by many as far safer today than a...

CrossTalk in the UN-United

­Does the world really need the United Nations? Peter Lavelle and his CrossTalk guests discuss whether the UN is still relevant. Should it be reformed, particularly the Security Council, or should it be abolished? At the end of the Cold War, many people hoped that the UN would finally realize its founders' dreams of world peace, security and freedom through international cooperation. But now...

CrossTalk: welcome 2011!

­On this edition of Peter Lavelle's CrossTalk, he and his guests discuss what to expect in this new year.

CrossTalk: bye-bye 2010!

­This time on Peter Lavelle's CrossTalk, he and his guests reflect on the year about to end.

CrossTalk on the “New Anti-Semitism”

­On this edition of Peter Lavelle's CrossTalk, he and his guests discuss what some call the “New Anti-Semitism.” Is anti-Semitism on the rise? If this is indeed happening, what explains this? Is this because of Israel’s domestic and foreign policy? Is it because of the rise of some forms of highly politicized and radicalized Islam? Or is it because of American foreign policy around the world and...

CrossTalk: after the sale

­Peter Lavelle and his CrossTalk guests discuss the nature of modern consumerism. One of the defining characteristics of modern life is mass consumption. Western lifestyles are being adopted globally. But with the advent of the global recession will those who were once rich now have to life more modestly?

CrossTalk on the new exodus

­On this edition of Peter Lavelle's CrossTalk, he and his guests examine what is being called the new exodus – Christians leaving the Holy Land. Christians have lived in historic Palestine since the advent of Christianity, living alongside Muslims and Jews for much of that time. There are concerns this could soon come to an end.

CrossTalk on Kosovo - renegade state

­ On this edition of Peter Lavelle's CrossTalk, he asks his guests whether Kosovo is nothing more than a criminal state supported by Washington and its NATO allies.

CrossTalk: is the US a fair broker?

­On this edition of Peter Lavelle's CrossTalk, he asks his guests whether the so-called Middle East peace process needs a new power broker to replace the US.

CrossTalk on cyber wars

­On this edition of Peter Lavelle's CrossTalk, he asks his guests how big the gap is between what WikiLeaks does and the possibility of a cyber war in the immediate future.