Podcasts by Mark Leonards World in 30 Minutes
Weekly podcast on the events, policies and ideas that will shape the world.
World in 30 minutes is curated by Mark Leonard, Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), and features top-level speakers from across the EU and beyond to debate and discuss Europe’s role in the world. It was awarded “Best podcasts on EU politics” by PolicyLab in 2019.
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Will Western unity on Russia hold? Reporting from Munich Security Conference from 2022-02-21T13:06:52
Live from the Munich Security Conference (MSC)! Mark Leonard huddled together with editorial director for Le Monde and ECFR board and Council Member Sylvie Kauffmann and Jana Puglierin, head of ECF...
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Health of Nations: How Europe can fight future pandemics from 2022-02-18T10:23:24
This week, ECFR senior policy fellow, Susi Dennison, takes over the podcast to talk about international cooperation on global health. As many European countries are starting to see light at the end...
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The crisis of European security: What Europeans think about the war in Ukraine from 2022-02-11T15:02:39
In this episode, we reverse the usual roles: today’s host is ECFR’s Research Director Jeremy Shapiro and Mark Leonard tries out the role of guest. They discuss the surprising findings of ECFR’s la...
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System failure: The causes of humanitarian crises from 2022-02-04T11:01:48
Humanitarian crises in places like Afghanistan, Yemen or Ethiopia are not only a reflection of internal turmoil – but mirror a much grander development: system failure. In today’s episode, Mark Le...
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The Age of Unpeace: Therapy for internationalists | Session 5 with A. Bradford, T. Wright & F. Zhang from 2022-01-28T10:00:04
Since the holiday season, we have brought to you a special mini-series?looking at how?the?things that keep us connected?– like trade, tech, the internet, and?migration?–?can also tear us apart. But...
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Europe’s role in tackling the Russia-Ukraine crisis from 2022-01-21T12:25:28
Diplomatic talks about the Russia – Ukraine crisis are increasingly icy. While Europeans continue to gnash their teeth over a patchy security architecture, US president Biden and the Russian presid...
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The Age of Unpeace: Therapy for internationalists | Session 4 with Anne-Marie Slaughter from 2022-01-14T10:00:18
Since the holiday season we have brought to you a special mini-series?looking at how?the?things that keep us connected?– like trade, tech, the internet, and?migration?–?can also tear us apart.?But ...
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Top 10 foreign policy trends for 2022 from 2022-01-07T09:00:22
Traditions die hard, or so they say.
And thus, we are especially excited to continue one of our most popular traditions: Predicting ten foreign policy trends for 2022. This week, host Mark Leo...
The Age of Unpeace: Therapy for internationalists | Session 3 with Dan Drezner from 2021-12-31T09:30:02
Over the holiday season, we are bringing you a special mini-series looking at how the things that keep us connected – like trade, tech, the internet, and migration – can also tear us apart. But rat...
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The Age of Unpeace: Therapy for internationalists | Session 2 with Parag Khanna from 2021-12-24T09:30:46
Over the holiday season we are bringing you a special mini-series looking at how the things that keep us connected – like trade, tech, the internet and migration – can also tear us apart. But rathe...
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The Age of Unpeace: Therapy for internationalists | Session 1 with Marietje Schaake from 2021-12-17T09:30:20
Over the holiday season, we are bringing you a special mini-series looking at how the things that keep us connected – like trade, tech, the internet and migration – can also tear us apart. But rath...
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Jamil Anderlini: Inside scoop on POLITICO Europe from 2021-12-10T14:16:26
In this episode, host Mark Leonard is joined by POLITICO Europe's Editor-in-Chief Jamil Anderlini to discuss his plans for POLITICO. They talk about life in Brussels, breaking news in Asia, how to ...
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Syria’s war, Europe’s problem from 2021-12-03T09:53:09
After more than a decade of death and destruction – and despite a string of international efforts to end his regime - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad remains in power. Meanwhile, the country faces...
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The new German coalition’s roadmap for foreign policy from 2021-11-26T10:00:39
On Wednesday afternoon, the German Social Democrats, the FDP and the Greens presented their coalition agreement. The long-awaited deal sets out the roadmap for the “traffic light” government for th...
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The Russian troop build-up near Ukraine from 2021-11-19T10:00:59
At the beginning of this week, NATO warned about an ‘unusual’ concentration of Russian forces close to the Ukraine border. So far, the Kremlin has dismissed the warning as “alarmist” while the US a...
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How migration became a weapon: the Belarus-Polish border crisis from 2021-11-12T10:00:21
In the recent months, the EU and especially Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, have all seen an increasing number of people trying to enter their countries from Belarus. An estimated 2,000 migrants are ...
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COP26 and Europe’s green grand bargain from 2021-11-05T10:26:46
Negotiations of the 26th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26) are underway in Glasgow. This week, host Mark Leonard speaks with Lykke Friis...
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Ask the author anything! - Mark Leonard on "The Age of Unpeace" from 2021-10-29T09:00:14
This week, Mark Leonard answers your most burning questions about his newly released book, “The Age of Unpeace: How Connectivity causes Conflict”. Hosted by ECFR’s head of communications, Ana Rami...
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French connection: Macron’s plans for Europe from 2021-10-22T12:48:56
Last week, French president Emmanuel Marcon presented a massive investment plan – “France 2030”. The roadmap sketches out France’s digital and green transformation and is meant to set up the countr...
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Out of Order: the Polish Constitutional Court’s challenge to the European Union from 2021-10-15T10:40:04
A major ruling of Poland’s Constitutional Court challenging the primacy of EU law has escalated Warsaw’s legal and political dispute with Brussels and unleashed serious concerns of a ‘Polexit.’ In ...
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Europe’s role in a post-American Middle East from 2021-10-08T09:36:36
As the US looks to disentangle itself from various conflicts globally, it leaves behind power vacuums. In the MENA region, various regional – and global - powers are vying to fill the void. In this...
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Germany’s election result and what it means for Europe from 2021-10-01T12:02:59
German election results are in, and they mark a new era for Germany. On 26 September, Germans headed to the polls to vote in one of the most unpredictable elections since Angela Merkel took office ...
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The transatlantic meaning of AUKUS from 2021-09-24T10:00:49
The announcement of the new Indo-Pacific security alliance between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States - dubbed ‘AUKUS’ - has led to the biggest crisis in transatlantic relations s...
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Sneak Peek | The Age of Unpeace: How Connectivity Causes Conflict from 2021-09-17T08:29:20
Get a sneak peek into Mark Leonard's latest book "The Age of Unpeace - How Connectivity Causes Conflict", read by the author himself.
Additionally, in October we will have a special “ask me any...
The Age of Unpeace from 2021-09-17T08:29:15
In his newly released book “The Age of Unpeace: How Connectivity causes Conflict” ECFR director Mark Leonard explains how many of the forces that we thought would bring us together have ended up dr...
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Age of Unpeace from 2021-09-17T08:29:15
In his newly released book “The Age of Unpeace: How Connectivity causes Conflict” ECFR director Mark Leonard explains how many of the forces that we thought would bring us together have ended up dr...
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The fall of the Afghan government and what it means for Europe from 2021-09-10T08:33:02
The collapse of Afghan government forces and the rapid seizure of power by the Taliban has unleashed a series of intense debates about the implications for Europe. How will the Western withdrawal i...
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Introducing Mark Leonard's World in 30 Minutes | Trailer from 2021-09-06T12:51:29
Every Friday, Mark Leonard invites top-level speakers from across the EU and beyond to debate Europe’s role in the world. We feature and discuss everything from our own research at ECFR to practica...
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CDU foreign policy post-Merkel from 2021-09-03T09:00:35
With Germany’s federal elections rapidly approaching, chancellor Angela Merkel is set to depart the political stage. What will the foreign policy of her party, the CDU, look like when she’s gone? I...
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Kyiv’s relations with Europe in the age of Nord Stream 2 from 2021-07-30T09:33:37
Ukraine and the EU recently opened a new chapter in their strategic relationship by signing a memorandum of understanding for closer cooperation in raw materials, green and digital technologies. Ma...
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The geopolitics of technology from 2021-07-23T11:36:36
The EU is often described as a “regulatory superpower” benefitting from the so-called “Brussels effect.” But is the bloc also able to set its own rules and standards when it comes to new technologi...
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A social democratic vision of German foreign policy from 2021-07-16T09:12:51
With Angela Merkel stepping down as Chancellor, the next German federal elections scheduled for this September promise to mark a turning point for Germany. Foreign policy issues promise to be a cru...
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The EU and France in the Sahel from 2021-07-09T10:59:15
In June this year, French President Emmanuel Macron announced the end of Operation Barkhane – a military offensive launched in 2013 against Islamist militants in the Sahel. France has determined, h...
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The strike back against economic blackmail from 2021-07-02T08:04:41
Globalisation and economic interdependence are increasingly weaponised by various state actors. Europe faces ever greater threats of economic blackmail, sanctions against its lawmakers, and consume...
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The election of President Ebrahim Raisi and the future of Iran from 2021-06-25T08:53:08
After an election which saw the lowest turnout and highest number of spoiled ballots in the history of the Islamic Republic, the ultraconservative regime veteran Ebrahim Raisi was elected as the ne...
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New Energies: The European Green Deal and the EU-Turkey relationship from 2021-06-18T09:43:23
The meeting between US president Biden and the Turkish president Erdogan, as well as the upcoming European Council Summit on Turkey come at a critical moment in the EU-US-Turkey relationship. After...
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What future for the transatlantic alliance? from 2021-06-11T08:07:06
Joe Biden described his mission for his trip to Europe this week as “realizing America’s renewed commitment to (its) allies and partners.” But what does this mean in practice? How well does the tra...
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Understanding the conflict in Western Sahara from 2021-06-04T08:21:20
The little-known but long-running conflict in Western Sahara made it into the headlines in Europe recently, when Morocco weaponised migration in Ceuta to advance its territorial claim. Listen as ho...
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How the EU should respond to Belarus from 2021-05-28T07:54:30
Last Sunday, Belarus intercepted and diverted a commercial flight between two EU capitals?to arrest a dissident. This, alongside the stagnation of the Belarusian economy, the continuing protests an...
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The politics of catastrophe with Niall Ferguson from 2021-05-21T09:40:39
Catastrophe and disaster have been a frequent phenomenon throughout the history of mankind, coming in different forms. So how is it then that, despite being far more scientifically educated on the ...
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China’s strategic approach to the Western Balkans from 2021-05-14T09:50:02
China’s formalised, seemingly nonchalant, attitude towards the Western Balkans masks a surprising nimbleness and strategic intent. In the past decade, the country has become the most prominent thir...
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The prospects for EU-India relations ahead of the Leaders Summit from 2021-05-07T09:42:58
The EU is India's largest trading partner; India, in turn, is only the EU’s tenth largest trading partner. And despite the two often having expressed an interest in closer trade and political relat...
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A foreign policy for a Green Germany from 2021-04-30T08:54:32
While Germany’s long-ruling centre-right parties continue to offer more of the same, the Greens have recently emerged as a serious contender in the run-up to September’s federal elections. Rather t...
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Towards stability: A new concert of powers from 2021-04-23T07:58:19
Our system is not fit to deal with the challenges of the 21st century. This has been laid bare not just by the covid-19 pandemic, but also by the increasing power competition between the US and Chi...
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Between war and order: What has shaped Europe’s geopolitics? from 2021-04-16T08:58:29
Diplomacy and war have both been part of human history, but neither are stagnant concepts. Different conceptions of the global order influence policy decisions daily, while the notions of war equal...
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Multilateralism after covid-19 from 2021-04-09T09:00:21
Now that the world is entering a new phase of fighting the covid-19 pandemic, there is a renewed chance for working better together - and the European Union could do much to set these frameworks. B...
