

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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Aug 18, 2017 • 34min
The End of the World #7: Interview with Yascha Mounk
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 Yascha Mounk, a lecturer on Government at Harvard University and the host of The Good Fight podcast to talk about the sustainability of democracy in the liberal international order.Bookshelf:Yascha Mounk, The People Versus DemocracyRoberto Stefan Foa and Yascha Mounk, The Democratic Disconnect, available at: http://www.journalofdemocracy.org/sites/default/files/Foa%26Mounk-27-3.pdfEdward Luce, The Retreat of LiberalismIvan Krastev, After EuropeGiuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 15, 2017 • 36min
The End of the World #6: Interview with Carl Bildt
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 Carl Bildt, a former prime minister of Sweden and ECFR's co-chair, to talk about Internet governance and cybersecurity.Bookshelf:Report of the Global Commission on Internet Governance, available at: https://www.ourinternet.org/reportInternet Society, available at: http://www.internetsociety.org/ECFR, Europe's Digital Power, available at: http://www.ecfr.eu/digitalpower Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 11, 2017 • 39min
The End of the World #5: Interview with Mary Kaldor
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 Professor Mary Kaldor, who is Director of the Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit at the London School of Economics, to talk about new wars and foreign interventions.Bookshelf:Christine Chinkin & Mary Kaldor, International Law and New WarsStephen Neff, War and the Law of Nations Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 8, 2017 • 35min
The End of the World #4: Interview with Vincenzo Iozzo
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 Vincenzo Iozzo, a research associate at the MIT Media Lab and the co-founder of IperLane, Inc, a cybersecurity company.Bookshelf:Vincenzo Iozzo et al., IOS Hacker's Handbook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 4, 2017 • 38min
The End of the World #3: Interview with Parag Khanna
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 Parag Khanna, a Senior Research Fellow at the Center on Asia and Globalization at the National University of Singapore and best-selling author of a trilogy of books on the future of world order.Bookshelf: Parag Khanna, The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order How to Run the World: Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 1, 2017 • 34min
The End of the World #2: Interview with Edward Luttwak
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 Edward Luttwak, a political scientist who has published works on grand strategy, military history, and international relations.Bookshelf:Edward Luttwak, Coup d'État: A Practical HandbookThomas Piketty, Capital in the Twenty-First Century Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 28, 2017 • 30min
The End of the World #1: Interview with Edward Luce
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 Edward Luce, the Washington commentator for the Financial Times and author of "The Retreat of Western Liberalism".Bookshelf:Edward Luce, The Retreat of Western LiberalismNew York Times, Financial Times, The EconomistThanks to the kind support of the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 15, 2017 • 25min
Poland's political crisis: what consequences for Europe?
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard talks with Wawrzyniec Smoczyński, the founder and editor in chief of the magazine Polityka Insight, about the political crisis that shakes Poland and threatens the liberal foundations of its constitutional order.The podcast was recorded on 14th July 2017.Bookshelf:Gary Klein, Seeing What Others Don't. The Remarkable Ways We Gain InsightsPicture: Wikimedia Commons Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 29, 2017 • 31min
Discussing political extremism with Brendan Cox
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard talks with Brendan Cox, a humanitarian campaigner and the widower of MP Jo Cox, about his fight against political extremism.The podcast was recorded on 27th June 2017.Bookshelf:Brendan Cox, Jo Cox: More in CommonSheryl Sandberg, Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 22, 2017 • 26min
Trouble on the fringes: how to stabilise Europe's neighbourhood
ECFR's director Mark Leonard discusses the challenges that Europe faces both in its Eastern and Southern neighbourhoods with Nicu Popescu and Florence Gaub, two Senior Analysts at the EU Institute for Security Studies.The podcast was recorded in Brussels on 21st June 2017. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.