Mark Leonard's World in 30 Minutes

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_damaged_has_brought_attention_to_the_plight_of_Yemeni_blacks_with_neighboring_communities_coming_to_witness_the_damage_-_Sanaa_-_Oct-9-2015.png Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 null one by Piaxabay https://pixabay.com/en/binary-null-one-digital-blue-797274/, CC0 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.