Mark Leonard's World In 30 Minutes

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses with Vessela Tcherneva, Head of ECFR Sofia office, and Aslı Aydıntaşbaş & Kadri Liik, ECFR Senior Policy Fellows, how US President Trump is challenging the European security order along 3 fundamental dimensions: future of NATO, sanctions on Russia and relation with Turkey.The podcast was recorded on 25 January 2017.Bookshelf:Philip Roth, The Plot against AmericaDan Harris, 10% HappierJürgen Osterhammel, The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth CenturyPicture: DonkeyHotey/Flickr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses with Tom Nuttall, Brussels bureau chief for the Economist and Ulrike Franke, ECFR's Policy Fellow, whether the Brexit negotiations will be influenced by the changes to the liberal order unleashed by Donald Trump's election.The podcast was recorded on 17 January 2017.Bookshelf:Zadie Smith, Swing TimeMichael Lewis, The Undoing ProjectBruce Chatwin, In PatagoniaZygmunt Bauman, Liquid ModernityPicture: Max Pixel CC Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR's Middle East and North Africa Progamme Director, Ruth Citrin, and ECFR Policy Fellows, Ellie Geranmayeh and Hugh Lovatt, on the cards that the EU can play if the U.S. walks away from the table.The podcast was recorded on 13 January 2017.Bookshelf:Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot SeeNaguib Mahfouz, Children of the Alley: A NovelAeyal Gross, The Writing on the Wall: Rethinking the International Law of OccupationDeutsche Asset Management, Backlash against globalization: Déjà vu?Picture: Wikimedia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR Policy Fellows Stefan Soesanto, Kadri Liik and Gustav Gressel on Russia's interferences in Western politics.The podcast was recorded on 5 January 2017.Bookshelf:Maurice Paléologue, An Ambassador’s Memoirs Harvey Pitcher, Witnesses Of The Russian Revolution Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe between Hitler and Stalin Michael Hayden, Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of TerrorThe GCHQ Puzzle BookYuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: A Brief History of TomorrowPicture: commdiginews.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR Research Director Jeremy Shapiro for an end-of-year special where they recklessly hold themselves accountable for last year's predictions and take the risk of making 10 more for 2017.The podcast was recorded on 22 December 2016.Picture: Hieronymus Bosch - Der Garten der Lueste Mitte Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR Senior Policy Fellows Kadri Liik, Julien Barnes-Dacey and Anthony Dworkin about the Syrian situation and the prospects of a political solution. This discussion is followed by an interview with Piotr Buras, head of ECFR Warsaw office, on the current political crisis in Poland.The podcast was recorded on 21 December 2016.Bookshelf:Rosa Brooks - How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything. A Reluctant Peacenik View from the Inside of the Military ComplexHenry Kissinger - World Order: Reflections on the Character of Nations and the Course of HistoryChristian Welzel - Freedom RisingIan Clarkson - Praising ChangeECFR’s policy fellows are also grateful for your book recommendations – just email us!Picture: Flickr /Freedom House Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Christine Ockrent, journalist, Jana Puglierin, head of the Alfred von Oppenheim Center for European Policy Studies, and Josef Janning, ECFR senior policy fellow, about the ongoing debate in Berlin on a possible German nuclear deterrent. The podcast was recorded on 14 December 2016.Bookshelf:2016 White Paper on German Security Policy and the Future of the Bundeswehr Idealist Internationalism and the Security Dilemma by John HerzRévolution by Emmanuel MacronPicture: Flickr /Neil H Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks with Nathalie Tocci, Deputy Director of Istituto Affari Internazionali and Wolfgang Schüssel, Austria's former Chancellor, about the polls that were held this weekend in Italy and Austria. The podcast was recorded on the 5 December 2016. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks with author Gilles Kepel about the the primary election results, Islamophobia and challenges to French political identity. The podcast was recorded on the 2 December 2016.Bookshelf:La Fracture by Gilles KepelPicture: Wikimedia/Mardus Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with journalist and Angela Merkel's official biographer Stefan Kornelius, and ECFR fellows Almut Möller and Josef Janning, about Merkel's candidacy for her fourth term as German Chancellor. The podcast was recorded on 23 November 2016.Bookshelf:Angela Merkel - The Chancellor and her World by Stefan KorneliusThe Passage to Europe by Luuk van MiddelaarTerror overseas: understanding China’s evolving counter-terror strategy by Mathieu Duchâtel New World Disorder - Old problems - Realist answers by Carlo