Mark Leonard's World In 30 Minutes

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 catastrophe – A history of the West 1914-1945 by Heinrich August WinklerWarum Europa eine Republk werden muss! Eine politische Utopie by Ulrike GuérotThis blessed plot: Britain and Europe from Churchill to Blair by Hugo YoungAmerican Political Decay or Renewal? by Francis FukuyamaPicture: Flickr/Lightroomer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 LustigerDeutschland 83Britain in Europe MonitorPicture: Flickr/Descrier Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

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 for good by Leslie Crutchfield and Heather McLeod GrantFive films that will help you understand the modern Arab world by Shohini ChaudhuriIntervening better: Europe’s second chance in Libya by Mattia Toaldo The seventh sense: Power, fortune and survival in the age of networks by Joshua Cooper RamoPicture: Flickr/European ParliamentThe podcast was recorded on 23 May 2016. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 University's Kennedy School and former Shadow Foreign Secretary, about the parallels between the British EU referendum and the Scottish referendum.Picture: Flickr/Yellow.Cat Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Ivan Krastev, Chairman of the Center for Liberal Strategies in Sofiar, Sir Robert Cooper, former Director-General for External and Politico-Military Affairs at the Council of the EU, and Kadri Liik, ECFR Senior Policy Fellow, about the multiple crises Europe is facing and how they might be interrelated.Bookshelf:All the Kremlin’s men by Mikhail ZygarThe anatomy of a moment by Javier CercasSoldier of Salamis by Javier CercasThe passage to Europe – how a continent became a union by Luuk van MiddelaarThe industries of the future by Alec RossPicture: Flickr/ European Union 2013 - European Parliament Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Sylvie Kauffmann, editorial director of Le Monde, and Manual Lafont Rapnouil, head of the ECFR Paris office, about the future of France, its place in Europe, and how it sees the world.France and Germany: Europe’s stalling engine by Manuel Lafont Rapnouil and Josef JanningViews from the CapitalsPicture: Flickr/Guillaume Fleur Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks with Vice-Admiral Sir Anthony Dymock, former UK Military Representative to NATO and the EU, Simon Foy, former head of the Metropolitan Police's Homicide and Serious Crimes Command, Nigel Inkster, former board member of MI6, Baroness Pauline Neville Jones, former Security Minister, and Nick Witney, former chief executive of European Defence Agency and ECFR senior policy fellow, about what a British exit from the EU would mean for Britain's security.The drawbridge fallacy by Mark LeonardBrexit to nowhere: The foreign policy consequences of “Out” by Nick WitneyPicture: Flickr/Will Taylor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Somini Sengupta, UN correspondent for the New York Times, Richard Gowan, ECFR Senior Policy Fellow, and Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, Head of ECFR Paris office, about the UN secretary-general candidacy, the public hustings and about who is leading the race.Picture: Flickr/sanjitbakshi Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Interview to Yevhen Hlibovytsky, Ukrainian intellectual, co-founder of the Nestor Group on the future of Ukraine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks with Beatrice de Graaf, Professor of History of International Relations at Utrecht University, Michiel van Hulten, one of the leaders of the Dutch yes-campaign, and Dick Oosting, CEO of ECFR, about the Dutch referendum and its results. In the second part he talks to Sam Coates, Deputy Political Editor of the Times, about the British referendum campaign. +++ Dear listeners, we have technical difficulties this week and we apologise for the sound quality +++Picture: Flickr/Notbrucelee Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Whilst China's defence budget this year is rising at its slowest pace since 2010, the reform of the People's Liberation Army is in full swing. Jérôme Doyon, ECFR Associate Fellow and editor of China Analysis, explains the key drivers to the reform, and its implications on Chinese defence.You can find the publication 'Xi’s army: Reform and loyalty in the PLA' here: http://www.ecfr.eu/publications/summary/xis_army_reform_and_loyalty_in_the_pla6055Picture: Flickr/lafayette1 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Stefan Kornelius, head of the international section of Sueddeutsche Zeitung, and ECFR senior policy fellows Kadri Liik and Sebastian Dullien, about the biggest leak in whistleblower history. The Panama Papers show how corruption really works in Russia by Mark GaleottiHow Reporters Pulled Off the Panama Papers, the Biggest Leak in Whistleblower History by Andy GreenbergPicture: Flickr/Orban Lopez Cruz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Clara Portela, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Singapore Management University, and Jeremy Shapiro, ECFR’s Research Director, about the role of sanctions in European foreign policy.Bookshelf:Connectivity Wars edited by Mark Leonard http://www.ecfr.eu/publications/summary/connectivity_wars_5064Picture: Flickr/jeffowenphotos Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks with Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, Head of ECFR's Paris office, Anthony Dworkin, Senior Policy Fellow, and Nick Witney, co-director of ECFR's European Power programme, about the Brussels terror attacks and its implications on European security and unity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks with Franziska Brantner, Member of the German Parliament and ECFR council member, and with Josef Janning, Senior Policy Fellow and Head of ECFR Berlin Office, about the results of the three state elections in Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt, and what this means for the future of Germany and its role in the EU. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR Visiting Fellow Asli Aydintasbas, ECFR Senior Policy Fellow Mattia Toaldo, and ECFR Board Member and German politician Norbert Röttgen, about the EU-Turkey ‘one-in one-out’ deal over the Syrian refugee crisis.Picture: Flickr/European Union 2012 - European Parliament+++ Dear listeners, we have technical difficulties this week and we apologise for the sound quality +++ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Ulf Sverdrup, Director of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, about the Norwegian model and whether it could work for the UK, and to Jeremy Shapiro, Research Director at ECFR, about the prospects of a Donald Trump presidency and what it means for Europe.Outside and Inside - Official Norwegian Reports NOU 2012Why the Norwegian EU option is best left to Norway by Fredrik Sejersted and Ulf SverdrupPicture: Flickr/Gage Skidmore Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Sam Coates, Deputy Political Editor of the Times, and to Nick Witney and Susi Dennison, Co-Directors of ECFR's European Power programme, about the current state of the debate on the British membership of the European Union. Picture: Flickr/Crown Copyright Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.