Mark Leonard's World In 30 Minutes

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with experts Andrew Wilson, Fredrik Wesslau and Gustav Gressel, about tensions between Russia and Ukraine rising in Eastern Ukraine, the Minsk Agreement, and whether European sanctions should be renewed towards Russia. The podcast was recorded on 30 August 2016.Bookshelf:Enough said: What’s gone wrong with the language of politics by Mark ThompsonThe decline of the West by Oswald SprenglerUkraine crisis: What it means for the West by Andrew WilsonThe Ukrainians: Unexpected Nation by Andrew WilsonRussia’s role in the GreyzonePicture: Flickr/GrusiaKot Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with policy fellow Asli Aydintasbas and research director Jeremy Shapiro about the deployment of Turkish tanks into Syria and the rivalry with Kurdish troops in the fight against ISIS in that region. The podcast was recorded on the 25 August 2016.Bookshelf:Desert Queen: The extraordinary life of Gertrude Bell by Janet Wallach Decisive moments in history by Stefan ZweigMan(h)atten (series)Picture: Flickr/Pan Chauyoe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR experts Vessela Tcherneva, Silvia Francescon, Ulrike Franke, Borja Lasheras, and board member Ivan Krastev, about summer readings. The list includes foreign policy books, wider readings to understand the world we live in, and finally what to read to get away from it all. The podcast was recorded on 28 July 2016.Books discussed:The force of reason by Oriana FallaciSenza la Guerra by Massimo Cacciari, Lucio Caracciolo, Ernesto Galli della Lggia and Elisabetta RasyLa febbre di Trump: Un fenomeno Americano by Mattia FerraresiLiberta a migrare: Perche ci spostiamo da sempre ed e bene cosi by Valerio Calzano and Telmo PievaniEn immersion a Molenbeek by Hind FraihiReichtum ohne Gier by Sahra WagenknechtWunschdenken: Europa, Währung, Bildung, Einwanderung – warum Politik so häufig scheitert by Thilo Sarrazin1913: The year before the storm by Florian IlliesLa France pour la vie by Nikolas Sarkozy Expert political judgement: How good is it? How can we know? By Philip E. Tet

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Tom Nuttall, Brussels Bureau Chief of the Economist and author of the Charlemagne column, about reactions to the UK referendum result in the EU institutions, and the upcoming negotiations. The podcast was recorded on 26 July 2016.Bookshelf:This Blessed Plot by Hugo YoungBritons: Forging the Nation 1707-1837 by Linda ColleyBritain as Europe by Linda ColleyPicture: Flickr/Thijs ter Haar Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Ulrike Franke, research assistant and expert on security and drones, Josef Janning, co-head of ECFR’s Berlin office, and Volker Stanzel, senior advisor to the Asia & China programme, about the four recent violent attacks in southern Germany. The speakers agree that the mood in Germany is much calmer than it is portrayed by foreign media. The podcast was recorded on 25 June 2016.Bookshelf:Ready Player One by Ernest ClineDer Schimmelreiter by Theodor StormOhne Liebe geht es auch by Rudolf Lorenzen Fortress Besieged by Qian ZhongshuHeretics by Leonardo PaduraThe Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon by Karl Marx Picture: Flickr/Metropolico Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR council member Loukas Tsoukalis, Professor at the University of Athens, puts the blame for the rise of euroscepticism on the eurozone crisis and a succession of policy failures. Picture: Flickr/RobDeman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s Director Mark Leonard speaks with Policy Fellow Asli Aydintasbas and Research Director Jeremy Shapiro about the failed coup against Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and its consequences for the West. The podcast was recorded on the 18 July 2016.Bookshelf:Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy SchiffThe Dream of Scipio by Iain PearsPicture: Flickr/UNAOC Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Piotr Buras, Head of ECFR’s Warsaw office and Senior Policy Fellow, Jeremy Shapiro, ECFR’s Research Director, Vessela Tcherneva, Head of ECFR’s Progammes and the Sofia office, and Ulrike Franke, Research Assistant at ECFR and expert on military issues, about what was discussed at the summit and what that means for European security. The podcast was recorded on 11 July 2016.Bookshelf:Seveneves by Neal StephensonSubmission by Michel Houellebecq111 things you need to see in Burgenland by Gerd Wolfgang SieversThe world according to Europe’s insurgent parties: Putin, migration and people power by Susi Dennison and Dina Pardijs Picture: Flickr/EEAS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard presents the discussion “Brexit - Views from Europe“ which was held at ECFR’s Annual Council Meeting in the Hague earlier this week. The panelists are Gordon Bajnai, former Prime Minister of Hungary, Norbert Röttgen, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the German Bundestag, George Soros, Founder and Chairman of the Open Society Foundations, Alexander Stubb, former Prime Minister of Finland, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, CEO at Save the Children International, and Gideon Rachman, Chief Foreign Affairs Columnist at the Financial Times. They look at what other EU countries can learn from the British EU referendum and what the future shape of Europe will be. It was recorded on the 28 June 2016. Readings:The world according to Europe’s insurgent parties: Putin, migration, and people power by Susi Dennison and Dina Pardijs.You can find more audio and video recordings from the Annual Council Meeting here on our website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Sunder Katwala, director of the think-tank British Future, about the EU referendum, the recent poll swings and what the result might be. The podcast was recorded on 21 June 2016.Bookshelf:How (not) to talk about Europe by Sunder Katwala and Steve BallingerThis blessed plot – Britain and Europe from Churchill to Blair by Hugo YoungJo Cox’s Fund https://www.gofundme.com/jocoxPicture: Flickr/Abi Begum Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.