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How the Turkey-UAE Rivalry is remaking the Middle East from 2021-04-02T07:01:50
Despite the asymmetry in their size, population, and military prowess, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been engaged in a decade-long rivalry. This confrontation is not only feeding r...
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One crisis, many responses: Fighting the first wave of the pandemic from 2021-03-26T08:00:30
Just over a year ago, a health crisis of proportions never seen in recent history captured the attention of the world. However, faced with the same threat, nations all over the globe reacted vastly...
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In search of Global Britain from 2021-03-19T10:01:03
The British government has outlined an overhaul of the UK's foreign and defence policies. The Integrated Review of the UK’s Defence, Security, Development and Foreign Policy, published this week, l...
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Dual circulation: China’s new economic strategy from 2021-03-12T10:00:48
In May 2020, China announced its new economic strategy which aims at cutting the country’s dependence on overseas markets and technology in the long-term. This “dual circulation strategy” was yet a...
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Belarus’s brutal politics from 2021-03-05T10:44:45
In 2020 Belarus made headlines when protests erupted in the aftermath of a fraught presidential election. Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus for over 26 years, still clings to power today ...
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A fair, green and digital recovery - brought to you by Portugal from 2021-02-26T10:43:08
On January 1, Portugal took over from Germany at the helm of the Council of the EU’s rotating presidency and the government set out three priorities for this presidency captured in its slogan “Time...
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Super Mario to the rescue from 2021-02-19T14:36:56
This week, former European Central Bank Chief Mario Draghi was sworn in as the country’s prime minister and the head of a unity government and put an end to weeks of political turmoil. His cabinet ...
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Stranger in Moscow: Borrell’s unwelcome visit from 2021-02-12T10:25:56
This month, High Representative Josep Borrell visited Moscow to discuss key issues of concern and test the waters for building a more “constructive dialogue” between Russia and the European Union. ...
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The global impact of the European Green Deal from 2021-02-05T09:59:26
What are the key aspects of how the European Green Deal will change the world? Introduced by the new European Commission in 2019, the Green Deal’s goal is to decouple economic growth from resource ...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Russian-Turkish relations from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks to Asli Aydintasbas, ECFR visiting fellow and expert on Turkish foreign policy, and Kadri Liik, ECFR senior policy fellow and expert on Russian foreign policy, a...
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The future of EU-China-US relations from 2021-01-29T09:29:54
One of the foreign policy priorities of US president Joe Biden is to work with allies on China. His administration reached out to the European Union ahead of his inauguration to make US intentions ...
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How Europeans see Biden’s America from 2021-01-22T14:31:05
The new poll by ECFR revealed that despite the joy and relief many Europeans felt when Joe Biden won the US presidential election, they do not think he can help America make a comeback as the pre-e...
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Top ten foreign policy trends in 2021 from 2021-01-15T10:00:26
It’s time for our annual review!
It has become tradition that at the beginning of each year, World in 30 Minutes host Mark Leonard and Jeremy Shapiro, Research Director at ECFR, predict te...
The coronavirus world order from 2021-01-08T07:00
In the early days of covid-19, it became clear that none of the great powers were looking to the multilateral system to provide an answer. As the death count rose, every country acted as if it was...
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The geopolitics of a covid-19 vaccine from 2021-01-01T07:00:04
As Europe is in the middle of the second wave of the covid-19 pandemic, everyone hopes that a vaccine will put an end to it and thereby stop raising the death tolls and repeating lockdowns. In this...
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Europe’s battle of narratives from 2020-12-18T08:00:58
The corona outbreak has put the world’s leaders and the way they communicate to their people, to the test. Each country wants to project a positive self-image, portraying itself as a strong and cap...
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All eyes on Ethiopia: What the EU and the US can do from 2020-12-11T10:53:11
ust over a month ago, Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia and 2019 Nobel Peace Prize winner, ordered a military offensive against regional forces in Tigray. Since then, the situation has been sp...
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How the US could return to the Iran nuclear deal from 2020-12-04T11:03:06
The election of Joe Biden presents an opening to strengthen transatlantic diplomacy on Iran. Biden has already outlined his intention to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran, primarily by ensuring the US r...
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Can the Frugals transform the EU? from 2020-11-27T09:52:04
The geopolitical grouping known as the “frugal four” — Austria, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands — has emerged as a key power centre in this year’s negotiations over the EU’s next budget and the...
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Europe's pivot to Africa from 2020-11-20T09:20:32
Almost a year ago, when EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made her first business trip outside the EU, she chose the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa as her destination and took...
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Europe’s new transatlantic bargain for Biden’s America from 2020-11-13T14:14
Joe Biden has won the US elections and in January 2021 will become the 46th president of the United States of America. While that is not yet official, it is clear. But what is also clear is that we...
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Anxious allies: European sovereignty after the US election from 2020-11-05T16:12:05
With Trump´s inauguration in 2017 and his claims about NATO and the transatlantic relationship, Europe began to realize that it needed to take better care of its own security. With the official ele...
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Europe’s role in America’s election from 2020-10-30T11:53:28
How will and can Europeans react in the event of a post-election chaos in the US? The election day is fast approaching yet the outcome still remains highly debatable and unpredictable. And, it is r...
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How can the EU strike back? The way towards higher economic resilience from 2020-10-23T08:38:25
European countries are increasingly coming under threat of economic coercion from great powers, as outlined in the latest ECFR’s policy brief. But what do we mean by economic coercion? What and wh...
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Conquering the cyber sphere: How the EU can build digital sovereignty from 2020-10-16T15:05:06
Europe’s digital transformation and sovereignty has become a question of existential importance. But what does it actually mean to be digital sovereign? Host Mark Leonard is joined by Marietje Scha...
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Why Europe cannot become a giant Switzerland - geopolitical challenges in times of covid-19 from 2020-10-09T08:54:56
The covid-19 pandemic has shaken the EU’s conception of order and exposed a gap between European aspirations and actions. Firstly, Europeans are confronted with the fact that raw power, not rules, ...
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Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia and Azerbaijan's thawing of the ‘frozen conflict' from 2020-10-02T08:24
The contested Nagorno-Karabakh region is at the heart of a decades-long armed standoff between neighbours Armenia and Azerbaijan. The heavy clashes seen last week prompted fears that the dispute co...
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Rifts under sea and on land: The multiple crises in the Eastern Mediterranean from 2020-09-25T06:30:04
In the eastern Mediterranean, a scramble is under way between countries in the region for access to recently discovered gas fields, often overlapping with wider battle lines across the Middle East,...
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From fragility to vitality – Analysing von der Leyen’s #SOTEU from 2020-09-17T15:29:58
Ursula von der Leyen’s first State of the European Union speech was as long as it was broad in topics and calls for action. Host Mark Leonard is joined by Alexander Stubb, ECFR Board Member, Direc...
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Trump’s dirty tricks from 2020-09-11T06:00:23
Although US President Donald Trump’s efforts to undermine the election are shameless, they are still more subtle than the outright election rigging that one finds in places like Belarus. Like other...
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Surveillance and the inevitable AI future from 2020-09-04T06:00:14
In this week’s episode, we feature one of the focus sessions from our Annual Council Meeting this June. Policy Fellow Ulrike Franke moderated this online panel discussion featuring Marietje Schaake...
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Protest movement in Belarus: Will Lukashenko survive the current state (of) crisis? from 2020-08-28T08:29:11
In this week’s episode, Jeremy Shapiro stepped in as host and welcomes senior policy fellows Kadri Liik and Andrew Wilson as well as political scientist and editor of “Belarus-Analysen” Olga Dryndo...
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If you stay ready, you don’t have to get ready: Rethinking global health security from 2020-08-21T06:00:05
“Defending the WHO is necessary but not sufficient to address the weaknesses that the corvid-19 crisis has revealed. Fundamentally, those weaknesses revolve around the interplay between, first, und...
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Where there's a will, there's a way: France, Germany and EU coalition building from 2020-08-14T06:00:05
In this week’s episode, Mark Leonard presents the new and third edition of ECFR´s Coalition explorer, which also included special questions regarding the impact of the COVID-19 crisis. Together wit...
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The Biden effect and the future of US-Europe relations | Part II from 2020-08-07T06:55:22
After last week’s discussion with Matt Duss and Jeremy Shapiro, Mark Leonard follows up by gathering the European views on a possible Biden win and its effect on US foreign policy. Vessela Tchernev...
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The Biden effect and the future of US-Europe relations | Part I from 2020-07-31T14:42:42
The United States presidential election is approaching and there is no doubt that its result will have a significant and large-scale impact on global politics. Across the Atlantic, European analyst...
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The EU’s budget and recovery fund deal – a historic moment for Europe? from 2020-07-24T12:04:55
The over 90-hour European Council summit in Brussels ended with a deal on a €1.82 trillion financial package. What does this deal mean for the future of Europe? Will the EU recovery fund, made up o...
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It’s complicated: Europe-China relations in a world of superpower competition from 2020-07-17T07:37:58
Can Europe compete in today’s new geopolitical realities? Does the Union find itself in a technology war with China? And are at least cooperative solutions with China on climate policies possible? ...
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Solidarity and sovereignty: a “mission possible” for Germany’s EU Council Presidency? from 2020-07-10T07:50:32
In his opening remarks at our virtual Annual Council Meeting, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, spoke about Germany’s Presidency of the Council of the EU and the high expectations which are place...
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Europe’s role in global health & how to build European health sovereignty from 2020-07-03T07:17:09
“If it’s about Europe´s role in global health, a big part of it is Europe's health sovereignty which we want to make one of the big topics of the German EU Council Presidency”, Germany’s Federal Mi...
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Europe’s pandemic politics: How the virus has changed the public’s worldview from 2020-06-26T09:02:13
As covid-19 raged, speculation grew that the crisis would re- strengthen public support for the state; faith in experts; and both pro- and anti-Europeanism. But ECFR’s latest research reveals these...
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Europe’s way out of the coronavirus crisis: from self-interest to solidarity? from 2020-06-19T11:04:03
The coronavirus crisis brought about financial hardship for the European Union, and many agree that a recovery fund would be needed to overcome it. In the beginning, countries like Italy and Spain,...
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Fighting racism together: anti-racism protests in the US and Europe from 2020-06-12T07:18:03
The ongoing anti-racism demonstrations in the United States spurred by the brutal killing of George Floyd spread across the Atlantic. In many European countries, people are getting behind the cause...
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Russia’s Syria, Turkey’s Libya? from 2020-06-05T13:26
The attempt of a peace process in Libya is facing several substantial hindrances, where a variety of actors keep on inducing significant upheavals in its territory. Recently Turkey was observed to ...
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The EU recovery plan – rather a “Merkron” than a “Hamiltonian” moment? from 2020-05-29T09:36:28
The recent Franco-German proposal for an EU recovery fund sparked a lively debate on possible changes in EU’s nature, suggesting that the plan to raise €500bn through common EU debt and hand it out...
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A triangle deal - How covid-19 is reshaping the global order and EU-China relations from 2020-05-22T12:28:21
Last year, the European Union published a strategic outlook in which it reviewed China as a partner, competitor and a strategic rival, creating a lively debate about the nature of the EU-China rela...
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“We are all in this together” - The coronavirus crisis as a collective emotional experience? from 2020-05-15T09:45:52
Emotions are an increasingly important part of contemporary politics. Strategies based on fear, nostalgia or hope are used by political leaders all over Europe to mobilize populations. Sociologist ...
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Covid-19 as the first pandemic of globalisation from 2020-05-07T16:24:43
Epidemics like the coronavirus outbreak are a mirror for humanity. Mark Leonard talked in our ECFR QUARANTIMES session to Frank Snowden, Professor Emeritus of History and History of Medicine at Yal...
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An energizing side-effect? How covid-19 could revive multilateralism from 2020-04-30T17:02:51
Recently, we have seen funding cuts to the WHO in the middle of the coronavirus crisis and national governments closing borders instead of calling for a G20 or G7 summit. On the positive side, we h...
