Mark Leonard's World in 30 Minutes
514 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 89 ratingsWeekly 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.Member of the EuroPod network.
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Summer series: Military and security dimensions of European sovereignty
August 01, 2018 10:26 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBMark 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 podcast was recorded on 26 July 2018.Picture credit: EATT14 DV Day by European Defence Agency via Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/eudefenceagency/14557213832/in/album-72157645478881825/, CC-BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...
Summer series: Economics of European sovereignty
July 26, 2018 19:54 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBMark 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 podcast was recorded on the 26 July 2018.Picture credit: Dollar and euros background by Petr Kratochvil via publicdomainpictures.net https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=20851&picture=dollars-and-euros-background, CC0 - Public domain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...
Donald Trump, Master Strategist or Master of Disaster?
July 20, 2018 12:02 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBThis 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.Bookshelf:François Godement:Trump cannot bring Europe and China together (https://buff.ly/2Lenli8)The Trump opportunity: Chinese perceptions of the US administration (https://buff.ly/2LztXDI)Doreen Baingana: Tongues of fire. (Forthcoming)Kori Schake & Jeremy Shapiro: How the Big Lebowski Explains the Helsinki Summit and the Inter...
How are Europeans seeing Trump’s performance at the NATO summit?
July 13, 2018 11:31 - 42 minutes - 38.5 MBJeremy 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 recorded on 12 July 2018.Bookshelf:Esprit Journal https://esprit.presse.fr/Communique from NATO Summit 2018 https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/official_texts_156624.htmThe Swan King: Ludwig 2. of Bavaria by Christopher McIntosh https://www.amazon.de/Swan-King-Ludwig-II-Bavaria/dp/1848858477/ref=sr_1_5?...
Is Libya falling apart again?
July 03, 2018 14:36 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBMark 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 recorded on 29 June 2018.Bookshelf:No Turning Back by Rania AbouzeidWind, Sand and Stars by Antoine Saint-ExuperyHow Democracy Ends by David RuncimanImage credit: Refugees from Libya Queue for Food at Tunisia Transit Camp by UN Photo/OCHA/David Ohana, via Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/un_pho...
Humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen: What can Europe do?
June 25, 2018 15:30 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBMark 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 June 2018.Bookshelf:Tribes and Politics in Yemen by Marieke Brandt https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/tribes-and-politics-in-yemen/Yemen: The Unknown War by Dana Adams Schmidt https://www.amazon.com/Yemen-war-Dana-Adams-Schmidt/dp/B0006BVM3WAfghanistan: Between Hope and Fear by Paula Bronstein http:...
German government crisis
June 20, 2018 11:56 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBMark 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 policy. Bookshelf:L'Ordre du jour by Eric Vuillard, https://www.amazon.fr/Lordre-jour-Prix-Goncourt-2017/dp/2330078978The Miracle Of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh https://www.amazon.co.uk/Miracle-Mindfulness-Classic-Meditation-Revered/dp/1846041066Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There by R...
Trump-Kim summit: Has the West lost it?
June 13, 2018 14:01 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBMark 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.Bookshelf:Has the West lost it? A Provocation by Kishore Mahbubani https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/306226/has-the-west-lost-it/Picture credit: Kim and Trump shaking hands at the red carpet during the DPRK–USA Singapore Summit by Executive Office of the President of the United States, via Wikipedia https://en.wikip...
Digital supremacy
June 11, 2018 18:41 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBMark 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.Bookshelf:Mao - The unknown story by Jon Halliday https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mao-Story-Jon-Halliday/dp/0099507374The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking the public and private sector by Marianna Mazzucato https://www.amazon.co.uk/Entrepreneurial-State-Debunking-Private-Economics/dp/0857282522The Red: First Light ...
Is it the end of liberal world order?
June 06, 2018 09:16 - 29 minutes - 27 MBThe 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 in democracy and whether Europe can save the world order.Bookshelf: Richard Cobden, The Apostle Of Free Trade: His Political Career And Public ServicesCan Europe save the world order? by Anthony Dworkin and Mark LeonardPicture credits: President Trump and EU leaders by US Mission to the European Un...
