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The Forum: Turmoil Around the World and in Ourselves

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People march to react against military coup attempt, in Ankara, 2016 credit :ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images)

10/09/2016 GMT

Turmoil Around the World and in Ourselves

BBC World Service - The Forum, Turmoil Around the World and in Ourselves

Exploring turmoil in politics and society

How do we respond to turmoil in the World? Are things really more chaotic than they used to be?

Turmoil is all around us – in politics, in our mental health and in fantasy fiction, which often seems to excite our hunger for nightmare scenarios.

With threats of terrorism, environmental catastrophe and political pandemonium around the globe amplified by modern communications, Samira Ahmed is joined by psychiatrist Mina Fazel, political scientist Daniel Drezner, and horror writer and Zombie expert Max Brooks to explore how we might cope with real or perceived disaster and disorder and examine whether the apparent chaos of the modern world really is greater than ever before.

(Photo: People wave national flags as they march to react against a military coup attempt, in Ankara, in July 2016. Credit: Getty Images)

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