Mark Leonard's World in 30 Minutes

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with journalist and Angela Merkel's official biographer Stefan Kornelius, and ECFR fellows Almut Möller and Josef Janning, about Merkel's candidacy for her fourth term as German Chancellor. The podcast was recorded on 23 November 2016.Bookshelf:Angela Merkel - The Chancellor and her World by Stefan KorneliusThe Passage to Europe by Luuk van MiddelaarTerror overseas: understanding China’s evolving counter-terror strategy by Mathieu Duchâtel New World Disorder - Old problems - Realist answers by Carlo MasalaPicture: Flickr / EPP Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR fellow Francois Godement and journalist Chistine Ockrent about the candidates for the French presidential election in 2017. The podcast was recorded on 18 November 2016. Bookshelf:Judas by Amos OzThe Shipwrecked Mind: On Political Reaction by Mark LillaRemake the union to heal Europe’s rifts by Nicolas Sarkozy Affaires étrangères by Christine OckrentPicture: Wikimedia Commons Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard speaks with Jeremy Shapiro, Asli Aydintasbas and Josef Janning about reactions to Trump’s electoral triumph from the UK, Germany and Turkey.Bookshelf:In Europe: Travels Through the Twentieth Century by Geert MakThe global crisis and the failure of the West by Carlo MasalaSapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah HarariThe everyday and the existential: how Clinton and Trump challenge transatlantic relations by Jeremy ShapiroFear and loathing on the road to the US elections by Susi Dennison, Dina Pardijs and Jeremy ShapiroPicture: Flickr/gageskidmore Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard speaks with Cristina Manzano, Editor-in-Chief of the Spanish newspaper Es Global, and Borja Lasheras, ECFR’s director of the Madrid office, about the new Spanish government, which has finally come into place after a year of waiting. In the second part, he speaks with Conor Quinn, ECFR’s Communications Manager, about the recent UK High Court ruling that the British Parliament must vote on whether the UK can start the process of leaving the EU. The podcast was recorded on 4 November 2016.Bookshelf:The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 by Christopher ClarkThe Bridge on the Drina by Ivo AndricIn Europe: Travels through the twentieth century by Geert MakMy Brilliant Friend by Elena FerranteTrump, Brexit, and the Rise of Populism by Pippa Norris and Ronald InglehartPicture: Flickr/morebyless Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Almut Möller, head of ECFR’s Berlin office, and François Godement, director of the Asia and China programme, about the recent blocking of the trade deal between Canada and the EU by the Belgian Walloons, and what this means for Europe’s governability. Bookshelf:Dies sind die Namen by Tommy WieringaLes tueurs de la Republique: Assassinats et operations speciales des services secrets by Vincent NouzilleThe Shipwrecked Mind: On Political Reaction by Mark Lilla Why less Europe is no Europe - comparing the fates of CETA and MES by Francois GodementPicture: Flickr/147558657@N06 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR Middle East experts, Hayder al-Khoei and Ellie Geranmayeh, who have just returned from Iraq about the battle for Mosul and prospects for post-conflict reconciliation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard speaks with former director of the European Defence Agency Nick Witney, Manuel Lafont Rapnouil and Ulrike Esther Franke about European defence in the context of Brexit, increasing defence budgets and proposals for a Schengen of Defence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard first speaks with David Sanger, journalist from the New York Times, about what Donald Trump would mean for the future of the United States, and the NATO alliance. In the second part of the podcast he speaks with Kadri Liik and Ellie Geranmayeh about the new “power couple” Russia and Iran, and their relations in the Middle East. The podcast was recorded on the 15 and 27 September 2016. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Senior Policy Fellow Richard Gowan about the candidates, and the factors that will decide the race. The podcast was recorded on the 15 September 2016.Bookshelf:The fog of peace: A memoir of international peacekeeping in the 21st century by Jean-Marie GuehennoEU indecision on UN Secretary General choice plays to Russia’s advantage by Richard GowanPicture: Wikipedia/Patrick Gruban Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with experts Angela Stanzel, Francois Godement and Susi Dennison, about what the British exit from the EU will mean for China and Asia, and how the East can gain from the new landscape. The podcast was recorded on the 13 September 2016.Bookshelf:Europeans, get down to work by Andres OrtegaWild grass: China’s revolution from below by Ian JohnsonGoodbye Europe by Sylvie GoulardChina and Brexit: What’s in it for us? by Francois Godement and Angela Stanzel Picture: Flickr/Friends of Europe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.