Is Italy facing a new political crisis?
May 28, 2018 21:35 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBMark 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.Image credit: Italian Parliament Building / Italienisches Parlamentsgebäude by Marco Verch, via Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/30478819@N08/35553467263, CC-BY-2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Can Europe save the Iran deal?
May 24, 2018 11:35 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBMark Leonard presents highlights of the ECFR event “Can Europe save the Iran Deal?” with Ellie Geranmayeh, Norbert Röttgen, and Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger.Picture credit: German Foreign Minister Steinmeier, EU High Representative Mogherini, and Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif Stand for a Group Photo After EU, P5+1 Reached Iran Nuclear Agreement in Austria.jpg by U.S. Department of State [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:German_Foreign_Minister_S...
Strategy or Cacophony? - Is there a European strategic culture?
May 17, 2018 13:00 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBMark Leonard talks to the all star cast of Nick Witney, Ulrike Franke and Jeremy Shapiro on the topic of European strategic culture.Picture Credit: European Parliament https://www.flickr.com/photos/european_parliament/17132957147/in/album-72157651849893227/ ( CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 ) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ via Flickr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Macron: one year on
May 14, 2018 15:52 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBMark 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.Picture credit: Emmanuel Macron (3).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emmanuel_Macron_(3).jpg by Gouvernement français [CC BY-SA 3.0 fr (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/fr/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
US nuclear deal withdrawal: What happens now?
May 10, 2018 11:53 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBMark 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.Bookshelf:After Trump’s Iran decision: Time for Europe to step up by Ellie GeranmayehPicture credit: Donald Trump by Gage Skidmore via flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/27151950503, CC by SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more ...
Trump "tickling"
May 01, 2018 14:42 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBMark 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. Bookshelf:Aux quatre vents du monde - Petit guide de navigation sur l'océan de la mondialisation by Mireille Delmas-Marty http://www.seuil.com/ouvrage/aux-quatre-vents-du-monde-mireille-delmas-marty/9782021185898The Italian Teacher by Tom Rachmann https://www.amazon.co.uk/Italian-Teacher-Tom-Rachman/dp/1786482576Flattering...
Turkey’s snap election
April 26, 2018 14:45 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBMark Leonard speaks with Asli Aydıntaşbaş about why Erdoğan called early elections for this summer, and the new European Commission’s accession report.Bookshelf:The world America made by Robert Kagan https://www.amazon.co.uk/World-America-Made-Vintage/dp/0345802713El libro de los abrazos by Eduardo Galeano http://resistir.info/livros/galeano_el_libro_de_los_abrazos.pdfPicture credit:President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:President_Recep_Tayyip_Erdo%C4%9Fan....
The future of the Iran nuclear deal
April 19, 2018 14:16 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBMark 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 University, about the JCPOA and whether Trump will pull out of the deal.Bookshelf:The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_SympathizerSnow by Orhan Pamuk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_(Pamuk_novel)A Saudi Prince’s Quest to Remake the Middle East by Dexter Filkins http...
Chemical weapons attack in Syria: What next?
April 12, 2018 11:48 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBMark Leonard speaks with ECFR experts Asli Aydintasbas, Kadri Liik, Julien Barnes-Dacey, and Manuel Lafont Rapnouil about how the international community might respond.Bookshelf: Ambassador Morgenthau’s Story by Henry Morgenthauhttps://www.amazon.com/Ambassador-Morgenthaus-Story-Henry-Morgenthau/dp/1602061246Joseph Conrad: A Biography by Jeffrey Meyershttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Joseph-Conrad-Biography-Jeffrey-Meyers/dp/081541112XBrother’s Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevskyhttps://www.goodreads.com/...