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Stumbling into its moment of truth: the EU’s debate over its economic response to covid-19 from 2020-04-24T13:31:30
“We are at a moment of truth, which is to decide whether the European Union is a political project or just a market project. I think it’s a political project…?We need financial transfers and solida...
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App-solutely necessary? Technology as a way out of the coronavirus crisis from 2020-04-17T11:09:19
Word on the street suggests that technology will be the way out of the coronavirus crisis and the lockdowns in many European countries. This seems to be confirmed by a multitude of projects such as...
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As covid-19 arrives, Putin disappears – Russia in the age of corona. from 2020-04-09T13:59
How is Russia dealing with covid-19? What impact does the pandemic have on the other underlying political issues in Russia – such as the change of the constitution and Putin’s decision to essential...
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Bonding over coronabonds? How the financial question divides Europe from 2020-04-03T12:17:53
The EU members states have been caught up in a heated discussion on possible European ‘coronabonds’, a joint debt assistance by the Union to help those countries hit by the virus particularly hard....
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Geopolitics in the coronavirus era – who will be crowned winner? from 2020-03-27T10:50:10
Last week’s episode saw our experts dissecting the coronavirus’ implications for Europe. In today's episode, we’re breaking down how the crisis is unfolding in the rest of the world. From the Middl...
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Corona Angst – How the virus puts the European Project and globalisation at risk from 2020-03-20T15:05:01
Recently declared a global pandemic, it is undeniable that the coronavirus will be a global political, social, financial and economic crisis - requiring actions that reach far beyond unilateral mea...
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Many elephants in the room: the EU and the Turkey, Syria, coronavirus and refugee crises from 2020-03-13T14:48:16
The European Union faces a multi-crisis situation at the moment. As the conflict in Idlib and the circumstances at the Greek-Turkish border has erupted, Europe seems to have troubles to respond to ...
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The EU as regulatory superpower: can EU law be a geopolitical tool? from 2020-03-03T17:23:19
This week’s podcast episode sees very special participation from Anu Bradford, law professor at Columbia and author of “The Brussels Effect: How the European Union Rules the World”. Bradford’s book...
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You better bring a book – the start of the EU’s lengthy budget talks from 2020-02-28T08:51:37
Negotiations over the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2021 – 2027 just have started. But as tensions and divergences between the EU member states are rising, a final agreement seems consi...
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Feeling the Westlessness at the Munich Security Conference 2020 from 2020-02-18T17:02:34
The annual Munich Security Conference was themed "Westlessness" defining “a widespread feeling of uneasiness and restlessness in the face of increasing uncertainty about the enduring purpose of the...
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Trump’s “Deal of the Century” debunked: is there something in it for Palestine at all? from 2020-02-14T09:20:54
When US-President Donald Trump revealed his much-awaited plan for peace for Israel and Palestine it was set to solve one of the world's longest-running conflict. But this “deal of the century” was ...
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To Huawei or not to Huawei from 2020-02-07T11:18:01
Last week the European Commission published its EU Toolbox on 5G Cyber Security, with the aim of aiding the Member States in evaluating the risks associated with future usage of 5G infrastructure a...
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Reshuffling Russia's leadership - old wines in new bottles? from 2020-01-31T09:48:30
It came as a surprise when Russia’s government resigned just hours after Putin’s announced his plans for a possible referendum of constitutional changes. Host Mark Leonard is joined by Kadri Liik a...
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The Berlin Libya Conference: a moment to shine for European foreign policy? from 2020-01-24T09:02:36
Anthony Dworkin stands in for our usual host, Mark Leonard, to de-brief the Berlin Conference on Libya. Together with the ECFR’s experts Asli Ayd?nta?ba?, Tarek Megerisi and Arturo Varvelli, he di...
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Can Europe catch up in the digitalisation and innovation race? from 2020-01-17T10:00
During the Munich Strategy Forum 2019, host Mark Leonard sat down Toomas Ilves, the former president of Estonia aka the first smart country and “digital nation” in the world. What could we learn fr...
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Multilateralism is dead – long live multilateralism! from 2020-01-10T09:26:09
Today, 100 years ago, the Versailles Contract went into effect which established the League of the Nations and laid the foundations for multilateralism. In 2019, Germany and France launched the Al...
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De "facto declaration of war"? - Soleimani's killing as turning point in the Middle East from 2020-01-06T16:54:06
With the US-killing of the Iranian military leader, Qassem Soleimani, the Middle East has been yet again sent in the heart to geopolitical uncertainty and frenzy. What does the killing mean for the...
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Ten Foreign Policy Trends for 2020 from 2020-01-03T10:00:03
‘Tis the season! ...when Mark Leonard and Jeremy Shapiro review the year gone by and predict 10 foreign policy trends (plus two bonus ones) that will define 2020, the beginning of a new decade.
1989 - The Firstborns of a New Age from 2019-12-20T10:05:48
In this bonus episode of our 1989 podcast miniseries, host Mark Leonard is joined by ECFR's young generation, all born between 1988-1990. Coming from the former GDR and Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Venezu...
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1989 – the beginning of history from 2019-12-13T10:16:05
In the 1990s 13 out 15 European countries were led by social democratic governments and the transatlantic relationship came out strong by “winning the Cold War”. The fall of Berlin Wall and dissolu...
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China's 1989 from 2019-12-06T10:00:23
Anthony Dworkin stands in for host Mark Leonard to talk about how China experienced 1989 back then and today. In some ways, it is more comparable to the changes 1968 provoked in the West, claims po...
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America's 1989 from 2019-11-29T11:27:18
In the fourth episode on the events of 1989 and how they have shaped, and may continue to shape our world in the years to come, host Mark Leonard is joined by Jeremy Shapiro. Jeremy Shapiro is rese...
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The first beneficiaries of 1989 from 2019-11-22T09:04:26
Host Mark Leonard has an intimate discussion with our heads of office from Sofia and Warsaw, Vessela Tcherneva and Piotr Buras about their experiences, hopes and dreams during the transition times ...
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Russia's 1989 from 2019-11-15T11:20:03
In the second in our series on the events of 1989 and how they will shape our world for decades to come, host Mark Leonard is joined by Fyodor Lukyanov. Lukyanov is Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Glo...
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Iran & the US escalation game - What Europe can do? from 2019-11-11T09:45:24
In this episode, live from Brussels, Ellie Geranmayeh is standing in for our host Mark Leonard to discuss Iran’s further withdrawal from the 2015 Nuclear Agreement.
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1989- the greatest year in European history? from 2019-11-08T11:06:33
In the first in our mini-series on the events of 1989, host Mark Leonard is joined by very special guest Timothy Garton Ash, historian and Professor of European Studies at Oxford University. This s...
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After Baghdadi is before Baghdadi: How the West still has to fight ISIS from 2019-11-01T10:01:02
How will IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s killing impact ISIS as a terror organisation and the situation in Syria? Host Mark Leonard is joined by Anthony Dworkin and Asli Ayd?nta?ba? to analyse the...
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How to deal with our Western Balkan neighbours? from 2019-10-18T14:05:46
North Macedonia and Albania wanted to start negotiations with the EU after having been candidate countries since 2005 and 2014. But the enlargement plans seemed to have stalled especially after opp...
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Europe with no cards to play: Erdo?an, Trump, and Europe's weaknesses from 2019-10-14T12:48:29
Turkey's offensive into northeastern Syria is moving at an unprecedented pace with grave consequences. Europe's utter irrelevance in the face of US withdrawal from the Turkish/Syrian border has be...
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Reaching out to Russia – joining hands or getting the mitten? from 2019-10-04T15:35:18
In this week’s podcast, Mark Leonard, Gustav Gressel and Kadri Liik analyse Macron’s plans and ideas for recreating the European security order, an initiative which he launched with a speech at the...
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David McAllister on how MEPs will quiz the next Commissioners from 2019-09-27T14:58:08
Mark Leonard welcomes a very special guest, David McAllister MEP to the podcast, talking about the process of doing all the hearings for the European Commission over the next weeks. Additionally, D...
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Three crises and an opportunity: Europe’s stake in multilateralism from 2019-09-20T14:59:36
The multilateral system faces three related crises of power, relevance, and legitimacy. This fraying consensus threatens the EU, which is committed to multilateralism. But the situation also repres...
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Von der Leyen's EU Commission: Picks for a Union that strives for more from 2019-09-11T15:50:06
Mark Leonard is meeting his ECFR colleagues, Tara Varma, Piotr Buras and Teresa Coratello in Berlin to go through the newly selected EU Commission. What have been surprises, disappointments and cha...
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Meddling or Bargaining? Emmanuel Macron's Iran Initiative from 2019-09-09T11:49:35
This week, ECFR director Mark Leonard discusses with experts Ellie Geranmayeh and Julien Barnes-Dacey the French president Emmanuel Macron's bold initiative: Europeans are now to explore a credit l...
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Independence Play: Europe's Pursuit of Strategic Autonomy from 2019-09-02T18:04:12
In the final episode of our special summer series on European strategic sovereignty, regular host Mark Leonard is joined by two of ECFR’s own experts: research director Jeremy Shapiro and Senior Po...
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Should Europe take sides in the US-China Tech War? from 2019-08-23T10:53:59
As the US-China tech war escalates, techno-nationalism looks to replace global connectivity and collaboration. Helping ECFR director Mark Leonard understand the tech rivalry are Andrew Small, a sen...
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Harnessing artificial intelligence from 2019-08-15T08:37:39
In this episode of ECFR’s special summer series on European strategic sovereignty, Mark Leonard talks to Ulrike Franke, ECFR Policy Fellow, about artificial intelligence (AI). Mark asks Ulrike, who...
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Protecting Europe against hybrid threats from 2019-08-09T09:26:46
In the third episode of ECFR’s summer series on strategic sovereignty, Mark Leonard talks to Gustav Gressel, Acting Director of the Wider Europe programme and Senior Policy Fellow at ECFR, about hy...
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Meeting the Challenge of Secondary Sanctions from 2019-08-01T00:00
The second episode of ECFR's summer series on strategic sovereignty explores the critical challenge that secondary sanctions pose for Europe, due to the Trump administration's maximalist position o...
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Building Europeans' Capacity to Defend Themselves from 2019-07-25T12:29:09
Mark Leonard launches ECFR’s special summer series on European sovereignty with a discussion of the continent’s security and defence policy. He is joined by Nick Witney, a senior policy fellow at E...
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Europe's Eastern Neighbourhood: Ukraine and Moldova from 2019-07-18T13:53:01
Standing in for regular host Mark Leonard, Anthony Dworkin, senior policy fellow at ECFR, looks at Europe's Eastern neighbourhood and interaction with Russia. He is joined by Kurt Volker, executive...
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Transatlantic relations beyond Trump from 2019-07-11T13:02:04
In the latest edition of the World in 30 Minutes, regular host Mark Leonard discusses the transatlantic relations with Ben Rhodes, former speechwriter and advisor to President Obama, Jake Sullivan,...
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The EU's New Top Personnel from 2019-07-05T16:45:55
This week, ECFR director Mark Leonard discusses the new faces of the European Council: from Ursula von der Leyen to Josep Borrell, these are the figures who will lead Europe over the coming years. ...
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Brexit's final act from 2019-07-02T13:52:59
Anthony Dworkin, standing in for regular host Mark Leonard, was joined by Douglas Alexander, senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, former Labour Europe minister, and former Labour shadow For...
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European Economic Sovereignty from 2019-06-25T09:04:49
Mark Leonard was joined by Jean Pisany-Ferry, co-founder of Bruegel, Guntram Wolff, director of Bruegel and Jeremy Shapiro, Research Director at ECFR. This week ECFR published a paper on how Europe...
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Key takeaways from the European elections 2019 from 2019-06-05T15:02:05
This week, Ulrike Franke is filling in for the regular host Mark Leonard to discuss the stories behind the media headlines in the aftermath of the EU elections. She is joined by Simon Hix, Pro-Dire...
