Mark Leonard's World in 30 Minutes

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.Bookshelf:Crashed by Adam Tooze https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/301357/crashed-by-adam-tooze/9780670024933/The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect by Judea Pearl https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/28982...

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 Turkey. The podcast was recorded on 31 August 2018.Bookshelf:To Go Forward, Turkey Must Look Back by Daron Acemoglu https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-08-30/to-go-forward-turkey-must-look-backNotes...

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.Picture credit: Internet map 1024 by The Opte Project via Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_network#/media/File:Internet_map_1024.jpg, CC-BY-2.5 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

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: decision-making, capabilities and defence industrial capacity. The podcast was recorded on the 27 July 2018.Picture credit: A multitude of colourful flags at the European Parliament in Strasbourg by Europea...

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 institutions such as G7 and UN? The podcast was recorded on 26 July 2018.Picture credit: President Trump met with European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker whe...

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 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 htt...

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 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&pict...

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. 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. (Forthco...

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 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...

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 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 T...

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 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/Yeme...

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 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-Mindf...

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. 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 Singapor...

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.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....

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 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 Dworki...

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. 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...

Mark 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...

Mark 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...

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. 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 Wik...

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.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 ht...

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. 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 Teac...

Mark 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 Rec...

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 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....

Mark 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-Biogra...

Jonathan 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...