Mark Leonard's World In 30 Minutes

Mark Leonard speaks with Ulrike Franke and Susi Dennison about what the new German coalition means for foreign policy. The podcast was recorded on 8 January 2018.Bookshelf:Coalition Treaty https://www.spd.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/Koalitionsvertrag/Koalitionsvertrag_2018.pdfAutumn and Winter by Ali Smith https://www.amazon.co.uk/Autumn-Ali-Smith/dp/1510051805 and https://www.amazon.co.uk/Winter-Seasonal-Ali-Smith/dp/0241207029/ref=pd_cp_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0241207029&pd_rd_r=AKWAWQ6CSJZPSB9189RJ&pd_rd_w=duEqQ&pd_rd_wg=MS5kH&psc=1&refRID=AKWAWQ6CSJZPSB9189RJToo soon for champagne toasts for GroKo by Ulrike Franke http://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_too_soon_for_champagne_toasts_to_grokoPicture credits: European Council 7-8.2.2013 by Herman Van Rompuy, licensed under CC BY NC-ND 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/), via Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/europeancouncil/8453630381/in/photolist-dT24MX-f5g1CB-XEKw8G-X3kdrM-WU9kcw-nHr7o3-f5g1Gv-YgKwTK-XULubm-XXv

Mark Leonard speaks with Justin Vogt, Managing Editor of Foreign Affairs, Professor Mary Fulbrook from UCL, and Dr. Fraziska Exeler, Research Associate and Lecturer at FUB, about how nations deal with the evils of history. Recorded on 31 January 2018.For background reading on FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON THE ROAD events download a complimentary eBook:A Post-American Europe? Liberalism and Transatlantic Relations https://www.foreignaffairs.com/special-edition-ebook?cid=nlc-eve-Events%20-%20FA%20on%20the%20Road%20-%20Berlin-20180117Bookshelf: Meines Vaters Land by Wiebke Brun A model childhood by Christa Wolf A small town near Auschwitz by Mary Fulbrook Bind Us Apart: How Enlightened Americans Invented Racial Segregation by Nicholas Guyatt Jean Améry - Revolte in der Resignation: Biographie by Irène Heidelberger-Leonard Image credit: Bebelplatz Monument by Aaron Siirila [CC BY-SA 2.5 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABebelplatz_Night_

Mark Leonard, Asli Aydintasbas, Kadri Liik and Jeremy Shapiro, discuss Turkey's offensive near the Syria-Turkey boarder, the future of US-Turkey relations and Russia's role in the region.Bookshelf:Johan by Oli Bagel Slow Burn by Slate Paris 1919: Six months that changed the world by Margaret MacMillan 95 theses about technology by John NaughtonPicture credit: Return to Homs by Chaoyue 超越 PAN 潘 licensed under CC BY-NC-DC-ND-2.0 Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pan_chaoyue/16969008478/in/photolist-rRuB2G-mC66kN-oDqfyx-pjTZMi-mC4sxx-mC4uCp-ot4zdL-mC4v2F-mC4vPx-mC4sRD-mC52bg-htm4Jr-fDaaGA-8z473w-86twBc-oZs62R-dWGdNT-p6vQv5-dQotuS-cW27gw-i2oPsA-T9L3Ph-eUqTyu-ph4U7e-mC66HG-i7TpEN-8yZYYt-Ugfw9Q-i2pYv3-UAVyhQ-i32tWW-dkY5Jf-o2AzJt-evqVXG-fjfAYG-o2inNV-skBinf-esBH71-5wTUUZ-i2odwn-i2oURk-9iGGcb-i2ph1f-9gb79Z-d2nAQ1-fFG193-oqPAnP-dKaC67-i2oriV-e38ZTn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard speaks with Wawrzyniec Smoczyński, editor-in-chief of Polityka INSIGHT, about the implications of Poland's government reshuffle and the changes to its constitution. Bookshelf:Sapiens – A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah HarariThe Square and the Tower: Networks, Hierarchies and the Struggle for Global Power by Niall FergusonEurope and its discontents: Poland’s collision course with the European Union by Piotr BurasPicture credit: "Visita del Presidente de Polonia, Andrzej Duda", by Presidencia de la República Mexicana, licensed under CC BY 2.0. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard speaks to François Godement and Abigaël Vasselier from the ECFR Asia & China team to get their reactions to President Macron's recent visit to China. They discuss the relationship between Europe and China more broadly, using the findings from their recent publication "China at the gates: A power audit of EU-China relations". