Mark Leonard's World in 30 Minutes

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Somini Sengupta, UN correspondent for the New York Times, Richard Gowan, ECFR Senior Policy Fellow, and Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, Head of ECFR Paris office, about the UN secretary-general candidacy, the public hustings and about who is leading the race.Picture: Flickr/sanjitbakshi Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Interview to Yevhen Hlibovytsky, Ukrainian intellectual, co-founder of the Nestor Group on the future of Ukraine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks with Beatrice de Graaf, Professor of History of International Relations at Utrecht University, Michiel van Hulten, one of the leaders of the Dutch yes-campaign, and Dick Oosting, CEO of ECFR, about the Dutch referendum and its results. In the second part he talks to Sam Coates, Deputy Political Editor of the Times, about the British referendum campaign. +++ Dear listeners, we have technical difficulties this week and we apologise for the sound quality +++Picture: Flickr/Notbrucelee Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Whilst China's defence budget this year is rising at its slowest pace since 2010, the reform of the People's Liberation Army is in full swing. Jérôme Doyon, ECFR Associate Fellow and editor of China Analysis, explains the key drivers to the reform, and its implications on Chinese defence.You can find the publication 'Xi’s army: Reform and loyalty in the PLA' here: http://www.ecfr.eu/publications/summary/xis_army_reform_and_loyalty_in_the_pla6055Picture: Flickr/lafayette1 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Stefan Kornelius, head of the international section of Sueddeutsche Zeitung, and ECFR senior policy fellows Kadri Liik and Sebastian Dullien, about the biggest leak in whistleblower history. The Panama Papers show how corruption really works in Russia by Mark GaleottiHow Reporters Pulled Off the Panama Papers, the Biggest Leak in Whistleblower History by Andy GreenbergPicture: Flickr/Orban Lopez Cruz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Clara Portela, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Singapore Management University, and Jeremy Shapiro, ECFR’s Research Director, about the role of sanctions in European foreign policy.Bookshelf:Connectivity Wars edited by Mark Leonard http://www.ecfr.eu/publications/summary/connectivity_wars_5064Picture: Flickr/jeffowenphotos Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks with Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, Head of ECFR's Paris office, Anthony Dworkin, Senior Policy Fellow, and Nick Witney, co-director of ECFR's European Power programme, about the Brussels terror attacks and its implications on European security and unity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks with Franziska Brantner, Member of the German Parliament and ECFR council member, and with Josef Janning, Senior Policy Fellow and Head of ECFR Berlin Office, about the results of the three state elections in Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt, and what this means for the future of Germany and its role in the EU. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR Visiting Fellow Asli Aydintasbas, ECFR Senior Policy Fellow Mattia Toaldo, and ECFR Board Member and German politician Norbert Röttgen, about the EU-Turkey ‘one-in one-out’ deal over the Syrian refugee crisis.Picture: Flickr/European Union 2012 - European Parliament+++ Dear listeners, we have technical difficulties this week and we apologise for the sound quality +++ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Ulf Sverdrup, Director of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, about the Norwegian model and whether it could work for the UK, and to Jeremy Shapiro, Research Director at ECFR, about the prospects of a Donald Trump presidency and what it means for Europe.Outside and Inside - Official Norwegian Reports NOU 2012Why the Norwegian EU option is best left to Norway by Fredrik Sejersted and Ulf SverdrupPicture: Flickr/Gage Skidmore Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.