Cambridge Analytica scandal
March 22, 2018 21:09 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBJonathan Hackenbroich covers for Mark Leonard and speaks with Professor John Naughton about Facebook’s data leak and its monetisation of data.Bookshelf:East West Street by Philippe Sands https://www.amazon.co.uk/East-West-Street-Non-fiction-Book/dp/147460190195 Thesis about Technology by John Naughton http://95theses.co.uk/China’s Big Data Big Brother by Mark Leonard https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/xi-jinping-surveillance-state-by-mark-leonard-2018-02Picture credits: Cambridge An...
UK sanctions against Russia, and a new trade war
March 15, 2018 12:59 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBMark 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.Bookshelf: The Law and Policy of the World Trade Organization by Professor Peter van den BosscheLiquid Surveillance by Zygmunt Bauman and David LyonPicture credit: Vladimir Putin and Theresa May (2016-09-04) 02 by Kremlin.ru [CC BY 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons https://commons....
Europe and the great powers
March 07, 2018 14:44 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBMark Leonard speaks with Asli Aydıntaşbaş, 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 2018.Picture credit: President Trump's Trip to Germany and the G20 Summit, by The White House, via flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/34971872723/in/album-72157685885349776/, CC BY 1.0 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...
What to Expect From the Italian Election?
March 02, 2018 17:23 - 35 minutes - 16.2 MBECFR'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.This podcast was recorded on 2 March 2018.More on the Italy election:Teresa Coratella: Italy votes: Europe in the Italian electionhttp://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_italy_votes_europe_in_the_italian_election Josef Janning: Italy: Following Britain towards the exit? http://www.ecfr.eu/article/co...
Round-up of Day 1 of the Munich Security Conference 2018
February 17, 2018 11:06 - 24 minutes - 15.1 MBECFR'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 - European defence, the end of the liberal order and technology - and give an outlook on the more explosive discussions related to the Middle East that will be discussed on Sunday.The podcast was recorded on Friday, 16 February 2018.BookshelfMunich Security Report 2018: To the Brink - and BackMSC2018...
Germany’s GroKo Treaty: A new start for Europe?
February 08, 2018 19:55 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBMark 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.Bookshelf:Coalition Treaty https://www.spd.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/Koalitionsvertrag/Koalitionsvertrag_2018.pdfAutumn and Winter by Ali Smith https://www.amazon.co.uk/Autumn-Ali-Smith/dp/1510051805 and https://www.amazon.co.uk/Winter-Seasonal-Ali-Smith/dp/0241207029/ref=pd_cp_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0241207029&pd_rd_r=AKWAWQ6CSJZP...
The Undead Past
February 01, 2018 11:10 - 36 minutes - 84.5 MBMark 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 with the evils of history. Recorded on 31 January 2018.For background reading on FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON THE ROAD events download a complimentary eBook:A Post-American Europe? Liberalism and Transatlantic Relations https://www.foreignaffairs.com/special-edition-ebook?cid=nlc-eve-Events%20-%20FA%20on%20the...
Turkey's Afrin offensive
January 25, 2018 16:32 - 34 minutes - 79.2 MBMark 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.Bookshelf:Johan by Oli Bagel Slow Burn by Slate Paris 1919: Six months that changed the world by Margaret MacMillan 95 theses about technology by John NaughtonPicture credit: Return to Homs by Chaoyue 超越 PAN 潘 licensed under CC BY-NC-DC-ND-2.0 Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pan_chaoyue/16969008478/in/p...
Poland’s new kids on the block
January 22, 2018 15:50 - 43 minutes - 40.3 MBMark Leonard speaks with Wawrzyniec Smoczyński, editor-in-chief of Polityka INSIGHT, about the implications of Poland's government reshuffle and the changes to its constitution. Bookshelf:Sapiens – A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah HarariThe Square and the Tower: Networks, Hierarchies and the Struggle for Global Power by Niall FergusonEurope and its discontents: Poland’s collision course with the European Union by Piotr BurasPicture credit: "Visita del Presidente de Polonia, Andrzej ...
