

Mark Leonard's World in 30 Minutes
ECFR
Weekly podcast on the events, policies and ideas that will shape the world.World in 30 minutes is curated by Mark Leonard, Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), and features top-level speakers from across the EU and beyond to debate and discuss Europe’s role in the world. It was awarded “Best podcasts on EU politics” by PolicyLab in 2019.Member of the EuroPod network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Oct 12, 2017 • 31min
The End of the World #12: Interview with Joseph Nye
In this new episode of our summer series, ECFR's director Mark Leonard talks with Joseph Nye about power and multilateral institutions.Joseph Nye is a Harvard University Professor and the co-founder, along with Robert Keohane, of the international relations theory of neoliberalism.Bookshelf:Joseph Nye, Is the American Century Over?Joseph Nye, Will the Liberal Order Survive?, in Foreign Affairs, Jan-Feb 2017 Issue, available at: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2016-12-12/will-liberal-order-surviveDaniel Deudney G. & John Ikenberry, Realism, Liberalism and the Iraq War, in Survival, Vol 59, No 4, available at: https://www.iiss.org/en/publications/survival/sections/2017-579b/survival--global-politics-and-strategy-august-september-2017-5983/59-4-02-deudney-and-ikenberry-4d9eDani Rodrik, Straight Talk on Trade: Ideas for a Sane World Economy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 6, 2017 • 31min
Brexit negotiations: going nowhere?
ECFR’s Anthony Dworkin is joined by Gary Gibbon, the political editor of Channel 4 News, and Susi Dennison, the head of ECFR's European Power programme, to discuss what the Tories, Britain and the EU want after Brexit.The podcast was recorded on 6th October 2017.Bookshelf:Yanis Varoufakis, Adults in the Room: My Battle With Europe’s Deep EstablishmentIvan Krastev, After EuropeGraham Stewart, Burying Caesar : Churchill, Chamberlain And The Battle For The Tory Party Gary Younge, Another Day in the Death of AmericaOona Hathaway and Scott Shapiro, The InternationalistsPicture: Wikimedia Commons/Ilovetheeu Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 3, 2017 • 32min
The End of the World #11: Interview with Kelly Greenhill
In this unusual episode of our End of the World series, ECFR's Anthony Dworkin is talking about the migration crisis with Kelly Greenhill, who is an Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Tufts University and Research Fellow at Harvard University. Bookshelf:Kelly Greenhill, Weapons of Mass Migration: Forced Displacement, Coercion and Foreign PolicyGeorg Sorensen, A Liberal World Order in CrisisMark Blyth, Austerity: The History of a Dangerous IdeaDuncan Bell, Reordering the World: Essays on Liberalism and Empire Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 27, 2017 • 32min
Macron's speech: rebuilding the European Union
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard talks with the heads of ECFR's Paris and Berlin offices, Manuel Lafont Rapnouil and Josef Janning about Macron's speech and his vision for the European Union.The podcast was recorded on 26th September 2017. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 21, 2017 • 33min
Debriefing the U.N. General Assembly with Richard Gowan
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard talks with ECFR’s U.N. expert Richard Gowan about Trump and Macron's addresses at the UNGA, the Korean nuclear crisis, the Iran deal and the Syrian peace process.The podcast was recorded on 21st September 2017.Bookshelf:John Le Carré, A Legacy of SpiesHillary Clinton, What HappenedZygmunt Bauman, RetrotopiaPicture: Kremlin.ru Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 21, 2017 • 32min
The End of the World #10: Interview with Michael von der Schulenburg
In this unusual episode of our End of the World series, ECFR's Anthony Dworkin is talking to Michael von der Schulenburg, who has held positions within the United Nations, including assistant secretary-general, for more than thirty years, about democracy and foreign interventions.Bookshelf:Michael Von Der Schulenburg, On Building Peace Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 19, 2017 • 30min
Europe in the German Elections
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard talks with the head of ECFR’s Berlin Office Josef Janning and ECFR's policy fellow Ulrike Franke about the upcoming federal elections in Germany, the parties that are in the running to form a government and the implications for European and foreign policy.The podcast was recorded on 18th September 2017.Picture: Flicker/ Marco Verch Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 13, 2017 • 33min
SOTEU: A vision for the Future of Europe
ECFR’s Policy Fellow Ulrike Franke talks with ECFR’s Director Mark Leonard about Jean-Claude Juncker’s State of the Union and Juncker’s – and Mark’s – vision for the future of the EU and Europe. The podcast was recorded on 13rd September 2017.Bookshelf:Mark Leonard, L’Europe qui protège,http://www.ecfr.eu/publications/summary/leurope_qui_protege_conceiving_the_next_european_union Mark Leonard, Why Europe will rule the 21st Century http://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/book/why-europe-will-run-the-21st-century/9781586484248Picture: Flicker/ Euractiv Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 25, 2017 • 36min
The End of the World #9: Interview with Cathy O'Neil
For the rest of the summer Mark Leonard will be breaking from the usual World in 30 Minutes format to talk about how the global order is being challenged. This week, he is joined by Cathy O'Neil, an American mathematician and the author of the blog mathbabe.org and several books on data science.Bookshelf:Cathy O'Neil, Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens DemocracyCathy O'Neil's articles on Bloomberg.comThe investigative journalism of ProPublica.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 23, 2017 • 37min
The End of the World #8: Interview with Pankaj Mishra
For the rest of the summer Mark Leonard will be breaking from the usual World in 30 Minutes format to talk about how the global order is being challenged. This week, he is joined by Pankaj Mishra, author and writer of literary and political essays.Bookshelf:Pankaj Mishra, Age of Anger: A History of the PresentPankaj Mishra, From the Ruins of Empire: The Intellectuals Who Remade AsiaC. A Bayly, The Birth of the Modern World, 1780-1914: Global Connections and Comparisons Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.