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Mark Leonard's World in 30 Minutes

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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.Member of the EuroPod network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

Voices on Ukraine, voices of Ukraine: Inna Gryshchenko (pt. 13) 30.11.2015

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

Interview with Susi Dennison 26.11.2015

Susi Dennison speaks to ABC News about the current crises in Europe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Russian-Turkish relations 26.11.2015

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, about the downing of a Russian fighter jet by a Turkish F-16 and its implications on Turkish-Russian relations. Bookshelf:Great Catastrophe: Armenians and Turks in the Shadow of Genocide by Thomas de Waal...

ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Paris Attacks 19.11.2015

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 Paris attacks on France and Europe. Bookshelf:Les Guerres du President by David Revault d’Allonnes Power Wars by Charlie SavageLa Revanche de Passions by Pierre HassnerLe Grand Remplacement by Renaud CamusL...

ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Modi's visit to the UK and India's relation with the EU 10.11.2015

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 Bosch Foundation in Germany, and Francois Godement, director of the Asia and China Programme at ECFR, about Indian Prime Minister Modi's visit to the UK and India's relation with the EU.Bookshelf:How Mod...

ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: The future of Europe 05.11.2015

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 the EU could develop given the current picture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: New Diplomacy in the Age of Networks 29.10.2015

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 Minister of Sweden and co-chair of ECFR, about the future of diplomacy in an age of networks. Picture: Flickr/Maxine BonziBookshelf:Unfinished Business by Anne-Marie SlaughterBetween the world and me by...

Violence and revolt in Israel/Palestine - the Palestinian perspective 23.10.2015

Hugh Lovatt speaks to Fadi Quran, activist, senior campaigner for Avaaz, and according to the Time magazine "the new face of the Middle East". Picture: Flickr/Rusty Stewart Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What effect would a Brexit have on China-UK relations? 21.10.2015

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. Picture: Flickr/Number10gov Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Sino-British relations 20.10.2015

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 Chinese and Global Affairs at Peking University, and Francois Godement, ECFR's head of the China and Asia programme, about China's president Xi Jinping's four day visit to the UK.Picture: Flickr/Number 10/Crow...

ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: The 'In' Campaign 16.10.2015

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

Violence and revolt in Israel/Palestine - the Israeli perspective 15.10.2015

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 writes regularly for +972 Magazine. Picture: Flickr/Rusty Steward https://www.flickr.com/photos/rustystewart/300026777/in/photolist-jZzWj-jZzWk-svHvt-jNYUZR-dxs9sa-4ZvCWU-4jm2Zv Hosted on Acast. See aca...

"The Government in Kiev is not interested in the dialogue with the Eastern regions" Alexei Matsuka 14.10.2015

"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 on the Ukrainian conflict, the deadlock the region of Donbass is living right now, and the matter of dialogue and reconciliation in the country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

Supporting host countries in the region: a silver bullet for the refugee crisis? 09.10.2015

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 the future. Picture: Flickr/Foreign and Commonwealth Office Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Is ISIS Putin's saviour? 06.10.2015

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 Russia's military actions in Syria. Bookshelf:The Meursault Investigation by Kamel DaoudThe Fall of the Ottomans by Eugene RoganRoadside Picnic by Arkady StrugatskyIt's time to rethink Syria by Philip Gor...

ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Jeremy Corbyn's foreign policy 01.10.2015

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 new Labour leader's foreign policy. Picture: Flickr/The Weekly Bull/RonF Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Enforced refugee quotas - the end of the european project? 25.09.2015

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 the European Union apart. Picture: Flickr/Thijs ter Haar Bookshelf:Divided Poland faces foreign policy crossroads by Piotr BurasTen home truths on Europe's refugee crisis by Susi Dennison, Dina Pardijs an...

EU Foreign Policy in times of crisis: Europe as a jazz band 23.09.2015

Francisco de Borja Lasheras in the Annual Conference of the UACES. September 2015. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: East - West divide on refugee crisis? 17.09.2015

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 countries on the refugee crisis. Bookshelf:The Judgement by Stephan KomandarevRussian Approaches to International Law by Prof. Lauri MälksooEastern Europe’s Compassion Deficit by Ivan KrastevPicture: Flickr/...

ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Britain in Europe Renegotiation Scorecard 09.09.2015

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 most critical EU member states to find how close Cameron is to securing agreement to a reform package that he can put to the British people. Download the survey on our dedicated page: http://www.ecfr.eu/e...

ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Refugee Crisis 03.09.2015

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 countries might respond. Bookshelf:Geopolitics and democracy in the Middle East by Kristina KauschPicture: Flickr/EC/ECHO Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Egon Bahr and the new Ostpolitik 25.08.2015

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, former director of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, and Wolfgang Ischinger, Germany's former ambassador to Washington and London and currently chairman of the Munich Security Confe...

ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: China devalues its currency and VJ Day 70th anniversary 17.08.2015

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 Victory over Japan Day. Bookshelf:Duty – Memoirs of a Secretary at War by Robert M. GatesSoumission by Michel HouellebecqChina’s Second Continent by Howard FrenchThe China-Pakistan Axis by Andrew SmallPic...

Mattia Toaldo at BBC Radio 4's Today programme 10.08.2015

ECFR's Mattia Toaldo gives insight into how the instability in Libya contributes to the migration crisis. Picture: Flickr/Noborder Network Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Summer Readings 07.08.2015

http://www.ecfr.eu/podcastsECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks to political scientist and author, Ian Bremmer, and diplomat and author, Jonas Parello-Plesner about their new books. Both guests recently wrote about world superpowers: Bremmer’s book is called 'Superpower: Three Choices for America's Role in the World', and Parello-Plesner’s 'China’s Strong Arm – Protecting Citizens and Assets Aroad'...

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