

Mark Leonard's World in 30 Minutes
ECFR
Weekly podcast on the events, policies and ideas that will shape the world.World in 30 minutes is curated by Mark Leonard, Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), and features top-level speakers from across the EU and beyond to debate and discuss Europe’s role in the world. It was awarded “Best podcasts on EU politics” by PolicyLab in 2019.Member of the EuroPod network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Oct 21, 2015 • 6min
What effect would a Brexit have on China-UK relations?
Three experts from the Chinese delegation that Xi Jinping has brought with him to London give their opinion on the possible repercussions of an exit of the UK from the EU. Picture: Flickr/Number10gov Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 20, 2015 • 33min
ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Sino-British relations
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Professor Feng Zhongping, Vice President of the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, Professor Pan Wei, Professor at the Center for Chinese and Global Affairs at Peking University, and Francois Godement, ECFR's head of the China and Asia programme, about China's president Xi Jinping's four day visit to the UK.Picture: Flickr/Number 10/Crown Copyright Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 16, 2015 • 37min
ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: The 'In' Campaign
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to 'In' campaigners Damian Green MP and Emma Reynolds MP, from the Conservatives and Labour respectively as the official 'In' campaign launches this week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 15, 2015 • 17min
Violence and revolt in Israel/Palestine - the Israeli perspective
ECFR's Hugh Lovatt and Mattia Toaldo speak to independent journalist and editor Noam Sheizaf, who has previously worked for a number of Israeli news outlets including Ynet.co.il and Maariv, and now writes regularly for +972 Magazine.Picture: Flickr/Rusty Steward https://www.flickr.com/photos/rustystewart/300026777/in/photolist-jZzWj-jZzWk-svHvt-jNYUZR-dxs9sa-4ZvCWU-4jm2Zv Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 14, 2015 • 10min
"The Government in Kiev is not interested in the dialogue with the Eastern regions" Alexei Matsuka
"Voices of Ukraine, Voices from Ukraine" part 12. Francisco de Borja Lasheras interviews Alexei Matsuka, journalist from the independent local online newspaper “News of Donbass”, about his opinion on the Ukrainian conflict, the deadlock the region of Donbass is living right now, and the matter of dialogue and reconciliation in the country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 9, 2015 • 11min
Supporting host countries in the region: a silver bullet for the refugee crisis?
ECFR speaks to humanitarian expert and former UNHCR representative Kilian Kleinschmidt about how EU countries can actively help solve the refugee crisis and how migration should be dealt with in the future. Picture: Flickr/Foreign and Commonwealth Office Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 6, 2015 • 35min
ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Is ISIS Putin's saviour?
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Nikolay Kozhanov, scholar at the Carnegie Moscow Centre, Jeremy Shapiro, Policy Fellow at Brookings, and ECFR Senior Policy Fellow Julien Barnes-Dacey about Russia's military actions in Syria.Bookshelf:The Meursault Investigation by Kamel DaoudThe Fall of the Ottomans by Eugene RoganRoadside Picnic by Arkady StrugatskyIt's time to rethink Syria by Philip GordonRussia does not have the means or desire to defeat Isis in Syria and Vladimir Putin knows it by Gustav GresselPicture: Flickr/Global Panorama Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 1, 2015 • 32min
ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Jeremy Corbyn's foreign policy
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Labour MP Pat McFadden, Luke Akehurst from Labour First, and Kirsty McNeill, campaign director of Save the Children, at the annual Labour conference about the new Labour leader's foreign policy. Picture: Flickr/The Weekly Bull/RonF Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 25, 2015 • 30min
ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Enforced refugee quotas - the end of the european project?
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to ECFR senior policy fellows Susi Dennison, Josef Janning and Vessela Tcherneva about the possible implications of the refugee crisis and whether it will tear the European Union apart.Picture: Flickr/Thijs ter Haar Bookshelf:Divided Poland faces foreign policy crossroads by Piotr BurasTen home truths on Europe's refugee crisis by Susi Dennison, Dina Pardijs and Nick WitneyWebsites:EU InsightThe Catch Up Index Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 23, 2015 • 18min
EU Foreign Policy in times of crisis: Europe as a jazz band
Francisco de Borja Lasheras in the Annual Conference of the UACES. September 2015. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