Future of EU-China Relations
January 15, 2018 15:26 - 31 minutes - 29 MBMark 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 between Europe and China more broadly, using the findings from their recent publication "China at the gates: A power audit of EU-China relations". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Trends for 2018
January 08, 2018 14:09 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBMark Leonard and Jeremy Shapiro review the year gone by and predict the 10 foreign policy trends that will define 2018.Picture: Pixabay/Geralt https://pixabay.com/en/users/geralt-9301/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Net neutrality
December 19, 2017 14:26 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBMark 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 Commission’s decision to discard net neutrality. The podcast was recorded on 18 December 2017.Bookshelf:Everyobody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are by Seth Stephens-DavidowitzPicture: Flickr/amikan_san Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...
European Security after Brexit
December 14, 2017 14:56 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBECFR 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 after Brexit. The podcast was recorded on the 13.12.2017 in Berlin.Bookshelf:The Shardlake Series by C. J. SampsonPoverty Safari by Darren McGarveyLecture on David Cameron’s relationship with the EU by Sir Ivan Rogers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
US and Europe clash in the Middle East
December 07, 2017 16:50 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBMark 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 divergence between Washington and Europe across the Middle East.Bookshelf:The Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks Gaza: Preparing for Dawn by Donald MacintyreNo Knives in the Kitchen of this City: A Novel by Khaled Khalifa Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Emmanuel Macron and the future of Europe
December 04, 2017 09:22 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBMark 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 are for Europe and what it might lead to.Bookshelf:L’Art de perdre by Alice Zeniter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Has PESCO turned sour?
November 24, 2017 11:54 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBECFR’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.The podcast was recorded on 24th November 2017.Bookshelf:George Orwell, Homage to CataloniaPeter Wilson, The Holy Roman EmpireNick Witney, Re-energising Europe's Security and Defence Policy: www.ecfr.eu/publications/summary/re_energising_europes_security_and_defence_policyNick Witney, EU defence efforts miss the op...
Merkel’s troubles: an opportunity for Europe?
November 22, 2017 16:24 - 33 minutes - 76.9 MBECFR’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.The podcast was recorded on 22nd November 2017.Bookshelf:Ivan Krastev, After EuropeRichard Youngs, Europe Reset: New Directions for the EUH.G. Wells, The War in the Air, available at: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/780/780-h/780-h.htm Timothy Garton Ash, "It’s the Kultur, Stupid", in NY Review of B...
David Miliband on how to deal with the refugee crisis
November 17, 2017 12:20 - 30 minutes - 69.9 MBECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses the refugee crisis with David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee and former British foreign secretary.The podcast was recorded on 16th November 2017.Bookshelf:David Miliband, Rescue: Refugees and the Political Crisis of our TimeEdward Luce, The Retreat of Western LiberalismLisa Maxwell, The Horse Who Walked Through TimePicture: CC/ Wikimedia Commons Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Is there a ‘collateral dividend’ to Trumpian foreign policy?
November 10, 2017 14:20 - 33 minutes - 61.8 MBECFR’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, Francois Godement.The podcast was recorded on 10th November 2017.Bookshelf:Stein Ringen, The Perfect Dictatorship: China in the 21st CenturyVladimir Sorokin, Day of the OprichnikGeorge F. Kennan, Russia Leaves the WarJeremy Shapiro, The transatlantic meaning of Donald Trump: a US-EU Power Audit (2017)...
Is Peace in Sight in Donbas?
November 03, 2017 15:18 - 29 minutes - 68.2 MBECFR’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.The podcast was recorded on 3rd November 2017.Bookshelf:Stephen Kotkin, Stalin, Vol. II: Waiting for Hitler, 1928–1941Anne Applebaum, Red Famine: Stalin's War on UkraineYuri Slezkine, The House of Government: A Saga of the Russian RevolutionCarl Bildt, "Is Peace in Donbas possible?", available at: http://www.ecfr.eu/article/com...