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Europe and the US-Iran escalation from 2019-05-15T14:45:09
Mark Leonard is joined by Ellie Geranmayeh, deputy head of ECFR’s MENA programme, Hossein Mousavian, former Iranian diplomat and scholar, and Ilan Goldenberg, director of the Middle East Security P...
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Gilets Jaunes: A French crisis? from 2019-03-21T14:53:25
Mark Leonard speaks with Simon Kuper, Tara Varma and Manuel Lafont Rapnouil about the Yellow Vest Movement, and whether it is only a French phenomenon. The podcast was recorded on 21 March 2019.
Crimea at five from 2019-03-13T15:52:48
Jeremy Shapiro is standing in for the regular host Mark Leonard and discusses the current situation in Crimea and relations between Russia and Ukraine with ECFR experts Kadri Liik and Nicu Popsecu....
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Protests in Algeria: A fifth term for Bouteflika? from 2019-03-06T10:52:50
Mark Leonard speaks with Andrew Lebovich, Anthony Dworkin and Chloe Teevan, about what the demonstrators want, and EU-Algeria relations.
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La Martingale Algérienne, Réfle...
Why did Iran's foreign minister resign? from 2019-02-28T09:26:19
Mark Leonard speaks with Ellie Geranmayeh and Dr Kayhan Barzegar about Mohammad Javad Zarif’s resignation, and the current political situation in Iran.
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Becoming by Michelle ...
Highlights of the Munich Security Conference 2019 from 2019-02-18T13:04:18
Highlights of the Munich Security Conference 2019
Directly from the Hotel Bayerischer Hof, Mark Leonard, Ulrike Franke and Jonathan Hackenbroich share their post-conference insights. They discu...
EU Elections: Could anti-Europe parties wreck the EU from within? from 2019-02-12T12:05:12
Mark Leonard speaks with Susi Dennison, director of ECFR’s European Power programme, and programme coordinator Pawel Zerka, about the upcoming European Parliament elections, the possibility of a su...
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The crisis in Venezuela: What does Europe’s move mean? from 2019-02-06T11:08:47
Anthony Dworkin steps in for Mark Leonard and speaks with Jose Ignacio Torreblanca, Federica Paddeu, and Sergey Sukhankin, about what risks the recognition of Juan Guaido as interim president of Ve...
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US tariffs on Chinese exports: Can the two reach a deal? from 2019-01-30T14:03:11
Anthony Dworkin steps in for Mark Leonard and speaks with Janka Oertel and Sebastian Mallaby about US-China trade talks, their relationship and Europe’s role. The podcast was recorded on 30 January...
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The Aachen Treaty: A closer Franco-German relationship? from 2019-01-17T14:24:34
Anthony Dworkin steps in for Mark Leonard and speaks with Almut Möller, Manuel Lafont Rapnouil and Tom Nuttall about how significant the new treaty of friendship between France and Germany is. The ...
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The US role in Syria from 2019-01-10T22:03:16
Anthony Dworkin steps in for Mark Leonard and discusses the US strategy in Syria with Asli Aydintasbas, Julien Barnes-Dacey and Jasmin El-Gamal. The podcast was recorded on 10 January 2019.
Trends for 2019 from 2019-01-02T21:48:34
Mark Leonard and Jeremy Shapiro review the year gone by and predict the 10 foreign policy trends that will define 2019.
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The Global Compact on Migration: The clash between populism and technocracy from 2018-12-13T11:51:08
Mark Leonard speaks with Shoshana Fine, Tom Nuttall, Jose Ignacio Torreblanca, and Patrycja Sasnal about the UN’s GCM, and whether it matters that some European countries haven’t signed it. The po...
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How has Germany’s strategy shifted? from 2018-12-05T09:52:23
Mark Leonard speaks with Michael Thumann about Germany and its new role in the world.
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The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities by John J. Mearsheimer h...
The Sea of Azov: The newest front in the war in Ukraine? from 2018-11-26T16:49:16
Mark Leonard speaks with Andrew Wilson, Kadri Liik and Nicu Popescu about the Kerch Strait ship capture, what this means and how the international community could react to the latest tensions. The ...
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Could EU entry bans protect human rights? from 2018-11-22T12:46:52
Anthony Dworkin speaks with Gerald Knaus about how the EU can protect human rights and prevent rising illiberalism.
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Moral Tribes by Joshua Greene https://www.penguinrandomho...
Brexit: This deal or no deal? from 2018-11-15T11:05:13
Anthony Dworkin speaks with Douglas Alexander about the proposed withdrawal agreement, whether it will get through parliament and what might happen if it doesn't.
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Midterm elections: Will US foreign policy change? from 2018-11-08T20:50:06
Mark Leonard speaks with Craig Kennedy, Jeremy Shapiro and Anna Kuchenbecker about the election results and Donald Trump's tenure.
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The Great Delusion by John J. Mearshe...
A world without Angela Merkel from 2018-11-01T11:17:36
What does Angela Merkel’s decision to stand down as leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) mean for Germany and Europe? Mark Leonard discusses with Josef Janning and Susi Dennison the polit...
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Close contact? Coalition building in the EU from 2018-10-26T16:37:05
ECFR’s EU28 Survey reveals the interactions, perceptions, and chemistry between the 28 EU member states. This week, Mark Leonard joins Josef Janning, Christoph Klavehn and Almut Möller to discuss f...
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The disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi from 2018-10-17T12:39:33
Mark Leonard speaks with Asli Aydintasbas, Jeremy Shapiro and Julien Barnes-Dacey about what effect the incident might have on relations between Saudi Arabia, the US and Turkey. The podcast was rec...
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The Sahel: A transit region for migration from 2018-10-12T19:20:15
Mark Leonard speaks with Shoshana Fine and Andrew Lebovich about what Europe is trying to do in the Sahel.
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The Good Immigrant by Nico Schuettler
From Empires t...
Macedonian referendum: What happens next? from 2018-10-03T15:35:46
Mark Leonard speaks with Vessela Tcherneva and Robert Cooper about the contested result and how it might be solved.
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Carnegie report on the Balkan wars http://www.pollitecon....
The sanctions weapon from 2018-09-27T13:44:37
Mark Leonard speaks with Erica Moret and Manuel Lafont Rapnouil about European sanctions policies, secondary sanctions and counter measures. The podcast was recorded on the 27 September 2018.
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UN General Assembly 2018: What will be discussed? from 2018-09-20T11:45:46
Mark Leonard and Richard Gowan go through the likely talking points at the meeting and discuss what might be on some countries' hidden agendas. The podcast was recorded on 19 September 2018.
The Idlib crisis – Can Turkey and Europe avert disaster? from 2018-09-13T12:22:07
Mark Leonard examines the looming Syrian-Russian military action in Idlib in discussion with ECFR experts Asli Ayd?nta?ba?, Julien Barnes-Dacey, and Almut Möller. What do Turks and Europeans make o...
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A new European payment system? from 2018-09-06T20:26:44
Mark Leonard speaks with Mark Schieritz from Die Zeit and ECFR's Sebastian Dullien about a new framework for transatlantic relations. The podcast was recorded on 6 September 2018.
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Turkey's financial and economic crisis: A bail-out? from 2018-08-31T20:58:09
Mark Leonard speaks with Oksana Antonenko, Director for Global Political risk Analysis at Control Risks, and ECFR Turkey experts Asli Aydintasbas and Almut Moeller about the current crisis in Turke...
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Summer series: New Power from 2018-08-22T06:00:08
Mark Leonard speaks with Jeremy Heimans about his new book, and the old and new ways to achieve intended effects. The podcast was recorded on 27 July 2018.
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Summer series: European strategic autonomy from 2018-08-15T06:35:04
Mark Leonard speaks with Bastian Giegerich, Director of Defence and Military Analysis at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, about the three baskets that form strategic autonomy: dec...
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Summer series: Political and strategic dimensions of European sovereignty from 2018-08-09T14:55:26
Mark Leonard speaks with Francois Godement and Jeremy Shapiro about what kind of leverage the EU can have over great powers such as the US and China. And should Europe behave differently in institu...
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Summer series: Military and security dimensions of European sovereignty from 2018-08-01T10:26:21
Mark Leonard speaks with Tomas Valasek and Nick Witney about what the real military dependence of Europeans on America looks like and what is possible within the existing security budget. The podca...
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Summer series: Economics of European sovereignty from 2018-07-26T19:54:35
Mark Leonard speaks with Jean Pisani-Ferry and Guntram Wolff about the economics of European sovereignty in a new world disorder. What are Europe’s vulnerabilities, where is it not sovereign? The p...
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Donald Trump, Master Strategist or Master of Disaster? from 2018-07-20T12:02:07
This week, Mark Leonard and Jeremy Shapiro discuss how the Chinese view Trump, fresh from Mark's trip to China, and how the Big Lebowski explains the Helsinki Summit.
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F...
How are Europeans seeing Trump’s performance at the NATO summit? from 2018-07-13T11:31:22
Jeremy Shapiro covers for Mark Leonard and speaks with Ulrike Franke, Manuel Lafont Rapnouil and Piotr Buras, about what this means and what the Trump-Putin meeting might bring. The podcast was rec...
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Is Libya falling apart again? from 2018-07-03T14:36:21
Mark Leonard speaks with Julien Barnes-Dacey and Tarek Megerisi about the Libyan conflict, the impact of the Paris summit, and Europe’s fight over migration policies in the country. The podcast was...
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Humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen: What can Europe do? from 2018-06-25T15:30:22
Mark Leonard speaks with Adam Baron, Ellie Geranmayeh and Julien Barnes-Dacey about Yemen caught in the midst of a regional conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia. The podcast was recorded on 19 Ju...
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German government crisis from 2018-06-20T11:56:37
Mark Leonard speaks with Josef Janning, Silvia Francescon, Piotr Buras and Manuel Lafont Rapnouil about the major rift between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her interior minister over migrant...
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Trump-Kim summit: Has the West lost it? from 2018-06-13T14:01
Mark Leonard speaks with Professor Kishore Mahbubani about the talks between the US president and North Korea’s leader, its outcome and implications for the US’s future role in Asia.
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Digital supremacy from 2018-06-11T18:41:04
Mark Leonard speaks with Ulrike Franke, Angela Stanzel and Andre Loesekrig-Pietri, about the international race to develop artificial intelligence. The podcast was recorded on 4 June 2018.
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Is it the end of liberal world order? from 2018-06-06T09:16:30
The postwar liberal order has weakened whilst liberal democracy appears fragile and polarised. Mark Leonard speaks with Professor John Ikenberry from Princeton University about the decline of faith...
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Is Italy facing a new political crisis? from 2018-05-28T21:35:27
Mark Leonard speaks with Silvia Francescon and Nathalie Tocci about the brewing political crisis in Italy and what impact this could have on Europe as a whole.
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Can Europe save the Iran deal? from 2018-05-24T11:35:35
Mark Leonard presents highlights of the ECFR event “Can Europe save the Iran Deal?” with Ellie Geranmayeh, Norbert Röttgen, and Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger.
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Strategy or Cacophony? - Is there a European strategic culture? from 2018-05-17T13:00:02
Mark Leonard talks to the all star cast of Nick Witney, Ulrike Franke and Jeremy Shapiro on the topic of European strategic culture.
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Macron: one year on from 2018-05-14T15:52:32
Mark Leonard speaks with Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, Almut Möller and Vessela Tcherneva, about what has changed in French foreign policy with Macron one year in office as French president.
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US nuclear deal withdrawal: What happens now? from 2018-05-10T11:53:32
Mark Leonard speaks with Iran expert Ellie Geranmayeh about what might happen after Donald Trump has decided to withdraw US support from the deal. The podcast was recorded on 10 May 2018.
