Mark Leonard's World in 30 Minutes

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Sunder Katwala, director of the think-tank British Future, about the EU referendum, the recent poll swings and what the result might be. The podcast was recorded on 21 June 2016.Bookshelf:How (not) to talk about Europe by Sunder Katwala and Steve BallingerThis blessed plot – Britain and Europe from Churchill to Blair by Hugo YoungJo Cox’s Fund https://www.gofundme.com/jocoxPicture: Flickr/Abi Begum Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Susi Dennison, ECFR's director of the European Power programme, Josef Janning, Co-Head of the ECFR Berlin office, Piotr Buras, Head of the ECFR office in Warsaw, and Jeremy Shapiro, ECFR's Research Director, about populism and European foreign policy. The podcast was recorded on the 15 June 2016.Bookshelf:Never let me go by Kazuko IshiguroThe age of catastrophe – A history of the West 1914-1945 by Heinrich August WinklerWarum Europa eine Republk werden muss! Eine politische Utopie by Ulrike GuérotThis blessed plot: Britain and Europe from Churchill to Blair by Hugo YoungAmerican Political Decay or Renewal? by Francis FukuyamaPicture: Flickr/Lightroomer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Piotr Buras, Head of the ECFR office in Warsaw, and Almut Möller, co-Head of the ECFR Berlin office, about what the main concerns for policymakers in Poland and Germany are. The podcast was recorded in Warsaw on 3 June 2016 and in London/Berlin on 9 June 2016.Bookshelf:Die zerrissenen Jahre by Philipp BlomDay in Day out by Terézia MoraThe Inventory by Gila LustigerDeutschland 83Britain in Europe MonitorPicture: Flickr/Descrier Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Tom Fletcher, diplomat, former UK Ambassador to Lebanon and author of the book Naked Diplomacy, about how technology is changing power and diplomacy. The podcast was recorded on 1 June 2016. Book:Naked Diplomacy by Tom FletcherPodcast:New Diplomacy in the Age of Networks with Mark Leonard, Jeremy Heimans, Anne-Marie Slaughter and Carl BildtPicture: Flickr/Mezdoce Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR policy fellows Ellie Geranmayeh, Julien Barnes-Dacey and Mattia Toaldo, about the recent talks in Vienna where foreign minister met up to discuss Libya and the growing threat of ISIS in the country, and about new developments Syria. Bookshelf:In the light of what we know by Zia Haidar RahmanTrilogy by Elena FerranteDateline Baghdad by Luke BakerForces for good by Leslie Crutchfield and Heather McLeod GrantFive films that will help you understand the modern Arab world by Shohini ChaudhuriIntervening better: Europe’s second chance in Libya by Mattia Toaldo The seventh sense: Power, fortune and survival in the age of networks by Joshua Cooper RamoPicture: Flickr/European ParliamentThe podcast was recorded on 23 May 2016. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Nicola Clase, Swedish Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Fredrik Wesslau, Director of ECFR’s Wider Europe programme, and Vessela Tcherneva, Head of ECFR’s Sofia Office, about the Eurovision Song Contest and its geopolitical features.The Swedish Ambassador’s Guide to the Eurovision Song Contest by Nicola ClasePicture: Flickr/Per-Olof Forsberg Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard first speaks with Burkhard Bischof, editor of the Austrian newspaper Die Presse, and Caroline de Gruyter, correspondent from the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblatt, about the Austrian presidential elections, in which the far-right party FPÖ is the favourite to win. In the second half of the podcast Mark Leonard speaks with Douglas Alexander, Senior Fellow at Harvard University's Kennedy School and former Shadow Foreign Secretary, about the parallels between the British EU referendum and the Scottish referendum.Picture: Flickr/Yellow.Cat Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Ivan Krastev, Chairman of the Center for Liberal Strategies in Sofiar, Sir Robert Cooper, former Director-General for External and Politico-Military Affairs at the Council of the EU, and Kadri Liik, ECFR Senior Policy Fellow, about the multiple crises Europe is facing and how they might be interrelated.Bookshelf:All the Kremlin’s men by Mikhail ZygarThe anatomy of a moment by Javier CercasSoldier of Salamis by Javier CercasThe passage to Europe – how a continent became a union by Luuk van MiddelaarThe industries of the future by Alec RossPicture: Flickr/ European Union 2013 - European Parliament Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Sylvie Kauffmann, editorial director of Le Monde, and Manual Lafont Rapnouil, head of the ECFR Paris office, about the future of France, its place in Europe, and how it sees the world.France and Germany: Europe’s stalling engine by Manuel Lafont Rapnouil and Josef JanningViews from the CapitalsPicture: Flickr/Guillaume Fleur Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks with Vice-Admiral Sir Anthony Dymock, former UK Military Representative to NATO and the EU, Simon Foy, former head of the Metropolitan Police's Homicide and Serious Crimes Command, Nigel Inkster, former board member of MI6, Baroness Pauline Neville Jones, former Security Minister, and Nick Witney, former chief executive of European Defence Agency and ECFR senior policy fellow, about what a British exit from the EU would mean for Britain's security.The drawbridge fallacy by Mark LeonardBrexit to nowhere: The foreign policy consequences of “Out” by Nick WitneyPicture: Flickr/Will Taylor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.