Mark Leonard's World In 30 Minutes

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 Christopher McIntosh https://www.amazon.de/Swan-King-Ludwig-II-Bavaria/dp/1848858477/ref=sr_1_5?s=books-intl-de&ie=UTF8&qid=1531481343&sr=1-5&keywords=ludwig+ii+bavaria+biographyImage credit: Secretary Pompeo Participates in Press Conference With President Trump at NATO by US Department of State, via Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/statephotos/41551661440/in/album-72157698247752204/, Public Domain https://www.usa.gov/government-works Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Tunisia Transit Camp by UN Photo/OCHA/David Ohana, via Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/un_photo/5622093239, CC-BY-NC-ND-2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/Yemen-war-Dana-Adams-Schmidt/dp/B0006BVM3WAfghanistan: Between Hope and Fear by Paula Bronstein http://www.paulaphoto.com/book--afghanistan--between-hope-and-fear/Book-cover_final/No Turning Back by Rania Abouzeid https://www.raniaabouzeid.com/book/Picture credit: This neighborhood where more than 100 buildings have been damaged has brought attention to the plight of Yemeni blacks with neighboring communities coming to witness the damage - Sanaa - Oct-9-2015.png by Almigdad Mojalli/VOA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:This_neighborhood_where_more_than_100_buildings_have_been_

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-Mindfulness-Classic-Meditation-Revered/dp/1846041066Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There by Rutger Bregman https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/utopia-for-realists-9781408890264/The Mask it Wears by Pankaj Mishra https://www.lrb.co.uk/v40/n12/pankaj-mishra/the-mask-it-wearsPicture credit: Angela Merkel mit Horst Seehofer by Harald Bischoff [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Angela_Merkel_mit_Horst_Seehofer_1597.jpg Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Singapore Summit by Executive Office of the President of the United States, via Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kim_and_Trump_shaking_hands_at_the_red_carpet_during_the_DPRK%E2%80%93USA_Singapore_Summit.jpg#filelinks, CC0 – Public Domain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.amazon.co.uk/Entrepreneurial-State-Debunking-Private-Economics/dp/0857282522The Red: First Light by Linda Nagata https://www.amazon.co.uk/Red-First-Light-Trilogy/dp/1481440934Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart https://www.amazon.co.uk/Super-Sad-True-Love-Story/dp/1847082491Mindful Tech by David M. Levy https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300208313/mindful-techLiquid Surveillnace - A Conversation by Zymnunt BaumanKanzlerin Merkel in Gespraech in FAZ am Sonntag http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/kanzlerin-angela-merkel-f-a-s-interview-europa-muss-handlungsfaehig-sein-15619721.htmlPicture credit: Binary

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 Dworkin and Mark LeonardPicture credits: President Trump and EU leaders by US Mission to the European Union at https://useu.usmission.gov/70th-anniversary-marshall-plan/trump-eu/, CC-BY-3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.com/privacy for more information.

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 domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:German_Foreign_Minister_Steinmeier,_EU_High_Representative_Mogherini,_and_Iranian_Foreign_Minister_Zarif_Stand_for_a_Group_Photo_After_EU,_P5%2B1_Reached_Iran_Nuclear_Agreement_in_Austria.jpg Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

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 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Teacher by Tom Rachmann https://www.amazon.co.uk/Italian-Teacher-Tom-Rachman/dp/1786482576Flattering Donald Trump reaps scant reward for Macron and Merkel by Jeremy Shapiro https://www.ft.com/content/91834f5a-4936-11e8-8c77-ff51caedcde6How Europe Can Save the Iran Nuclear Deal by Mark Leonard https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/how-europe-can-save-the-iran-nuclear-deal-by-mark-leonard-2018-041968: Power to the Imagination by Daniel Cohn-Bendit and Claus Leggewie http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2018/05/10/1968-power-to-the-imagination/Picture credit: 170714-D-PB-1003.jpg by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique

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 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:President_Recep_Tayyip_Erdo%C4%9Fan.jpg by By Glenn Fawcett [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.org/wiki/Snow_(Pamuk_novel)A Saudi Prince’s Quest to Remake the Middle East by Dexter Filkins https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/09/a-saudi-princes-quest-to-remake-the-middle-eastPicture: Tea Party Patriots Stop the Iran Nuclear Deal IMG 4650 by Elvert Barnes https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tea_Party_Patriots_Stop_the_Iran_Nuclear_Deal_IMG_4650_(21277938456).jpg [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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-Biography-Jeffrey-Meyers/dp/081541112XBrother’s Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevskyhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4934.The_Brothers_KaramazovLa mondialisation des pauvres by Armelle Choplin and Olivier Pliezhttp://www.seuil.com/ouvrage/la-mondialisation-des-pauvres-armelle-choplin/9782021366525Alone in the desert? How France can lead Europe in the Middle East by Manuel Lafont Rapnouilhttp://www.ecfr.eu/publications/summary/alone_in_the_desert_how_france_can_lead_europe_in_the_middle_eastPicture credit:US fire support for SDF at Raqqa https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/US_fire_support_for_SDF_at_Raqqa.

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.org/commentary/xi-jinping-surveillance-state-by-mark-leonard-2018-02Picture credits: Cambridge Analytica by Thought Catalogue via Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/lookcatalog/26029490417/in/photolist-FE8WDx-bWN3ja-21kifhB-21htHYs-FHycfF-21kgHZp-Dcy5Jw-Dczwm1-DczwPW-21kgHBF-24iDy1d-HfhRq7-Pi78SZ, CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR experts Kadri Liik and Sebastian Dullien about the consequences of the attack on Sergei Skripal in the UK, and the eruption of an EU-US trade war.Bookshelf: The Law and Policy of the World Trade Organization by Professor Peter van den BosscheLiquid Surveillance by Zygmunt Bauman and David LyonPicture credit: Vladimir Putin and Theresa May (2016-09-04) 02 by Kremlin.ru [CC BY 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vladimir_Putin_and_Theresa_May_(2016-09-04)_02.jpg Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard speaks with Asli Aydıntaşbaş, Kadri Liik, François Godement and Jeremy Shapiro about Europe’s relations with the US, China, Russia and Turkey. The podcast was recorded on the 6 March 2018.Picture credit: President Trump's Trip to Germany and the G20 Summit, by The White House, via flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/34971872723/in/album-72157685885349776/, CC BY 1.0 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard discusses four possible outcomes in Italy’s election on the 4th of march 2018 with Silvia Francescon, head of ECFR Rome, and Alba Lamberti, Senior Director for Advocacy.This podcast was recorded on 2 March 2018.More on the Italy election:Teresa Coratella: Italy votes: Europe in the Italian electionhttp://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_italy_votes_europe_in_the_italian_election Josef Janning: Italy: Following Britain towards the exit? http://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_italy_following_britain_towards_the_exitFor our Italian listeners, check out the event on Italy’s foreign policy after the election here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xVZ5MEWOFMPicture: Dave Kellam via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)https://www.flickr.com/photos/davekellam/482815089 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.