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Trump "tickling" from 2018-05-01T14:42:13
Mark Leonard speaks with Jeremy Shapiro and Manuel Lafont Rapnouil about Macron and Merkel's meetings with the US president, and how the European leaders engaged with him.
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Turkey’s snap election from 2018-04-26T14:45:22
Mark Leonard speaks with Asli Ayd?nta?ba? about why Erdo?an called early elections for this summer, and the new European Commission’s accession report.
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The world America mad...
The future of the Iran nuclear deal from 2018-04-19T14:16:43
Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR's Ellie Geranmayeh, Ilan Goldberg, head of the MENA programme at the Centre for New American Security, and Nasser Haiden, Professor of Political Science at Teheran Uni...
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Chemical weapons attack in Syria: What next? from 2018-04-12T11:48:52
Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR experts Asli Aydintasbas, Kadri Liik, Julien Barnes-Dacey, and Manuel Lafont Rapnouil about how the international community might respond.
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Cambridge Analytica scandal from 2018-03-22T21:09:42
Jonathan Hackenbroich covers for Mark Leonard and speaks with Professor John Naughton about Facebook’s data leak and its monetisation of data.
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East West Street by Philippe S...
UK sanctions against Russia, and a new trade war from 2018-03-15T12:59:40
Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR experts Kadri Liik and Sebastian Dullien about the consequences of the attack on Sergei Skripal in the UK, and the eruption of an EU-US trade war.
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Europe and the great powers from 2018-03-07T14:44:09
Mark Leonard speaks with Asli Ayd?nta?ba?, Kadri Liik, François Godement and Jeremy Shapiro about Europe’s relations with the US, China, Russia and Turkey. The podcast was recorded on the 6 March 2...
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What to Expect From the Italian Election? from 2018-03-02T17:23:57
ECFR's director Mark Leonard discusses four possible outcomes in Italy’s election on the 4th of march 2018 with Silvia Francescon, head of ECFR Rome, and Alba Lamberti, Senior Director for Advocacy...
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Round-up of Day 1 of the Munich Security Conference 2018 from 2018-02-17T11:06:07
ECFR's director Mark Leonard checks in with ECFR's Policy Fellows Ulrike Franke and Ellie Geranmayeh after the first day of the Munich Security Conference 2018. They discuss the hot topics so far -...
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Germany’s GroKo Treaty: A new start for Europe? from 2018-02-08T19:55:09
Mark Leonard speaks with Ulrike Franke and Susi Dennison about what the new German coalition means for foreign policy. The podcast was recorded on 8 January 2018.
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Coalition ...
The Undead Past from 2018-02-01T11:10:53
Mark Leonard speaks with Justin Vogt, Managing Editor of Foreign Affairs, Professor Mary Fulbrook from UCL, and Dr. Fraziska Exeler, Research Associate and Lecturer at FUB, about how nations deal w...
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Turkey's Afrin offensive from 2018-01-25T16:32:27
Mark Leonard, Asli Aydintasbas, Kadri Liik and Jeremy Shapiro, discuss Turkey's offensive near the Syria-Turkey boarder, the future of US-Turkey relations and Russia's role in the region.
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Poland’s new kids on the block from 2018-01-22T15:50:42
Mark Leonard speaks with Wawrzyniec Smoczy?ski, editor-in-chief of Polityka INSIGHT, about the implications of Poland's government reshuffle and the changes to its constitution.
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Future of EU-China Relations from 2018-01-15T15:26:24
Mark Leonard speaks to François Godement and Abigaël Vasselier from the ECFR Asia & China team to get their reactions to President Macron's recent visit to China. They discuss the relationship betw...
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Trends for 2018 from 2018-01-08T14:09:46
Mark Leonard and Jeremy Shapiro review the year gone by and predict the 10 foreign policy trends that will define 2018.
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Net neutrality from 2017-12-19T14:26:01
Mark Leonard speaks with Heidi Tworek, Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia, about the potential damage to content providers that could follow from the US Federal Communication...
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European Security after Brexit from 2017-12-14T14:56:05
ECFR Policy Fellow Ulrike Franke speaks with Mark Leonard, former MP Douglas Alexander, and ECFR’s Senior Policy Fellow Nick Witney, about Britain’s future vision of EU-UK security cooperation afte...
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US and Europe clash in the Middle East from 2017-12-07T16:50:05
Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR Policy Fellows Hugh Lovatt, Ellie Geranmayeh and Julien Barnes-Dacey about reactions to Trump’s recent recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and the new diverge...
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Emmanuel Macron and the future of Europe from 2017-12-04T09:22:36
Mark Leonard speaks with Shahin Vallée, former Economic Advisor to the President of the European Council, and to Emanuel Macron when he was French Economy Minister. They discuss what Macron’s plans...
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Has PESCO turned sour? from 2017-11-24T11:54:19
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses the launch of PESCO, the latest collective European defence initiative with Senior Policy Fellow Nick Witney and Policy Fellow, Ulrike Franke.
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Merkel’s troubles: an opportunity for Europe? from 2017-11-22T16:24:59
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses the consequences of the German political crisis for Germany and for Europe with ECFR's Berlin office director, Josef Janning, and policy fellow, Ulrike Franke...
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David Miliband on how to deal with the refugee crisis from 2017-11-17T12:20:39
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses the refugee crisis with David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee and former British foreign secretary.
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Is there a ‘collateral dividend’ to Trumpian foreign policy? from 2017-11-10T14:20:31
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses Trump's foreign policy and its global consequences with ECFR's research director, Jeremy Shapiro, ECFR's Russia expert, Kadri Liik and ECFR's China expert, Fr...
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Is Peace in Sight in Donbas? from 2017-11-03T15:18:09
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses peacekeeping in Ukraine and the EU's Russia policy with ECFR's Russia expert, Kadri Liik and ECFR's Ukraine expert Andrew Wilson.
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The End of the World #14: Interview with Martin Wolf from 2017-11-03T15:05:20
In this new episode of our summer series, ECFR's director Mark Leonard and Policy Fellow Anthony Dworkin talk with Martin Wolf about the economic origins of the populist surge that is undermining t...
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Towards a post-American Europe? from 2017-10-26T12:57:13
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses the state of the transatlantic relations with Jan Techau, director of the Richard Holbrook Forum at the American Academy in Berlin.
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The End of the World #13: Interview with Anu Bradford from 2017-10-25T09:38:16
In this new episode of our summer series, ECFR's director Mark Leonard talks with Anu Bradford about the EU's global power and how it successfully exports its influence to the rest of the world.
What did we learn from China's Party Congress? from 2017-10-20T17:43:43
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses the major takeways from China's 19th Party Congress with ECFR’s head of Asia & China programme François Godement and China expert Jérôme Doyon.
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Iran Deal: Keep Calm and Carry On? from 2017-10-13T14:20:36
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard talks with ECFR’s head of MENA programme Ruth Citrin and Iran expert Ellie Geranmayeh about the consequences of Trump's decision to decertify the Iran nuclear deal and ...
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The End of the World #12: Interview with Joseph Nye from 2017-10-12T09:42:12
In this new episode of our summer series, ECFR's director Mark Leonard talks with Joseph Nye about power and multilateral institutions.
Joseph Nye is a Harvard University Professor and the...
Brexit negotiations: going nowhere? from 2017-10-06T13:09:25
ECFR’s Anthony Dworkin is joined by Gary Gibbon, the political editor of Channel 4 News, and Susi Dennison, the head of ECFR's European Power programme, to discuss what the Tories, Britain and the ...
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The End of the World #11: Interview with Kelly Greenhill from 2017-10-03T10:21:48
In this unusual episode of our End of the World series, ECFR's Anthony Dworkin is talking about the migration crisis with Kelly Greenhill, who is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Int...
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Macron's speech: rebuilding the European Union from 2017-09-27T09:32:35
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard talks with the heads of ECFR's Paris and Berlin offices, Manuel Lafont Rapnouil and Josef Janning about Macron's speech and his vision for the European Union.
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Debriefing the U.N. General Assembly with Richard Gowan from 2017-09-21T16:31:12
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard talks with ECFR’s U.N. expert Richard Gowan about Trump and Macron's addresses at the UNGA, the Korean nuclear crisis, the Iran deal and the Syrian peace process.
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The End of the World #10: Interview with Michael von der Schulenburg from 2017-09-21T13:12:27
In this unusual episode of our End of the World series, ECFR's Anthony Dworkin is talking to Michael von der Schulenburg, who has held positions within the United Nations, including assistant secre...
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Europe in the German Elections from 2017-09-19T10:08:03
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard talks with the head of ECFR’s Berlin Office Josef Janning and ECFR's policy fellow Ulrike Franke about the upcoming federal elections in Germany, the parties that are i...
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SOTEU: A vision for the Future of Europe from 2017-09-13T15:57:59
ECFR’s Policy Fellow Ulrike Franke talks with ECFR’s Director Mark Leonard about Jean-Claude Juncker’s State of the Union and Juncker’s – and Mark’s – vision for the future of the EU and Europe.
The End of the World #9: Interview with Cathy O'Neil from 2017-08-25T15:18:14
For the rest of the summer Mark Leonard will be breaking from the usual World in 30 Minutes format to talk about how the global order is being challenged. This week, he is joined by Cathy O'Neil, a...
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The End of the World #8: Interview with Pankaj Mishra from 2017-08-23T09:34:58
For the rest of the summer Mark Leonard will be breaking from the usual World in 30 Minutes format to talk about how the global order is being challenged. This week, he is joined by Pankaj Mishra, ...
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The End of the World #7: Interview with Yascha Mounk from 2017-08-18T10:33:34
For the rest of the summer Mark Leonard will be breaking from the usual World in 30 Minutes format to talk about how the global order is being challenged. This week, he is joined by Yascha Mounk, a...
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The End of the World #6: Interview with Carl Bildt from 2017-08-15T11:18:45
For the rest of the summer Mark Leonard will be breaking from the usual World in 30 Minutes format to talk about how the global order is being challenged. This week, he is joined by Carl Bildt, a f...
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The End of the World #5: Interview with Mary Kaldor from 2017-08-11T12:45:52
For the rest of the summer Mark Leonard will be breaking from the usual World in 30 Minutes format to talk about how the global order is being challenged. This week, he is joined by Professor Mary ...
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The End of the World #4: Interview with Vincenzo Iozzo from 2017-08-08T13:41:59
For the rest of the summer Mark Leonard will be breaking from the usual World in 30 Minutes format to talk about how the global order is being challenged. This week, he is joined by Vincenzo Iozzo,...
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The End of the World #3: Interview with Parag Khanna from 2017-08-04T12:56:18
For the rest of the summer Mark Leonard will be breaking from the usual World in 30 Minutes format to talk about how the global order is being challenged. This week, he is joined by Parag Khanna, a...
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The End of the World #2: Interview with Edward Luttwak from 2017-08-01T09:52:26
For the rest of the summer Mark Leonard will be breaking from the usual World in 30 Minutes format to talk about how the global order is being challenged. This week, he is joined by Edward Luttwak,...
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The End of the World #1: Interview with Edward Luce from 2017-07-28T09:23:15
For the rest of the summer Mark Leonard will be breaking from the usual World in 30 Minutes format to talk about how the global order is being challenged. This week, he is joined by Edward Luce, th...
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Poland's political crisis: what consequences for Europe? from 2017-07-15T10:18:59
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard talks with Wawrzyniec Smoczy?ski, the founder and editor in chief of the magazine Polityka Insight, about the political crisis that shakes Poland and threatens the libe...
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Discussing political extremism with Brendan Cox from 2017-06-29T15:21:52
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard talks with Brendan Cox, a humanitarian campaigner and the widower of MP Jo Cox, about his fight against political extremism.
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Trouble on the fringes: how to stabilise Europe's neighbourhood from 2017-06-22T17:18:12
ECFR's director Mark Leonard discusses the challenges that Europe faces both in its Eastern and Southern neighbourhoods with Nicu Popescu and Florence Gaub, two Senior Analysts at the EU Institute ...