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard and Jeremy Shapiro review the year gone by and predict the 10 foreign policy trends that will define 2018.Picture: Pixabay/Geralt https://pixabay.com/en/users/geralt-9301/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard speaks with Heidi Tworek, Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia, about the potential damage to content providers that could follow from the US Federal Communication Commission’s decision to discard net neutrality. The podcast was recorded on 18 December 2017.Bookshelf:Everyobody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are by Seth Stephens-DavidowitzPicture: Flickr/amikan_san Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR Policy Fellow Ulrike Franke speaks with Mark Leonard, former MP Douglas Alexander, and ECFR’s Senior Policy Fellow Nick Witney, about Britain’s future vision of EU-UK security cooperation after Brexit. The podcast was recorded on the 13.12.2017 in Berlin.Bookshelf:The Shardlake Series by C. J. SampsonPoverty Safari by Darren McGarveyLecture on David Cameron’s relationship with the EU by Sir Ivan Rogers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR Policy Fellows Hugh Lovatt, Ellie Geranmayeh and Julien Barnes-Dacey about reactions to Trump’s recent recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and the new divergence between Washington and Europe across the Middle East.Bookshelf:The Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks Gaza: Preparing for Dawn by Donald MacintyreNo Knives in the Kitchen of this City: A Novel by Khaled Khalifa Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard speaks with Shahin Vallée, former Economic Advisor to the President of the European Council, and to Emanuel Macron when he was French Economy Minister. They discuss what Macron’s plans are for Europe and what it might lead to.Bookshelf:L’Art de perdre by Alice Zeniter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses the launch of PESCO, the latest collective European defence initiative with Senior Policy Fellow Nick Witney and Policy Fellow, Ulrike Franke.The podcast was recorded on 24th November 2017.Bookshelf:George Orwell, Homage to CataloniaPeter Wilson, The Holy Roman EmpireNick Witney, Re-energising Europe's Security and Defence Policy: www.ecfr.eu/publications/summary/re_energising_europes_security_and_defence_policyNick Witney, EU defence efforts miss the open goal again: www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_eu_defence_efforts_miss_the_open_goal_againECFR New Security Initiative essay collection: www.ecfr.eu/europeanpower/specials/new_european_security_initiative Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses the consequences of the German political crisis for Germany and for Europe with ECFR's Berlin office director, Josef Janning, and policy fellow, Ulrike Franke.The podcast was recorded on 22nd November 2017.Bookshelf:Ivan Krastev, After EuropeRichard Youngs, Europe Reset: New Directions for the EUH.G. Wells, The War in the Air, available at: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/780/780-h/780-h.htm Timothy Garton Ash, "It’s the Kultur, Stupid", in NY Review of Books, December 2017 Issue, available at: https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2017/12/07/germany-alt-right-kultur-stupid/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses the refugee crisis with David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee and former British foreign secretary.The podcast was recorded on 16th November 2017.Bookshelf:David Miliband, Rescue: Refugees and the Political Crisis of our TimeEdward Luce, The Retreat of Western LiberalismLisa Maxwell, The Horse Who Walked Through TimePicture: CC/ Wikimedia Commons Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses Trump's foreign policy and its global consequences with ECFR's research director, Jeremy Shapiro, ECFR's Russia expert, Kadri Liik and ECFR's China expert, Francois Godement.The podcast was recorded on 10th November 2017.Bookshelf:Stein Ringen, The Perfect Dictatorship: China in the 21st CenturyVladimir Sorokin, Day of the OprichnikGeorge F. Kennan, Russia Leaves the WarJeremy Shapiro, The transatlantic meaning of Donald Trump: