Mark Leonard's World in 30 Minutes

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Sam Coates, Deputy Political Editor of the Times, and to Nick Witney and Susi Dennison, Co-Directors of ECFR's European Power programme, about the current state of the debate on the British membership of the European Union. Picture: Flickr/Crown Copyright Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks with Emma Bonino, former Foreign Minister of Italy, Asli Aydintasbas, ECFR Visiting Fellow, and Vessela Tcherneva, ECFR's director of Programmes, about Turkey's role in the world and its relationship with the EU.Picture: Flickr/Michal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Herman van Rompuy, former President of the European Council, Pierre Vimont, former ambassador and Senior Associate at Carnegie Europe, Almut Moeller, co-director of ECFR's Berlin office, and Janis Emmanouilidis, Director of Studies at the European Policy Centre, about the foreign policy dimensions of the refugee crisis.Picture: Flickr/Josh Zakary Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Alexandra Saieh, Policy Officer for Oxfam's Syria crisis response in Jordan, Fyodor Lukyanov, Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs and Chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, Jeremy Shapiro, Research Director at ECFR, and Julien Barnes-Dacey, Senior Policy Fellow for ECFR’s Middle East & North Africa programme, about the Syria conference in London and the future of Syria more broadly.Picture: Flickr/Adam Brown/Crown Copyright Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to diplomat Robert Cooper and ECFR policy fellows Susi Dennison, Almut Moeller, Kadri Liik, and Fredrik Wesslau, about ECFR's Foreign Policy Scorecard 2016, its results and future prospects.You can find the publication here: http://www.ecfr.eu/scorecard/2016 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks to Gideon Rose, editor of Foreign Affairs, Hina Rabbani Khar, former Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Parag Khanna, Senior Research Fellow at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, and Sebastian Dullien, Senior Policy Fellow at ECFR, about geo-economics and how Europe will do in a geo-economic world.You can find out more about the geo-economic battlegrounds of the future in our latest publication 'Connectivity Wars': http://www.ecfr.eu/publications/summary/connectivity_wars_5064Picture: Flickr/Andrew Moreton Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks to Christian Koch, director of the Gulf Research Center Foundation, Marc Lynch, Professor of Political Science at George Washington University, and Ellie Geranmayeh, ECFR policy fellow, about the recent breakdown of diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Bookshelf:The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Other Saudis – Shiism, Dissent and Sectarianism by Toby MatthiesenJoyriding in Riyadh – Oil, Urbanism, and Road Revolt by Pascal MenoretTaxi Tehran (Film) by Jafar Panahi Picture: Flickr/Stuart Rankin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks to ECFR’s research director Jeremy Shapiro about trends and issues in 2016. You can find the article with the thirteen predictions on our website at www.ecfr.eu. Bookshelf: This is London by Ben JudahSuperforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction by Phillip Tetlock and Dan GardnerPicture: Flickr/Adam Carter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ahead of the Spanish general election, that will take place on December 20th, José Ignacio Torreblanca, Head of the ECFR Office in Madrid, offers a quick analysis on what to expect according to the most recent Spanish polls. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Sebastian Dullien, ECFR senior policy fellow and a professor of international economics, about the impact that the influx of refugees will have on Germany’s economy, and on its local services.Picture: Flickr/sabaso Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.