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Cybersecurity: what future for international relations? from 2017-06-16T14:58:09
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard talks with Herbert S. Lin, Senior Research Scholar for Cyber Policy and Security at Stanford University, about cybersecurity, fake news and the future of the Internet.<...
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Winners and losers in the UK election from 2017-06-09T19:59:51
This time, ECFR's director Mark Leonard is on the other side of the microphone and tells you all you need to know about the results of the UK General election.
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After Paris: how can Europe save the world order from Trump? from 2017-06-05T16:06:44
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard talks with the director of ECFR's Paris office, Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, and ECFR's Research Director, Jeremy Shapiro, about the consequences of the US withdrawal from t...
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The Rise of Jihad in the West: a discussion with Gilles Kepel from 2017-05-25T13:49:24
In this special episode, author and terrorism expert Professor Gilles Kepel talks with ECFR's Anthony Dworkin about the factors that gave rise to the network-based 3rd generation Jihad, that has Eu...
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Macron-Merkel: Europe’s new power couple? from 2017-05-18T10:56:20
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard talks with the director of ECFR's offices in Paris, Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, and Berlin, Almut Möller, about President Macron’s newly appointed government, his proposals...
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European Reactions to Macron's Victory from 2017-05-12T09:32:33
This week, rather than putting out our ordinary podcast, we're leaving the floor to Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, head of ECFR Paris, who's hosting a discussion with the heads of most of ECFR's offices f...
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New chaos in the Balkans: what role left for the EU? from 2017-05-05T11:49:55
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard talks with the director of ECFR's office in Sofia, Vessela Tcherneva and the director of ECFR's Wider Europe programme, Fredrik Wesslau about the crisis in Macedonia an...
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Macron vs. Le Pen: the French decide on Europe's future from 2017-04-26T11:11:28
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard talks with Christine Ockrent, an eminent journalist, and Laurence Parisot, the former head of the main polling company in France, about the second round of the French e...
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Brexit means Brexit: implications for Europe of the UK election from 2017-04-22T09:20:25
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard talks with Tom Nuttall, author of the Charlemagne column in the Economist, and Susi Dennison, director of ECFR's European Power programme, about May's real reasons for ...
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The EU in Trump’s World #4: the reset of the U.S. Asia Policy from 2017-04-13T17:33:54
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard talks with ECFR's research director, Jeremy Shapiro and Asia & China experts Angela Stanzel and François Godement about Trump's Asia policy and the EU's response to it....
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What Trump's Syria strike says about his foreign policy from 2017-04-07T13:35:13
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard talks with ECFR's policy fellows Kadri Liik and Julien Barnes-Dacey about Trump's air strikes on Syria and what they mean for the other actors involved.
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French election: What happens if Le Pen wins? from 2017-03-31T15:33:45
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard talks with Manuel Lafont-Rapnouil and Tara Varma from ECFR's Paris office about something that many people hope will never happen: a President Marine Le Pen.
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Will Turkey's constitutional referendum kill its EU aspirations? from 2017-03-24T16:50:36
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Soli Özel, ECFR Council Member and Professor of International Relations at Kadir Has University in Istanbul and ECFR's Vessela Tcherneva on the upcoming Tur...
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The Intellectual Foundations of Trumpism explained by Julius Krein from 2017-03-17T17:06:51
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Julius Krein, who has set up the American Affairs Journal with the aim of laying the intellectual foundations of the Trump movement.
The podcast wa...
German-Turkish Spat: a Storm in a Tea Cup? from 2017-03-10T15:07:22
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR's senior fellows, Asli Aydintasbas and Almut Moeller on the German-Turkish diplomatic spat, the forthcoming polls and the bigger picture of EU-Turkey r...
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The Death Of Expertise? from 2017-03-02T18:08:45
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with James McGann, senior lecturer in International Studies and director of the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, Jeremy Shapiro, ECFR's research director...
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Debriefing the Munich Security Conference with Wolfgang Ischinger from 2017-02-23T14:33:37
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard is meeting with Wolfgang Ischinger, the Chairman of the Munich Security Conference. Together they are debriefing a very unusual MSC where the whole idea of the West was...
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Discussing EU integration with Alexander Stubb from 2017-02-16T18:17:11
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard is meeting with Alexander Stubb, the former Prime Minister of Finland. Together they are discussing the idea of flexible European integration in a post-Brexit environme...
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Discussing the Counter-revolution with Michael Ignatieff from 2017-02-08T14:41:39
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard is meeting with Michael Ignatieff, the former leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and one of the most thoughtful historians of liberalism. Together they are looking a...
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How to respond to Trump's travel ban? from 2017-02-01T12:40:02
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses with ECFR's Research Director Jeremy Shapiro and ECFR Policy Fellows Anthony Dworkin & Mattia Toaldo how the EU should respond to Trump's decision to restrict...
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The EU in Trump's World #3 - European security & rise of the strongmen from 2017-01-25T17:44:27
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses with Vessela Tcherneva, Head of ECFR Sofia office, and Asl? Ayd?nta?ba? & Kadri Liik, ECFR Senior Policy Fellows, how US President Trump is challenging the Eu...
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The EU in Trump's World #2: The big and the small picture of Brexit from 2017-01-18T12:07:49
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses with Tom Nuttall, Brussels bureau chief for the Economist and Ulrike Franke, ECFR's Policy Fellow, whether the Brexit negotiations will be influenced by the c...
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The EU in Trump's World #1: The US out of the Middle East business? from 2017-01-13T17:21:19
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR's Middle East and North Africa Progamme Director, Ruth Citrin, and ECFR Policy Fellows, Ellie Geranmayeh and Hugh Lovatt, on the cards that the EU can ...
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Are Europe's elections still safe? from 2017-01-06T13:20:17
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR Policy Fellows Stefan Soesanto, Kadri Liik and Gustav Gressel on Russia's interferences in Western politics.
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10 Trends for 2017 from 2016-12-27T12:05:25
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR Research Director Jeremy Shapiro for an end-of-year special where they recklessly hold themselves accountable for last year's predictions and take the ...
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Consequences of Aleppo and crisis in Poland from 2016-12-21T17:29:02
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR Senior Policy Fellows Kadri Liik, Julien Barnes-Dacey and Anthony Dworkin about the Syrian situation and the prospects of a political solution.
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Towards a German nuclear option? from 2016-12-14T17:07:07
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Christine Ockrent, journalist, Jana Puglierin, head of the Alfred von Oppenheim Center for European Policy Studies, and Josef Janning, ECFR senior policy fe...
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Insurgents fall short in Austria but triumph in Italy from 2016-12-05T17:37:10
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks with Nathalie Tocci, Deputy Director of Istituto Affari Internazionali and Wolfgang Schüssel, Austria's former Chancellor, about the polls that were held this we...
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Fractures in French society from 2016-12-02T11:40:45
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks with author Gilles Kepel about the the primary election results, Islamophobia and challenges to French political identity. The podcast was recorded on the 2 Dece...
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Merkel - the leader of the free world? from 2016-11-24T12:30:46
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with journalist and Angela Merkel's official biographer Stefan Kornelius, and ECFR fellows Almut Möller and Josef Janning, about Merkel's candidacy for her fourt...
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Will President Le Pen be next? from 2016-11-18T16:30:08
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR fellow Francois Godement and journalist Chistine Ockrent about the candidates for the French presidential election in 2017. The podcast was recorded o...
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How should Europe respond to President Trump? from 2016-11-09T18:10:28
Mark Leonard speaks with Jeremy Shapiro, Asli Aydintasbas and Josef Janning about reactions to Trump’s electoral triumph from the UK, Germany and Turkey.
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Spain’s new government and Brexit High Court ruling from 2016-11-04T16:57:34
Mark Leonard speaks with Cristina Manzano, Editor-in-Chief of the Spanish newspaper Es Global, and Borja Lasheras, ECFR’s director of the Madrid office, about the new Spanish government, which has ...
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The blocking of CETA from 2016-10-25T11:24:58
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Almut Möller, head of ECFR’s Berlin office, and François Godement, director of the Asia and China programme, about the recent blocking of the trade deal bet...
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The battle for Mosul from 2016-10-21T15:10:17
Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR Middle East experts, Hayder al-Khoei and Ellie Geranmayeh, who have just returned from Iraq about the battle for Mosul and prospects for post-conflict reconciliation.
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European Defence from 2016-10-12T13:40:35
Mark Leonard speaks with former director of the European Defence Agency Nick Witney, Manuel Lafont Rapnouil and Ulrike Esther Franke about European defence in the context of Brexit, increasing defe...
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Donald Trump, NATO, and the new power couple, Russia and Iran from 2016-10-03T16:42:30
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard first speaks with David Sanger, journalist from the New York Times, about what Donald Trump would mean for the future of the United States, and the NATO alliance. In t...
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Who will be the next UN Secretary-General? from 2016-09-19T09:05:04
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Senior Policy Fellow Richard Gowan about the candidates, and the factors that will decide the race. The podcast was recorded on the 15 September 2016.
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How China and Asia see Brexit from 2016-09-14T15:10:32
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with experts Angela Stanzel, Francois Godement and Susi Dennison, about what the British exit from the EU will mean for China and Asia, and how the East can gain...
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ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: France and Germany – political tumult in the core of Europe from 2016-09-08T15:21:08
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with heads of office Almut Möller and Manuel Lafont Rapnouil about political debates in France and Germany. What directions are the two countries heading as they...
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ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Ukraine's 25th anniversary of independence from 2016-08-31T16:09:43
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with experts Andrew Wilson, Fredrik Wesslau and Gustav Gressel, about tensions between Russia and Ukraine rising in Eastern Ukraine, the Minsk Agreement, and whe...
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ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Turkish tanks in Syria from 2016-08-26T07:43:34
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with policy fellow Asli Aydintasbas and research director Jeremy Shapiro about the deployment of Turkish tanks into Syria and the rivalry with Kurdish troops in ...
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ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Summer Readings from 2016-08-16T13:39:53
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR experts Vessela Tcherneva, Silvia Francescon, Ulrike Franke, Borja Lasheras, and board member Ivan Krastev, about summer readings. The list includes fo...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Brexit - the view from Brussels from 2016-08-03T13:30:27
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Tom Nuttall, Brussels Bureau Chief of the Economist and author of the Charlemagne column, about reactions to the UK referendum result in the EU institutions...
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ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: German security from 2016-07-26T12:08:43
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Ulrike Franke, research assistant and expert on security and drones, Josef Janning, co-head of ECFR’s Berlin office, and Volker Stanzel, senior advisor to t...
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ECFR Clips: In defence of Europe from 2016-07-19T11:07:30
ECFR council member Loukas Tsoukalis, Professor at the University of Athens, puts the blame for the rise of euroscepticism on the eurozone crisis and a succession of policy failures.
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ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Turkey’s failed coup from 2016-07-18T14:32:49
ECFR’s Director Mark Leonard speaks with Policy Fellow Asli Aydintasbas and Research Director Jeremy Shapiro about the failed coup against Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and its consequence...
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ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: NATO Summit in Warsaw from 2016-07-12T09:27:56
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Piotr Buras, Head of ECFR’s Warsaw office and Senior Policy Fellow, Jeremy Shapiro, ECFR’s Research Director, Vessela Tcherneva, Head of ECFR’s Progammes an...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Brexit - Views from Europe from 2016-07-01T10:11:47
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard presents the discussion “Brexit - Views from Europe“ which was held at ECFR’s Annual Council Meeting in the Hague earlier this week. The panelists are Gordon Bajnai, fo...