a US-EU Power Audit (2017), available at: http://www.ecfr.eu/publications/summary/the_transatlantic_meaning_of_donald_trump_a_us_eu_power_audit7229Jeremy Shapiro, Towards a post-American Europe: A Power Audit of EU-US Relations (2009)available at: http://www.ecfr.eu/publications/summary/towards_a_post_american_europe_a_power_audit_of_eu_us_relations Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses peacekeeping in Ukraine and the EU's Russia policy with ECFR's Russia expert, Kadri Liik and ECFR's Ukraine expert Andrew Wilson.The podcast was recorded on 3rd November 2017.Bookshelf:Stephen Kotkin, Stalin, Vol. II: Waiting for Hitler, 1928–1941Anne Applebaum, Red Famine: Stalin's War on UkraineYuri Slezkine, The House of Government: A Saga of the Russian RevolutionCarl Bildt, "Is Peace in Donbas possible?", available at: http://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_is_peace_in_donbas_possible Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this new episode of our summer series, ECFR's director Mark Leonard and Policy Fellow Anthony Dworkin talk with Martin Wolf about the economic origins of the populist surge that is undermining the liberal order.**Disclaimer: Imperfect audio qualityMartin Wolf is chief economics commentator at the Financial Times.Bookshelf:Martin Wolf, The Shifts and the Shocks: What we’ve learned – and have still to learn – from the financial crisis Martin Wolf's columns in the Financial Times, available at: https://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/martin-wolfStephen King, Sleeping BeautiesWolfgang Streeck, Buying Time: The Delayed Crisis of Democratic CapitalismWalter Scheidel, The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses the state of the transatlantic relations with Jan Techau, director of the Richard Holbrook Forum at the American Academy in Berlin.The podcast was recorded on 25th October 2017. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this new episode of our summer series, ECFR's director Mark Leonard talks with Anu Bradford about the EU's global power and how it successfully exports its influence to the rest of the world.Anu Bradford is a professor of international economic law and European Union law at Columbia Law School.Bookshelf:Anu Bradford, The Brussels Effect, The Rise of a Regulatory Superstate in Europe, available at: http://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1081&context=Mark Leonard (ed.), Connectivity Wars, available at: http://www.ecfr.eu/page/-/Connectivity_Wars.pdf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses the major takeways from China's 19th Party Congress with ECFR’s head of Asia & China programme François Godement and China expert Jérôme Doyon.The podcast was recorded on 20th October 2017.Bookshelf:Ian Johnson, The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After MaoJean-Paul Kauffmann, Outre-Terre: Le Voyage a EylauAngela Stanzel (ed.), "Grand Designs: Does China have a ‘Grand Strategy’?", available at: http://www.ecfr.eu/publications/summary/grands_designs_does_china_have_a_grand_strategyMathieu Duchâtel, "EU should host US-China contingency talks on North Korean nuclear crisis", available at: http://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_eu_should_host_us_china_contingency_talks_on_north_korean_nuclea Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard talks with ECFR’s head of MENA programme Ruth Citrin and Iran expert Ellie Geranmayeh about the consequences of Trump's decision to decertify the Iran nuclear deal and the responses that Europe can make to avert another nuclear crisis.The podcast was recorded on 13th October 2017.Bookshelf:Peter Frankopan, The Silk Roads: A New History of the WorldDeidre Berger et al., ‘In Spite of It All, America’, in the New York Times and Die Zeit, available at: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/11/world/europe/germany-united-states-trump-manifesto.html?ribbon-ad-idx=5&rref=world/europe&module=Ribbon&version=origin&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Europe&pgtype=article Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.