Mark Leonard's World in 30 Minutes

Mark Leonard speaks with Jeremy Shapiro, Asli Aydintasbas and Josef Janning about reactions to Trump’s electoral triumph from the UK, Germany and Turkey. Bookshelf:In Europe: Travels Through the Twentieth Century by Geert MakThe global crisis and the failure of the West by Carlo MasalaSapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah HarariThe everyday and the existential: how Clinton and Trump...

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 finally come into place after a year of waiting. In the second part, he speaks with Conor Quinn, ECFR’s Communications Manager, about the recent UK High Court ruling that the British Parliament must vote...

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 between Canada and the EU by the Belgian Walloons, and what this means for Europe’s governability. Bookshelf:Dies sind die Namen by Tommy WieringaLes tueurs de la Republique: Assassinats et operations speci...

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 defence budgets and proposals for a Schengen of Defence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 the second part of the podcast he speaks with Kadri Liik and Ellie Geranmayeh about the new “power couple” Russia and Iran, and their relations in the Middle East. The podcast was recorded on the 15 and 27...

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.Bookshelf:The fog of peace: A memoir of international peacekeeping in the 21st century by Jean-Marie GuehennoEU indecision on UN Secretary General choice plays to Russia’s advantage by Richard GowanPicture: Wi...

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 from the new landscape. The podcast was recorded on the 13 September 2016.Bookshelf:Europeans, get down to work by Andres OrtegaWild grass: China’s revolution from below by Ian JohnsonGoodbye Europe by...

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 approach next year's elections? The podcast was recorded on 7 September 2016.Bookshelf: Der taumelnde Kontinent by Philipp BlomNew European counter-terror wars by Anthony DworkinView from Berlin: The EU...

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 whether European sanctions should be renewed towards Russia. The podcast was recorded on 30 August 2016.Bookshelf:Enough said: What’s gone wrong with the language of politics by Mark ThompsonThe decline of...

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 the fight against ISIS in that region. The podcast was recorded on the 25 August 2016.Bookshelf:Desert Queen: The extraordinary life of Gertrude Bell by Janet Wallach Decisive moments in history by Stefa...

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 foreign policy books, wider readings to understand the world we live in, and finally what to read to get away from it all. The podcast was recorded on 28 July 2016.Books discussed:The force of reason by Or...

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, and the upcoming negotiations. The podcast was recorded on 26 July 2016.Bookshelf:This Blessed Plot by Hugo YoungBritons: Forging the Nation 1707-1837 by Linda ColleyBritain as Europe by Linda ColleyPi...

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 the Asia & China programme, about the four recent violent attacks in southern Germany. The speakers agree that the mood in Germany is much calmer than it is portrayed by foreign media. The podcast was rec...

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. Picture: Flickr/RobDeman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 consequences for the West. The podcast was recorded on the 18 July 2016.Bookshelf:Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy SchiffThe Dream of Scipio by Iain PearsPicture: Flickr/UNAOC Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...

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 and the Sofia office, and Ulrike Franke, Research Assistant at ECFR and expert on military issues, about what was discussed at the summit and what that means for European security. The podcast was recorded...

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, former Prime Minister of Hungary, Norbert Röttgen, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the German Bundestag, George Soros, Founder and Chairman of the Open Society Foundations, Alexander Stubb,...

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 recorded on 21 June 2016.Bookshelf:How (not) to talk about Europe by Sunder Katwala and Steve BallingerThis blessed plot – Britain and Europe from Churchill to Blair by Hugo YoungJo Cox’s Fund https://www.g...

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 Warsaw, and Jeremy Shapiro, ECFR's Research Director, about populism and European foreign policy. The podcast was recorded on the 15 June 2016.Bookshelf:Never let me go by Kazuko IshiguroThe age of catastr...

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 and Germany are. The podcast was recorded in Warsaw on 3 June 2016 and in London/Berlin on 9 June 2016.Bookshelf:Die zerrissenen Jahre by Philipp BlomDay in Day out by Terézia MoraThe Inventory by Gila...

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 podcast was recorded on 1 June 2016. Book:Naked Diplomacy by Tom FletcherPodcast:New Diplomacy in the Age of Networks with Mark Leonard, Jeremy Heimans, Anne-Marie Slaughter and Carl BildtPicture: Flickr/M...

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 and the growing threat of ISIS in the country, and about new developments Syria. Bookshelf:In the light of what we know by Zia Haidar RahmanTrilogy by Elena FerranteDateline Baghdad by Luke BakerForces...

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 Sofia Office, about the Eurovision Song Contest and its geopolitical features. The Swedish Ambassador’s Guide to the Eurovision Song Contest by Nicola ClasePicture: Flickr/Per-Olof Forsberg Hosted on Acast...

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 the Austrian presidential elections, in which the far-right party FPÖ is the favourite to win. In the second half of the podcast Mark Leonard speaks with Douglas Alexander, Senior Fellow at Harvard Univ...