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ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: The British EU referendum from 2016-06-21T14:53:43
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Sunder Katwala, director of the think-tank British Future, about the EU referendum, the recent poll swings and what the result might be. The podcast was rec...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Populism and European foreign policy from 2016-06-16T11:56:19
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Susi Dennison, ECFR's director of the European Power programme, Josef Janning, Co-Head of the ECFR Berlin office, Piotr Buras, Head of the ECFR office in Wa...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: The European consequences of the British referendum from 2016-06-09T16:16:27
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Piotr Buras, Head of the ECFR office in Warsaw, and Almut Möller, co-Head of the ECFR Berlin office, about what the main concerns for policymakers in Poland...
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ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Naked diplomacy from 2016-06-01T13:01:52
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Tom Fletcher, diplomat, former UK Ambassador to Lebanon and author of the book Naked Diplomacy, about how technology is changing power and diplomacy. The po...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: The Vienna talks on Libya and Syria from 2016-05-23T16:18:41
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR policy fellows Ellie Geranmayeh, Julien Barnes-Dacey and Mattia Toaldo, about the recent talks in Vienna where foreign minister met up to discuss Libya...
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ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: The geopolitics of the Eurovision Song Contest from 2016-05-17T09:26:12
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Nicola Clase, Swedish Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Fredrik Wesslau, Director of ECFR’s Wider Europe programme, and Vessela Tcherneva, Head of ECFR’s So...
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ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: The Austrian presidential elections, and the British referendum from 2016-05-12T15:51:54
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard first speaks with Burkhard Bischof, editor of the Austrian newspaper Die Presse, and Caroline de Gruyter, correspondent from the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblatt, about...
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ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Europe’s interrelated crises from 2016-05-05T13:13:12
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Ivan Krastev, Chairman of the Center for Liberal Strategies in Sofiar, Sir Robert Cooper, former Director-General for External and Politico-Military Affairs...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: The future of France from 2016-04-28T14:09:24
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Sylvie Kauffmann, editorial director of Le Monde, and Manual Lafont Rapnouil, head of the ECFR Paris office, about the future of France, its place in Europe...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Brexit and Britain’s Security from 2016-04-20T15:22:57
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks with Vice-Admiral Sir Anthony Dymock, former UK Military Representative to NATO and the EU, Simon Foy, former head of the Metropolitan Police's Homicide and Seri...
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ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: UN secretary-general candidacy from 2016-04-14T20:25:14
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Somini Sengupta, UN correspondent for the New York Times, Richard Gowan, ECFR Senior Policy Fellow, and Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, Head of ECFR Paris office, a...
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Voices on Ukraine, Voices of Ukraine: Yevhen Hlibovytsky from 2016-04-13T10:02:18
Interview to Yevhen Hlibovytsky, Ukrainian intellectual, co-founder of the Nestor Group on the future of Ukraine.
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Dutch and British referenda from 2016-04-08T14:09:18
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks with Beatrice de Graaf, Professor of History of International Relations at Utrecht University, Michiel van Hulten, one of the leaders of the Dutch yes-campaign, ...
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ECFR Clips: Xi’s army - reform and loyalty in the PLA from 2016-04-06T11:10:59
Whilst China's defence budget this year is rising at its slowest pace since 2010, the reform of the People's Liberation Army is in full swing. Jérôme Doyon, ECFR Associate Fellow and editor of Chin...
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ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: The Panama Papers from 2016-04-05T15:00:23
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Stefan Kornelius, head of the international section of Sueddeutsche Zeitung, and ECFR senior policy fellows Kadri Liik and Sebastian Dullien, about the bigg...
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ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Sanctions from 2016-03-31T09:40:16
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Clara Portela, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Singapore Management University, and Jeremy Shapiro, ECFR’s Research Director, about the role of ...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Brussels Terror Attacks from 2016-03-22T20:48:29
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks with Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, Head of ECFR's Paris office, Anthony Dworkin, Senior Policy Fellow, and Nick Witney, co-director of ECFR's European Power programme,...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: State elections in Germany from 2016-03-16T12:10:23
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks with Franziska Brantner, Member of the German Parliament and ECFR council member, and with Josef Janning, Senior Policy Fellow and Head of ECFR Berlin Office, ab...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: The 'one-in one-out' EU - Turkey deal from 2016-03-11T13:10:19
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR Visiting Fellow Asli Aydintasbas, ECFR Senior Policy Fellow Mattia Toaldo, and ECFR Board Member and German politician Norbert Röttgen, about the EU-Tu...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: The Norwegian model, and Donald Trump from 2016-03-04T12:46:25
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Ulf Sverdrup, Director of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, about the Norwegian model and whether it could work for the UK, and to Jeremy Sh...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: The British membership of the EU from 2016-02-26T15:14:31
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Sam Coates, Deputy Political Editor of the Times, and to Nick Witney and Susi Dennison, Co-Directors of ECFR's European Power programme, about the current sta...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Turkey and its relationship with the EU from 2016-02-18T11:59:39
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks with Emma Bonino, former Foreign Minister of Italy, Asli Aydintasbas, ECFR Visiting Fellow, and Vessela Tcherneva, ECFR's director of Programmes, about Turkey's ...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: The foreign policy of the refugee crisis from 2016-02-15T08:45:55
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Herman van Rompuy, former President of the European Council, Pierre Vimont, former ambassador and Senior Associate at Carnegie Europe, Almut Moeller, co-direc...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: The future of Syria from 2016-02-04T17:01:44
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Alexandra Saieh, Policy Officer for Oxfam's Syria crisis response in Jordan, Fyodor Lukyanov, Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs and Chairman of the ...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Scorecard 2016 from 2016-01-29T16:19:23
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to diplomat Robert Cooper and ECFR policy fellows Susi Dennison, Almut Moeller, Kadri Liik, and Fredrik Wesslau, about ECFR's Foreign Policy Scorecard 2016, its ...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Geo-economics and what it means for Europe from 2016-01-21T14:50:14
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks to Gideon Rose, editor of Foreign Affairs, Hina Rabbani Khar, former Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Parag Khanna, Senior Research Fellow at Lee Kuan Yew School of...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Iran & Saudi Arabia's diplomatic breakdown from 2016-01-13T14:25:08
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks to Christian Koch, director of the Gulf Research Center Foundation, Marc Lynch, Professor of Political Science at George Washington University, and Ellie Geranma...
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ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Thirteen trends for 2016 from 2016-01-05T10:48:49
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks to ECFR’s research director Jeremy Shapiro about trends and issues in 2016. You can find the article with the thirteen predictions on our website at www.ecfr.eu....
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A quick guide to the Spanish General Election from 2015-12-16T16:12
Ahead of the Spanish general election, that will take place on December 20th, José Ignacio Torreblanca, Head of the ECFR Office in Madrid, offers a quick analysis on what to expect according to th...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: The political economy of the refugee crisis in Germany from 2015-12-11T11:22:49
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Sebastian Dullien, ECFR senior policy fellow and a professor of international economics, about the impact that the influx of refugees will have on Germany’s e...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: The world order in 2030 from 2015-12-03T14:20:28
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to the Japanese Ambassador to NATO, Masafumi Ishii, and former German Ambassador to China and Japan and ECFR senior advisor to the Asia programme, Volker Stanzel...
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Voices on Ukraine, Voices of Ukraine: Kateryna Dankova (pt. 14) from 2015-11-30T13:51
Kateryna Dankova is the head in Chernihiv of the Democratic Alliance (Demallianz), recently elected as a representative in the local elections.
Interviewed by Francisco de Borja Lasheras i...
Voices on Ukraine, voices of Ukraine: Inna Gryshchenko (pt. 13) from 2015-11-30T12:26:19
Inna Gryshchenko is a political candidate from the Ukrainian party 'Sila Lyudei' ('Power of the People').
Francisco de Borja Lasheras did the interview in November 2015.
Interview with Susi Dennison from 2015-11-26T16:48:16
Susi Dennison speaks to ABC News about the current crises in Europe.
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Paris Attacks from 2015-11-19T13:55:41
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to senior policy fellow, Anthony Dworkin, and to the head of the Paris office and senior policy fellow, Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, about the implications of the Par...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Modi's visit to the UK and India's relation with the EU from 2015-11-10T11:57:47
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Bharat Karnad, Professor of National Security Studies at the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi, Clemens Spiess, Project Officer for India at the Robert ...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: The future of Europe from 2015-11-05T14:03:04
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Stephen Walt, Professor of International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School, about the threats that could rip Europe apart, and about different options of how ...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: New Diplomacy in the Age of Networks from 2015-10-29T11:19:07
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Jeremy Heimans, social activist and CEO of Purpose.com, Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO of New America Foundation, and Carl Bildt, former Foreign Minister and Prime...
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Violence and revolt in Israel/Palestine - the Palestinian perspective from 2015-10-23T09:21:11
Hugh Lovatt speaks to Fadi Quran, activist, senior campaigner for Avaaz, and according to the Time magazine "the new face of the Middle East".
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What effect would a Brexit have on China-UK relations? from 2015-10-21T13:33:44
Three experts from the Chinese delegation that Xi Jinping has brought with him to London give their opinion on the possible repercussions of an exit of the UK from the EU.
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Sino-British relations from 2015-10-20T12:52:18
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Professor Feng Zhongping, Vice President of the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, Professor Pan Wei, Professor at the Center for Chines...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: The 'In' Campaign from 2015-10-16T07:38:35
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to 'In' campaigners Damian Green MP and Emma Reynolds MP, from the Conservatives and Labour respectively as the official 'In' campaign launches this week.
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Violence and revolt in Israel/Palestine - the Israeli perspective from 2015-10-15T11:25:50
ECFR's Hugh Lovatt and Mattia Toaldo speak to independent journalist and editor Noam Sheizaf, who has previously worked for a number of Israeli news outlets including Ynet.co.il and Maariv, and now...
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"The Government in Kiev is not interested in the dialogue with the Eastern regions" Alexei Matsuka from 2015-10-14T10:42:42
"Voices of Ukraine, Voices from Ukraine" part 12. Francisco de Borja Lasheras interviews Alexei Matsuka, journalist from the independent local online newspaper “News of Donbass”, about his opinion ...
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Supporting host countries in the region: a silver bullet for the refugee crisis? from 2015-10-09T10:42:06
ECFR speaks to humanitarian expert and former UNHCR representative Kilian Kleinschmidt about how EU countries can actively help solve the refugee crisis and how migration should be dealt with in th...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Is ISIS Putin's saviour? from 2015-10-06T13:28:42
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Nikolay Kozhanov, scholar at the Carnegie Moscow Centre, Jeremy Shapiro, Policy Fellow at Brookings, and ECFR Senior Policy Fellow Julien Barnes-Dacey about R...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Jeremy Corbyn's foreign policy from 2015-10-01T09:20:28
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Labour MP Pat McFadden, Luke Akehurst from Labour First, and Kirsty McNeill, campaign director of Save the Children, at the annual Labour conference about the...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Enforced refugee quotas - the end of the european project? from 2015-09-25T10:42:14
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to ECFR senior policy fellows Susi Dennison, Josef Janning and Vessela Tcherneva about the possible implications of the refugee crisis and whether it will tear t...
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EU Foreign Policy in times of crisis: Europe as a jazz band from 2015-09-23T11:56:18
Francisco de Borja Lasheras in the Annual Conference of the UACES. September 2015.
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: East - West divide on refugee crisis?? from 2015-09-17T13:49:32
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Senior Policy Fellow Kadri Liik, and to the head of ECFR's Sofia office, Vessela Tcherneva, about the growing divide between eastern and western European coun...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Britain in Europe Renegotiation Scorecard from 2015-09-09T13:08:59
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to experts Susi Dennison and Josef Janning about the results of ECFR's Britain in Europe Renegotiation Scorecard - an exclusive survey of opinion in ten of the m...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Refugee Crisis from 2015-09-03T14:55:01
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to ECFR's CEO Dick Oosting, experts Susi Dennison and Josef Janning, about how the different EU countries deal with the crisis, Germany's role and how other coun...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Egon Bahr and the new Ostpolitik from 2015-08-25T14:22:18
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks to Almut Moeller, former head of the Alfred von Oppenheim Center for European Policy Studies at the German Council on Foreign Relations, Christoph Bertram, forme...