MasalaPicture: Flickr / EPP Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR fellow Francois Godement and journalist Chistine Ockrent about the candidates for the French presidential election in 2017. The podcast was recorded on 18 November 2016. Bookshelf:Judas by Amos OzThe Shipwrecked Mind: On Political Reaction by Mark LillaRemake the union to heal Europe’s rifts by Nicolas Sarkozy Affaires étrangères by Christine OckrentPicture: Wikimedia Commons Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard speaks with Jeremy Shapiro, Asli Aydintasbas and Josef Janning about reactions to Trump’s electoral triumph from the UK, Germany and Turkey.Bookshelf:In Europe: Travels Through the Twentieth Century by Geert MakThe global crisis and the failure of the West by Carlo MasalaSapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah HarariThe everyday and the existential: how Clinton and Trump challenge transatlantic relations by Jeremy ShapiroFear and loathing on the road to the US elections by Susi Dennison, Dina Pardijs and Jeremy ShapiroPicture: Flickr/gageskidmore Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard speaks with Cristina Manzano, Editor-in-Chief of the Spanish newspaper Es Global, and Borja Lasheras, ECFR’s director of the Madrid office, about the new Spanish government, which has finally come into place after a year of waiting. In the second part, he speaks with Conor Quinn, ECFR’s Communications Manager, about the recent UK High Court ruling that the British Parliament must vote on whether the UK can start the process of leaving the EU. The podcast was recorded on 4 November 2016.Bookshelf:The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 by Christopher ClarkThe Bridge on the Drina by Ivo AndricIn Europe: Travels through the twentieth century by Geert MakMy Brilliant Friend by Elena FerranteTrump, Brexit, and the Rise of Populism by Pippa Norris and Ronald InglehartPicture: Flickr/morebyless Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Almut Möller, head of ECFR’s Berlin office, and François Godement, director of the Asia and China programme, about the recent blocking of the trade deal between Canada and the EU by the Belgian Walloons, and what this means for Europe’s governability. Bookshelf:Dies sind die Namen by Tommy WieringaLes tueurs de la Republique: Assassinats et operations speciales des services secrets by Vincent NouzilleThe Shipwrecked Mind: On Political Reaction by Mark Lilla Why less Europe is no Europe - comparing the fates of CETA and MES by Francois GodementPicture: Flickr/147558657@N06 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR Middle East experts, Hayder al-Khoei and Ellie Geranmayeh, who have just returned from Iraq about the battle for Mosul and prospects for post-conflict reconciliation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard speaks with former director of the European Defence Agency Nick Witney, Manuel Lafont Rapnouil and Ulrike Esther Franke about European defence in the context of Brexit, increasing defence budgets and proposals for a Schengen of Defence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard first speaks with David Sanger, journalist from the New York Times, about what Donald Trump would mean for the future of the United States, and the NATO alliance. In the second part of the podcast he speaks with Kadri Liik and Ellie Geranmayeh about the new “power couple” Russia and Iran, and their relations in the Middle East. The podcast was recorded on the 15 and 27 September 2016. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Senior Policy Fellow Richard Gowan about the candidates, and the factors that will decide the race. The podcast was recorded on the 15 September 2016.Bookshelf:The fog of peace: A memoir of international peacekeeping in the 21st century by Jean-Marie GuehennoEU indecision on UN Secretary General choice plays to Russia’s advantage by Richard GowanPicture: Wikipedia/Patrick Gruban Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with experts Angela Stanzel, Francois Godement and Susi Dennison, about what the British exit from the EU will mean for China and Asia, and how the East can gain from the new landscape. The podcast was recorded on the 13 September 2016.Bookshelf:Europeans, get down to work by Andres OrtegaWild grass: China’s revolution from below by Ian JohnsonGoodbye Europe by Sylvie GoulardChina and Brexit: What’s in it for us? by Francois Godement and Angela Stanzel Picture: Flickr/Friends of Europe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with heads of office Almut Möller and Manuel Lafont Rapnouil about political debates in France and Germany. What directions are the two countries heading as they approach next year's elections? The podcast was recorded on 7 September 2016.Bookshelf: Der taumelnde Kontinent by Philipp BlomNew European counter-terror wars by Anthony DworkinView from Berlin: The EU’s musical chairs by Josef JanningPicture: Flickr/Martin Schulz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.