Mark Leonard's World In 30 Minutes

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to ECFR Middle East experts and policy fellows Ellie Geranmayeh and Julien Barnes-Dacey about the geopolitics of ISIS and the role of the West.Cover art (CC)Flickr/Marines - https://www.flickr.com/photos/marine_corps/5416100651/in/photolist-9fAW2H-65DExN-6rj8Zh-62yNbs-8MmJkq-9yiFZe-pHYeK-do64N-8ENPYF-71KfqD-8tjf2m-9gERc8-pLTKPN-5YQ6Hk-pxF3UR-3nbnzX-AuFXQ-ssxkPj-65vQmD-65xRZw-65C5vL-ooca2q-62tQrZ-e2B8xH-bBnQxm-6cuVnH-RTiTF-3H7SQM-bDD2rG-bTdSue-quQp7-62BBZo-i2FeKZ-brmEXj-7fp88L-htW9aA-j2Z99A-hsTYzJ-iB5REd-pLqqC5-eW2vv5-65tyxM-prxEot-pajLvZ-bjLebU-qc43bt-bxzn1H-bjEsPh-psWoCK-2LtB4 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With only a few months following his election victory, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is faced with his first crisis over a discriminatory pilot scheme that would've seen Palestinian workers banned from using Israeli buses in the occupied West Bank. The proposal has been scrapped. However, as ECFR's director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme, Daniel Levy argues, the government Netanyahu has put together will see on a number of occasions "this kind of visible ugliness floating to the surface in ways that people have tried to gloss over in the past".Picture credits (cc) European External Action Service -www.flickr.com/photos/eeas/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Ian Bond, director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform, and ECFR Senior Policy Fellow’s Kadri Liik and Andrew Wilson. They take a look at the Eastern Partnership summit, which will take place in Riga on the 20th and 21st May 2015, and whether we can expect any major changes.Cover art (CC) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland - https://www.flickr.com/photos/polandmfa/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Silvia Francescon, head of ECFR's Rome office, Josef Janning, senior policy fellow from ECFR's Berlin office and Piotr Buras, head of ECFR's Warsaw office, about what the results will mean for Britain's membership of the EU and the development of the EU going forward. Cover art (CC) Maurice - www.flickr.com/photos/mauricedb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On 7 May the British public is asked to choose a new government. Mark Leonard, director of ECFR, Robin Niblett, the director of Chatham House, Charles Grant, the director of the Centre for European Reform, and Ulrike Franke, Research Assistant at ECFR, discuss the possible outcomes and what this would mean for the future of British foreign policy and its relationship with the EU.Cover art (CC)secretlondon123 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/secretlondon/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Juan Ruitiña interviews Policy Fellow and Associate Director of ECFR Madrid Office Francisco de Borja Lasheras on the reforms in the Ukraine and the effectiveness of Minsk II. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Asia is rising - economically, socially, and technologically, Asia’s nations are taking strides towards increased welfare and prosperity. Francois Godement, Director of ECFR’s Asia & China programme, and Angela Stanzel, ECFR Policy Fellow, reflect on our recent publication 'How do Asians see their future?'. They take a look at recent developments in and around Asia, and whether this had any impact on how Asians see their future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On 2 April in Lausanne, world powers and Iran declared the parameters of a comprehensive nuclear deal, offering greater detail than expected. The US has re-asserted its commitment to traditional allies while suggesting a new equilibrium needs to be found in the region. Paul Pillar, Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Studies at Georgetown University and at the Brookings Institution, Ali Vaez, senior analyst on Iran at International Crisis Group, Ellie Geranmayeh, MENA policy fellow at ECFR, and Mark Leonard, director of ECFR explore the potentially game-changing developments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's Policy Fellow and Associate Director of the Madrid office, Francisco de Borja Lasheras, interviews Yehven Fedchenko, the director of the Mohyla School of Journalism in Kiev, about his website StopFake.org, whose purpose is to fact-check Russian propaganda. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard talks to Jeremy Shapiro and Nicu Popescu about changing transatlantic relations. How serious are the tensions between Germany and the US after the recent spying scandal? And can the EU and the US still co-operate on issues in Ukraine and the Middle East? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard talks to Jose Ignacio Torreblanca and Daniel Levy about the European elections, euroscepticism, and the Middle East peace process after Kerry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard discusses the latest developments in Iraq with Myriam Benraad, Vessela Tcherneva and Julien Barnes-Dacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With an EU-Ukraine summit coming up this month, in this episode of World in 30 Minutes Mark Leonard, Director of ECFR, speaks to Kadri Liik and Vessela Tcherneva from ECFR's Wider Europe Programme, and Carl Bildt, co-chair and former Foreign Minister of Sweden. They discuss their recent study trip to Kiev and Minsk were they met with the Ukrainian president Poroshenko, Maidan activists, think-tanks and ministers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist, analyst and author of our web publication 'Mapping Libya's factions', Mary Fitzgerald, explains the political factions and armed groups involved in the fighting in Libya, and gives us insight into what lies behind the conflicts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's Policy Fellow and Associate Director of the Madrid office, Francisco de Borja Lasheras, and Hanna Hopko, former Maidan activist and now member of the Verkhovna Rada and head of the Foreign Affairs Committee, discuss the reform challenges in post-Maidan Ukraine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR Policy Fellow, Mattia Toaldo, speaks to journalist and analyst Mary Fitzgerald, and Libyan politician Guma El-Gamaty about the lessons that have been learned in 2011 and whether international intervention in Libya would be a good idea. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR Senior Policy Fellow, Julien Barnes-Dacey, and Visiting Fellow, Adam Baron, discuss the recent developments in Yemen and take a look at where the situation is headed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR Director and co-author of the publication 'Geo-economics: Seven Challenges to Globalization', Mark Leonard, gives his thoughts on what states can do to prevent geopolitics from unravelling the globalization of the world economy and its systems of governance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's Policy Fellow and Associate Director of the Madrid office, Francisco de Borja Lasheras, on how to improve EU foreign policy and reach a stronger strategic convergence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Dr Javier Solana, ECFR's Senior Policy Fellow, Nick Witney, and Advisor at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Hilmar Linnenkamp, discuss the recent report "More Union in European Defence". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.