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ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: China devalues its currency and VJ Day 70th anniversary from 2015-08-17T14:17:11
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks to Francois Godement, ECFR’s director of the Asia and China Programme, about China’s recent decision to devalue its currency as well as the 70th anniversary of V...
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Mattia Toaldo at BBC Radio 4's Today programme from 2015-08-10T09:49:56
ECFR's Mattia Toaldo gives insight into how the instability in Libya contributes to the migration crisis.
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Summer Readings from 2015-08-07T08:47:14
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ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks to political scientist and author, Ian Bremmer, and diplomat and author, Jonas Parello-Plesner about their new books. Both g...
Mattia Toaldo at The Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2 from 2015-08-03T15:58:47
ECFR's Mattia Toaldo speaks at BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine Show about how other EU countries deal with asylum seekers and how Britain compared approaches the topic.
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes - Brexit: What Would 'Out' Mean? from 2015-07-31T09:56:26
ECFR's director Mark Leonard presents the highlights of the recent ECFR event 'What would 'out' mean?' Taking part in the discussion are Bernard Jenkin, MP for Harwich and North Essex, Mark Reckles...
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Voices on Ukraine, voices of Ukraine part 11 with Mykhailo Zhernakov from 2015-07-24T10:34:05
ECFR's Policy Fellow and Associate Director of the Madrid office, Francisco de Borja Lasheras, interviews experts and locals on Ukraine.
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Germany under criticism from 2015-07-23T10:09:29
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Franziska Brantner, Member of the German Parliament, ECFR’s senior policy fellow Sebastian Dullien and Josef Janning, and Ulrike Franke, Research Assistant at...
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EU differentiation and Israeli settlements from 2015-07-22T13:37:47
ECFR policy fellows Mattia Toaldo and Hugh Lovatt, authors of the policy brief "EU differentiation and Israeli settlements", believe that the EU needs to act faster and further in ensuring that Isr...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Iran Deal from 2015-07-16T13:10:39
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Daniel Levy, director of the MENA programme, and to policy fellows Julien Barnes-Dacey and Ellie Geranmayeh, about the Iran nuclear agreement and Geranmayeh's...
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The Greek crisis - Interview with Joaquín Almunia from 2015-07-15T09:48:08
ECFR's Carla Hobbs interviews the new council member and former European Commissioner, Joaquín Almunia, on the new Greek bailout agreement. Almunia explains possible consequences this could have on...
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Iran Nuclear Talks from 2015-07-07T16:31:26
ECFR policy fellow Ellie Geranmayeh is in Vienna where the nuclear talks between Iran and six major powers are being held. She speaks to Kelsey Davenport, director of Nonproliferation Policy at the...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Greek Referendum - the Result from 2015-07-06T13:23:13
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to senior policy fellows Vessela Tcherneva and Sebastian Dullien about what the result of the Greek referendum will mean for Greece and for the EU.
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Greek Referendum from 2015-07-03T12:30:46
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Loukas Tsoukalis, Professor of Economics and head of the Greek think tank ELIAMEP, and Sebastian Dullien, ECFR's senior policy fellow and Professor of Interna...
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Voices on Ukraine, voices of Ukraine part 10 with Olexiy Haran from 2015-07-01T15:39:08
Head of ECFR's Sofia office, Vessela Tcherneva, interviews Professor Olexiy Haran from Kyiv on the current challenges in Eastern Ukraine and future prospects.
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Voices on Ukraine, Voices of Ukraine part 9 with Ilya Yashin from 2015-06-30T11:35:44
ECFR's Policy Fellow and Associate Director of the Madrid office, Francisco de Borja Lasheras, interviews experts and locals on Ukraine.
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Voices on Ukraine, voices of Ukraine part 8 with Anna Korbut from 2015-06-25T11:09:03
ECFR's Policy Fellow and Associate Director of the Madrid office, Francisco de Borja Lasheras, interviews experts and locals on Ukraine.
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Sanctions from 2015-06-08T16:02:16
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Gerald Knaus, chairman and founder of the European Stability Initiative, Andrew Wilson, senior policy fellow at ECFR and Ukraine specialist, and Anthony Dwork...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Turkey Elections from 2015-06-03T09:21:01
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Sinan Ülgen, visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe, and Vessela Tcherneva, head of ECFR's Wider Europe programme, about the upcoming Turkish elections, possible...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: ISIS from 2015-05-28T14:04:57
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to ECFR Middle East experts and policy fellows Ellie Geranmayeh and Julien Barnes-Dacey about the geopolitics of ISIS and the role of the West.
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Israel's bus segregation row and Netanyahu's new political challenges from 2015-05-22T08:59:10
With only a few months following his election victory, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is faced with his first crisis over a discriminatory pilot scheme that would've seen Palestinian wor...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Riga Summit from 2015-05-19T10:45:36
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Ian Bond, director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform, and ECFR Senior Policy Fellow’s Kadri Liik and Andrew Wilson. They take a look at the ...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: The results of the British elections and its consequences from 2015-05-13T12:12:35
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Silvia Francescon, head of ECFR's Rome office, Josef Janning, senior policy fellow from ECFR's Berlin office and Piotr Buras, head of ECFR's Warsaw office, ab...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: UK Elections from 2015-05-06T17:45:17
On 7 May the British public is asked to choose a new government. Mark Leonard, director of ECFR, Robin Niblett, the director of Chatham House, Charles Grant, the director of the Centre for Europea...
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Voices on Ukraine, voices of Ukraine part 7 with Francisco de Borja Lasheras from 2015-04-29T10:50:55
Juan Ruitiña interviews Policy Fellow and Associate Director of ECFR Madrid Office Francisco de Borja Lasheras on the reforms in the Ukraine and the effectiveness of Minsk II.
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How do Asians see their future? from 2015-04-28T10:15:38
Asia is rising - economically, socially, and technologically, Asia’s nations are taking strides towards increased welfare and prosperity. Francois Godement, Director of ECFR’s Asia & China programm...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Iran from 2015-04-22T13:38:22
On 2 April in Lausanne, world powers and Iran declared the parameters of a comprehensive nuclear deal, offering greater detail than expected. The US has re-asserted its commitment to traditional al...
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Voices on Ukraine, voices of Ukraine part 6 with Yehven Fedchenko from 2015-04-17T10:41:21
ECFR's Policy Fellow and Associate Director of the Madrid office, Francisco de Borja Lasheras, interviews Yehven Fedchenko, the director of the Mohyla School of Journalism in Kiev, about his websit...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Germany and US from 2015-04-15T13:54:59
Mark Leonard talks to Jeremy Shapiro and Nicu Popescu about changing transatlantic relations. How serious are the tensions between Germany and the US after the recent spying scandal? And can the EU...
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: EU elections from 2015-04-15T13:51:56
Mark Leonard talks to Jose Ignacio Torreblanca and Daniel Levy about the European elections, euroscepticism, and the Middle East peace process after Kerry.
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ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Iraq from 2015-04-15T13:31:59
ECFR's director Mark Leonard discusses the latest developments in Iraq with Myriam Benraad, Vessela Tcherneva and Julien Barnes-Dacy.
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ECFR's World In 30 Minutes: Ukraine and Belarus from 2015-04-14T08:49:08
With an EU-Ukraine summit coming up this month, in this episode of World in 30 Minutes Mark Leonard, Director of ECFR, speaks to Kadri Liik and Vessela Tcherneva from ECFR's Wider Europe Progr...
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Mapping Libya's factions from 2015-04-09T16:03:16
Journalist, analyst and author of our web publication 'Mapping Libya's factions', Mary Fitzgerald, explains the political factions and armed groups involved in the fighting in Libya, and gives us i...
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Voices on Ukraine, voices of Ukraine part 5 with Hanna Hopko from 2015-04-07T12:47:27
ECFR's Policy Fellow and Associate Director of the Madrid office, Francisco de Borja Lasheras, and Hanna Hopko, former Maidan activist and now member of the Verkhovna Rada and head of the Foreign A...
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Libya: What went wrong since 2011? from 2015-03-31T14:30:20
ECFR Policy Fellow, Mattia Toaldo, speaks to journalist and analyst Mary Fitzgerald, and Libyan politician Guma El-Gamaty about the lessons that have been learned in 2011 and whether international ...
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The uncertain future of Yemen from 2015-03-30T15:44:23
ECFR Senior Policy Fellow, Julien Barnes-Dacey, and Visiting Fellow, Adam Baron, discuss the recent developments in Yemen and take a look at where the situation is headed.
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Geo-economics: Seven Challenges to Globalization from 2015-03-30T11:10:21
ECFR Director and co-author of the publication 'Geo-economics: Seven Challenges to Globalization', Mark Leonard, gives his thoughts on what states can do to prevent geopolitics from unravelling the...
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Voices on Ukraine, voices of Ukraine part 4 with Francisco de Borja Lasheras from 2015-03-30T09:44:27
ECFR's Policy Fellow and Associate Director of the Madrid office, Francisco de Borja Lasheras, on how to improve EU foreign policy and reach a stronger strategic convergence.
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Does Europe need a bigger military force? from 2015-03-24T15:04:19
Former EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Dr Javier Solana, ECFR's Senior Policy Fellow, Nick Witney, and Advisor at the German Institute for International and Secur...
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Voices on Ukraine, voices of Ukraine part 3 with Yevgenia Belorusets from 2015-03-20T13:53:24
ECFR's Policy Fellow and Associate Director of the Madrid office, Francisco de Borja Lasheras, and Ukrainian artist, Yevgenia Belorusets, take a look at the everyday life of people in eastern Ukrai...
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Mark Leonard's interview with Professor Joseph Nye from 2015-02-13T12:26:04
Professor Joseph Nye, political scientist and former Dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, talks to ECFR Director Mark Leonard about his new book "Is the American ...
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ECFR's World in 30 minutes: Scorecard Edition from 2015-02-05T18:08:54
In this episode of World in 30 Minutes Mark Leonard, Director of ECFR, and the three experts Susi Dennison, Kadri Liik and Jose Ignacio Torreblanca, take a look at the Scorecard 2015 publication an...
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European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2015 - Richard Gowan on Chapter 6: Multilateral Issues from 2015-02-05T14:55:31
Richard Gowan, ECFR Associate Fellow and author of Chapter 6, believes that there were several crises the EU had to face in 2014. How to deal with the increased migration from African countries was...
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European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2015 - Francois Godement on Chapter 5: China and Asia from 2015-02-04T18:02:42
Francois Godement, director of ECFR’s China and Asia Programme, talks about the expansion of relations between the EU and Asia in 2014 through the EU’s confirmation of a free trade pact negotiation...
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European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2015 - Susi Dennison on Chapter 4: MENA from 2015-02-03T13:58:33
Susi Dennison, Senior Policy Fellow and expert on the MENA region, explains the EU's performance in the Middle East and North Africa in 2014, and the need for a new strategy.
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European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2015 - Vessela Tcherneva on Chapter 3: Wider Europe from 2015-02-02T17:15:51
Vessela Tcherneva, ECFR's director of the Wider Europe programme, gives her analysis on the EU's performance upon dealing with the western Balkans in 2014 and discusses which challenges the relatio...
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European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2015 - Thomas Wright on Chapter 2: United States from 2015-01-30T16:11:52
Thomas Wright, author of Chapter 2 from the European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2015, talks about US-EU relations last year and their convergence towards the end of the year.
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European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2015 - Kadri Liik on Chapter 1: Russia from 2015-01-30T16:04:03
Russia's annexation of Crimea and the invasion of Eastern Ukraine turned EU-Russia relations from problematic into an urgent strategic problem. Kadri Liik, ECFR senior policy fellow and author of t...
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