Paul Adamson

Paul Adamson in conversation

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Hi. I’m Paul Adamson, the founder of Encompass, an online magazine about the European Union and its place in the world and, through also our podcasts and live events, a space for discussion and debate. These podcasts are me “in conversation with” personalities that I think have interesting things to say. They are deliberately informal and are designed to be illuminating as well as, hopefully, entertaining.

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Paul Adamson

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News

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encompass-europe.com

Latest episode

Jul 8, 2026

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Episodes

The coronavirus and its political and economic impact in Europe 11.03.2020

Mujtaba Rahman, Managing Director for Europe at the Eurasia Group, talks to Paul Adamson about the coronavirus and its political and economic impact in Europe.

'Brexiternity', Labour's leadership and Europe's new progressives 04.03.2020

Denis MacShane, former Europe Minister under Tony Blair and author of 'Brexiternity', talks to Paul Adamson about his new book, the Labour Party leadership and Europe's new progressives.

European public opinion 30 years after the fall of Communism 26.02.2020

Jacob Poushter, Associate Director, Global Attitudes at the Pew Research Center, talks to Paul Adamson, about pan-European attitudes towards democracy and market economies thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Implementing Brexit Phase I and the upcoming tensions in Phase II 17.02.2020

Catherine Barnard, Professor of EU Law and Employment Law at Trinity College, Cambridge, talks to Paul Adamson about the issues surrounding the implementation of Brexit Phase I and the upcoming tensions in the Phase II negotiations.

Data protection and the global impact of GDPR 11.02.2020

The new European Data Protection Supervisor, Wojciech Wiewórowski, talks to Paul Adamson about compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation, its global influence and data protection 'adequacy' in the Brexit Phase II talks.

Making coalitions in a fragmented European Parliament 05.02.2020

Eva Maydell, a Member of the European Parliament in the centre-right European People's Party, talks to Paul Adamson about working in a sometimes 'chaotic' European Parliament and the need for the EU institutions to make more of an effort to speak with one voice.

The politics of Brexit Phase II 28.01.2020

George Parker, Political Editor of the Financial Times, talks to Paul Adamson about how the UK government is handling Phase II of the Brexit negotiations.

The UK's uneven membership of the EU 18.12.2019

Martin Westlake, author of 'Slipping Loose: the UK's long drift away from the European Union' talks to Paul Adamson about the various trends over the years leading, or pushing, the UK away from full membership of the European Union.

The societal impact of 5G 04.12.2019

The physicist and science journalist, Ranga Yogeshwar, talks to Paul Adamson about the societal impact of 5G.

UK foreign and security policy post-Brexit 24.11.2019

Professor Amelia Hadfield, head of the Department of Politics and Director of the Centre for Britain and Europe at the University of Surrey, talks to Paul Adamson about UK foreign and security policy post-Brexit.

Brexit, the greening of trade deals and the weaponisation of trade 01.11.2019

Sam Lowe, senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform, talks to Paul Adamson about the Boris Johnson Brexit deal, level playing fields, the greening of the trade agenda, and the weaponisation of trade.

The world's new demagogues and authoritarians 17.10.2019

Michael Peel, the European Diplomatic Correspondent for the Financial Times, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'The Fabulists: The World's New Rulers, Their Myths and the Struggle Against Them'.

'Exodus, Reckoning, Sacrifice: Three Meanings of Brexit' 10.10.2019

Kalypso Nicolaidis, Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford, talks to Paul Adamson about her new book 'Exodus, Reckoning, Sacrifice; Three Meanings of Brexit'.

The future of EU-UK relations 03.10.2019

John Peet, Political and Brexit Editor at The Economist, talks to Paul Adamson about the future of EU-UK relations as the official Brexit deadline looms.

Data privacy, the tech industry and Congressional oversight 24.09.2019

Senator Marsha Blackburn, Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee Tech Task Force, talks to Paul Adamson about data privacy in the U.S. and the broader responsibilities tech companies now face.

Brexit, US relations and the EU's place in the world 16.09.2019

David Miliband, CEO of the International Rescue Committee, talks to Paul Adamson about Brexit, the Labour Party's position, US relations and the EU's place in the world.

What has the UK ever done for the EU?: Robert Madelin 02.09.2019

Robert Madelin, international chairman of Fipra and former Director General at the European Commission, talks to Paul Adamson in our occasional series 'What has the UK ever done for the EU?'

Boris Johnson, Brussels journalist - and euroscepticism 07.08.2019

Geoff Meade, former Europe editor of the Press Association, talks to Paul Adamson about his encounters with Boris Johnson then a young reporter in Brussels.

Boris Johnson's Brexit strategy 01.08.2019

Stephen Fidler, UK and Brexit editor at the Wall Street Journal, talks to Paul Adamson about the new Conservative government in the UK and Boris Johnson's Brexit strategy.

What has the UK ever done for the EU?: Frans van Daele 16.07.2019

Frans van Daele, former Permanent Representative of Belgium to the European Union, Ambassador to the United States and to NATO, and chef de cabinet of Herman van Rompuy, the first President of the European Council, talks to Paul Adamson in the second of our occasional series 'What has the UK ever done for the EU?'

What has the UK ever done for the EU?: Anand Menon 09.07.2019

Professor Anand Menon, Director of The UK in a Changing Europe project, based at King's College London, talks to Paul Adamson about the UK's contribution to the EU in the areas of the single market, enlargement and foreign policy.

The true meaning of a 'No Deal Brexit' 17.06.2019

Jean-Claude Piris, head of the EU Council of Minister's Legal Service for 23 years, talks to Paul Adamson about the real meaning of a 'No Deal Brexit' and the prospects of an agreement between the UK and the EU27 under a new British premiership.

The European Parliament elections and gender balance in the EU's top jobs 29.05.2019

Marietje Schaake, who recently stood down from the European Parliament, talks to Paul Adamson about her ten years as an MEP, her analysis of the European Parliament elections and how there should be more women occupying the European Unions's tob jobs.

"Paradise Lost: Europe in the world of Trump" 23.05.2019

Benjamin Haddad, director of the Europe programme at the Atlantic Council in Washington DC, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book and the need for the European Union to show more unity of purpose in dealing with the United States.

Surmounting barriers for women to run for political office 25.04.2019

Susannah Wellford, CEO and Founder of Running Start, a non partisan non profit organisation training young women to run for political office, talks to Paul Adamson about the barriers women face when seeking a career in politics and how these can be surmounted.

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