Mark Leonard's World in 30 Minutes

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses with ECFR's Research Director Jeremy Shapiro and ECFR Policy Fellows Anthony Dworkin & Mattia Toaldo how the EU should respond to Trump's decision to restrict access to citizens from 7 predominantly Muslim countries.The podcast was recorded on 31 January 2017.Bookshelf:Walter Russel Mead, The Jacksonian RevoltYuval Noah Harari, Sapiens. A Brief History of HumankindTom Nichols, Death of the ExpertiseFear & Love, at the London Design Museum until 23rd April 2017Picture: Lorie Shaull/ Flickr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses with Vessela Tcherneva, Head of ECFR Sofia office, and Aslı Aydıntaşbaş & Kadri Liik, ECFR Senior Policy Fellows, how US President Trump is challenging the European security order along 3 fundamental dimensions: future of NATO, sanctions on Russia and relation with Turkey.The podcast was recorded on 25 January 2017.Bookshelf:Philip Roth, The Plot against AmericaDan Harris, 10% HappierJürgen Osterhammel, The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth CenturyPicture: DonkeyHotey/Flickr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses with Tom Nuttall, Brussels bureau chief for the Economist and Ulrike Franke, ECFR's Policy Fellow, whether the Brexit negotiations will be influenced by the changes to the liberal order unleashed by Donald Trump's election.The podcast was recorded on 17 January 2017.Bookshelf:Zadie Smith, Swing TimeMichael Lewis, The Undoing ProjectBruce Chatwin, In PatagoniaZygmunt Bauman, Liquid ModernityPicture: Max Pixel CC Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR's Middle East and North Africa Progamme Director, Ruth Citrin, and ECFR Policy Fellows, Ellie Geranmayeh and Hugh Lovatt, on the cards that the EU can play if the U.S. walks away from the table.The podcast was recorded on 13 January 2017.Bookshelf:Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot SeeNaguib Mahfouz, Children of the Alley: A NovelAeyal Gross, The Writing on the Wall: Rethinking the International Law of OccupationDeutsche Asset Management, Backlash against globalization: Déjà vu?Picture: Wikimedia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR Policy Fellows Stefan Soesanto, Kadri Liik and Gustav Gressel on Russia's interferences in Western politics.The podcast was recorded on 5 January 2017.Bookshelf:Maurice Paléologue, An Ambassador’s Memoirs Harvey Pitcher, Witnesses Of The Russian Revolution Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe between Hitler and Stalin Michael Hayden, Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of TerrorThe GCHQ Puzzle BookYuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: A Brief History of TomorrowPicture: commdiginews.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR Research Director Jeremy Shapiro for an end-of-year special where they recklessly hold themselves accountable for last year's predictions and take the risk of making 10 more for 2017.The podcast was recorded on 22 December 2016.Picture: Hieronymus Bosch - Der Garten der Lueste Mitte Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR Senior Policy Fellows Kadri Liik, Julien Barnes-Dacey and Anthony Dworkin about the Syrian situation and the prospects of a political solution. This discussion is followed by an interview with Piotr Buras, head of ECFR Warsaw office, on the current political crisis in Poland.The podcast was recorded on 21 December 2016.Bookshelf:Rosa Brooks - How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything. A Reluctant Peacenik View from the Inside of the Military ComplexHenry Kissinger - World Order: Reflections on the Character of Nations and the Course of HistoryChristian Welzel - Freedom RisingIan Clarkson - Praising ChangeECFR’s policy fellows are also grateful for your book recommendations – just email us!Picture: Flickr /Freedom House Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Christine Ockrent, journalist, Jana Puglierin, head of the Alfred von Oppenheim Center for European Policy Studies, and Josef Janning, ECFR senior policy fellow, about the ongoing debate in Berlin on a possible German nuclear deterrent. The podcast was recorded on 14 December 2016.Bookshelf:2016 White Paper on German Security Policy and the Future of the Bundeswehr Idealist Internationalism and the Security Dilemma by John HerzRévolution by Emmanuel MacronPicture: Flickr /Neil H Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks with Nathalie Tocci, Deputy Director of Istituto Affari Internazionali and Wolfgang Schüssel, Austria's former Chancellor, about the polls that were held this weekend in Italy and Austria. The podcast was recorded on the 5 December 2016. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks with author Gilles Kepel about the the primary election results, Islamophobia and challenges to French political identity. The podcast was recorded on the 2 December 2016.Bookshelf:La Fracture by Gilles KepelPicture: Wikimedia/Mardus Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.