The End of the World #14: Interview with Martin Wolf
November 03, 2017 15:05 - 35 minutes - 81.7 MBIn 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 the liberal order.**Disclaimer: Imperfect audio qualityMartin Wolf is chief economics commentator at the Financial Times.Bookshelf:Martin Wolf, The Shifts and the Shocks: What we’ve learned – and have still to learn – from the financial crisis Martin Wolf's columns in the Financial Times, available a...
Towards a post-American Europe?
October 26, 2017 12:57 - 32 minutes - 74.1 MBECFR’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.The podcast was recorded on 25th October 2017. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The End of the World #13: Interview with Anu Bradford
October 25, 2017 09:38 - 27 minutes - 63.5 MBIn 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.Anu Bradford is a professor of international economic law and European Union law at Columbia Law School.Bookshelf:Anu Bradford, The Brussels Effect, The Rise of a Regulatory Superstate in Europe, available at: http://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1081&context=Mark Le...
What did we learn from China's Party Congress?
October 20, 2017 17:43 - 35 minutes - 81.1 MBECFR’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.The podcast was recorded on 20th October 2017.Bookshelf:Ian Johnson, The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After MaoJean-Paul Kauffmann, Outre-Terre: Le Voyage a EylauAngela Stanzel (ed.), "Grand Designs: Does China have a ‘Grand Strategy’?", available at: http://www.ecfr.eu/publications/summary/grands_design...
Iran Deal: Keep Calm and Carry On?
October 13, 2017 14:20 - 35 minutes - 80.7 MBECFR’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 the responses that Europe can make to avert another nuclear crisis.The podcast was recorded on 13th October 2017.Bookshelf:Peter Frankopan, The Silk Roads: A New History of the WorldDeidre Berger et al., ‘In Spite of It All, America’, in the New York Times and Die Zeit, available at: https://www.nyt...
The End of the World #12: Interview with Joseph Nye
October 12, 2017 09:42 - 30 minutes - 70.7 MBIn 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 co-founder, along with Robert Keohane, of the international relations theory of neoliberalism.Bookshelf:Joseph Nye, Is the American Century Over?Joseph Nye, Will the Liberal Order Survive?, in Foreign Affairs, Jan-Feb 2017 Issue, available at: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2016-12-12/will-liberal-o...
Brexit negotiations: going nowhere?
October 06, 2017 13:09 - 30 minutes - 70.4 MBECFR’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 EU want after Brexit.The podcast was recorded on 6th October 2017.Bookshelf:Yanis Varoufakis, Adults in the Room: My Battle With Europe’s Deep EstablishmentIvan Krastev, After EuropeGraham Stewart, Burying Caesar : Churchill, Chamberlain And The Battle For The Tory Party Gary Younge, Another Day in ...
The End of the World #11: Interview with Kelly Greenhill
October 03, 2017 10:21 - 31 minutes - 14.6 MBIn 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 International Relations at Tufts University and Research Fellow at Harvard University. Bookshelf:Kelly Greenhill, Weapons of Mass Migration: Forced Displacement, Coercion and Foreign PolicyGeorg Sorensen, A Liberal World Order in CrisisMark Blyth, Austerity: The History of a Dangerous IdeaDuncan Bell, ...
Macron's speech: rebuilding the European Union
September 27, 2017 09:32 - 31 minutes - 72.4 MBECFR’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.The podcast was recorded on 26th September 2017. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Debriefing the U.N. General Assembly with Richard Gowan
September 21, 2017 16:31 - 33 minutes - 76.3 MBECFR’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.The podcast was recorded on 21st September 2017.Bookshelf:John Le Carré, A Legacy of SpiesHillary Clinton, What HappenedZygmunt Bauman, RetrotopiaPicture: Kremlin.ru Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The End of the World #10: Interview with Michael von der Schulenburg
September 21, 2017 13:12 - 31 minutes - 72.5 MBIn 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 secretary-general, for more than thirty years, about democracy and foreign interventions.Bookshelf:Michael Von Der Schulenburg, On Building Peace Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.