Mark Leonard's World in 30 Minutes

Mark Leonard speaks with Jeremy Shapiro and Manuel Lafont Rapnouil about Macron and Merkel's meetings with the US president, and how the European leaders engaged with him. Bookshelf:Aux quatre vents du monde - Petit guide de navigation sur l'océan de la mondialisation by Mireille Delmas-Marty http://www.seuil.com/ouvrage/aux-quatre-vents-du-monde-mireille-delmas-marty/9782021185898The Italian Teacher by Tom Rachmann https://www.amazon.co.uk/Italian-Teacher-Tom-Rachman/dp/1786482576Flattering Donald Trump reaps scant reward for Macron and Merkel by Jeremy Shapiro https://www.ft.com/content/91834f5a-4936-11e8-8c77-ff51caedcde6How Europe Can Save the Iran Nuclear Deal by Mark Leonard https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/how-europe-can-save-the-iran-nuclear-deal-by-mark-leonard-2018-041968: Power to the Imagination by Daniel Cohn-Bendit and Claus Leggewie http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2018/05/10/1968-power-to-the-imagination/Picture credit: 170714-D-PB-1003.jpg by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique Pineiro, via Joint Chief of Staff http://www.jcs.mil/Media/Photos/igphoto/2001778227/, in the public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard speaks with Asli Aydıntaşbaş about why Erdoğan called early elections for this summer, and the new European Commission’s accession report.Bookshelf:The world America made by Robert Kagan https://www.amazon.co.uk/World-America-Made-Vintage/dp/0345802713El libro de los abrazos by Eduardo Galeano http://resistir.info/livros/galeano_el_libro_de_los_abrazos.pdfPicture credit:President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:President_Recep_Tayyip_Erdo%C4%9Fan.jpg by By Glenn Fawcett [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR's Ellie Geranmayeh, Ilan Goldberg, head of the MENA programme at the Centre for New American Security, and Nasser Haiden, Professor of Political Science at Teheran University, about the JCPOA and whether Trump will pull out of the deal.Bookshelf:The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_SympathizerSnow by Orhan Pamuk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_(Pamuk_novel)A Saudi Prince’s Quest to Remake the Middle East by Dexter Filkins https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/09/a-saudi-princes-quest-to-remake-the-middle-eastPicture: Tea Party Patriots Stop the Iran Nuclear Deal IMG 4650 by Elvert Barnes https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tea_Party_Patriots_Stop_the_Iran_Nuclear_Deal_IMG_4650_(21277938456).jpg [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR experts Asli Aydintasbas, Kadri Liik, Julien Barnes-Dacey, and Manuel Lafont Rapnouil about how the international community might respond.Bookshelf: Ambassador Morgenthau’s Story by Henry Morgenthauhttps://www.amazon.com/Ambassador-Morgenthaus-Story-Henry-Morgenthau/dp/1602061246Joseph Conrad: A Biography by Jeffrey Meyershttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Joseph-Conrad-Biography-Jeffrey-Meyers/dp/081541112XBrother’s Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevskyhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4934.The_Brothers_KaramazovLa mondialisation des pauvres by Armelle Choplin and Olivier Pliezhttp://www.seuil.com/ouvrage/la-mondialisation-des-pauvres-armelle-choplin/9782021366525Alone in the desert? How France can lead Europe in the Middle East by Manuel Lafont Rapnouilhttp://www.ecfr.eu/publications/summary/alone_in_the_desert_how_france_can_lead_europe_in_the_middle_eastPicture credit:US fire support for SDF at Raqqa https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/US_fire_support_for_SDF_at_Raqqa.png/1024px-US_fire_support_for_SDF_at_Raqqa.png by United States Marine Corps (https://twitter.com/USMC/status/877608815520210945) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jonathan Hackenbroich covers for Mark Leonard and speaks with Professor John Naughton about Facebook’s data leak and its monetisation of data.Bookshelf:East West Street by Philippe Sands https://www.amazon.co.uk/East-West-Street-Non-fiction-Book/dp/147460190195 Thesis about Technology by John Naughton http://95theses.co.uk/China’s Big Data Big Brother by Mark Leonard https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/xi-jinping-surveillance-state-by-mark-leonard-2018-02Picture credits: Cambridge Analytica by Thought Catalogue via Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/lookcatalog/26029490417/in/photolist-FE8WDx-bWN3ja-21kifhB-21htHYs-FHycfF-21kgHZp-Dcy5Jw-Dczwm1-DczwPW-21kgHBF-24iDy1d-HfhRq7-Pi78SZ, CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR experts Kadri Liik and Sebastian Dullien about the consequences of the attack on Sergei Skripal in the UK, and the eruption of an EU-US trade war.Bookshelf: The Law and Policy of the World Trade Organization by Professor Peter van den BosscheLiquid Surveillance by Zygmunt Bauman and David LyonPicture credit: Vladimir Putin and Theresa May (2016-09-04) 02 by Kremlin.ru [CC BY 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vladimir_Putin_and_Theresa_May_(2016-09-04)_02.jpg Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard speaks with Asli Aydıntaşbaş, Kadri Liik, François Godement and Jeremy Shapiro about Europe’s relations with the US, China, Russia and Turkey. The podcast was recorded on the 6 March 2018.Picture credit: President Trump's Trip to Germany and the G20 Summit, by The White House, via flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/34971872723/in/album-72157685885349776/, CC BY 1.0 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard discusses four possible outcomes in Italy’s election on the 4th of march 2018 with Silvia Francescon, head of ECFR Rome, and Alba Lamberti, Senior Director for Advocacy.This podcast was recorded on 2 March 2018.More on the Italy election:Teresa Coratella: Italy votes: Europe in the Italian electionhttp://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_italy_votes_europe_in_the_italian_election Josef Janning: Italy: Following Britain towards the exit? http://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_italy_following_britain_towards_the_exitFor our Italian listeners, check out the event on Italy’s foreign policy after the election here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xVZ5MEWOFMPicture: Dave Kellam via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)https://www.flickr.com/photos/davekellam/482815089 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard checks in with ECFR's Policy Fellows Ulrike Franke and Ellie Geranmayeh after the first day of the Munich Security Conference 2018. They discuss the hot topics so far - European defence, the end of the liberal order and technology - and give an outlook on the more explosive discussions related to the Middle East that will be discussed on Sunday.The podcast was recorded on Friday, 16 February 2018.BookshelfMunich Security Report 2018: To the Brink - and BackMSC2018 Opening Statements by Ursula von der Leyen and Florence ParlyJim Walsh: Why North Korea and Iran get accused of nuclear collusionFranklin Foren: World Without Mind - The Existential Threat of Big TechPicture: MSC / Kuhlmann Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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-XXvRfB-XyR4A7-pCG92C-XULL9d-EpB1LV-pomeGF-XEKteL-K3jrTk-npFCZ7-nqLt4P-Y4qE8R-XEKhW1-XXvWnk-drrFQZ-222JSpR-pEME6T-22YZY7G-XXvSTg-nNXLUu-EpB2wT-22UrsFL-Y1E5NW-244PokT-CoZ986-21ZM1uy-XyQBoN-22UrtAm-XULt5o-WWoXSV-WU9qzf-K3jA2e-YaRW96-22Urtpj-21ZLYH7-241Unrs-Y1Dnjy-22Urt1d-223xJGZ-ZXeBrJ-WU9ngS-23ZbUdM. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.