Mark Leonard's World in 30 Minutes

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Gerald Knaus, chairman and founder of the European Stability Initiative, Andrew Wilson, senior policy fellow at ECFR and Ukraine specialist, and Anthony Dworkin, senior policy fellow at ECFR and expert on human rights, democracy and justice, about the increase and effectiveness of the geo-economic tool sanctions. Cover art (CC)Flickr/Number10 - www.flickr.com/photos/number10gov/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Sinan Ülgen, visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe, and Vessela Tcherneva, head of ECFR's Wider Europe programme, about the upcoming Turkish elections, possible results and implications.Cover art (CC)Flickr/OpenDemocracy - https://www.flickr.com/photos/opendemocracy/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to ECFR Middle East experts and policy fellows Ellie Geranmayeh and Julien Barnes-Dacey about the geopolitics of ISIS and the role of the West.Cover art (CC)Flickr/Marines - https://www.flickr.com/photos/marine_corps/5416100651/in/photolist-9fAW2H-65DExN-6rj8Zh-62yNbs-8MmJkq-9yiFZe-pHYeK-do64N-8ENPYF-71KfqD-8tjf2m-9gERc8-pLTKPN-5YQ6Hk-pxF3UR-3nbnzX-AuFXQ-ssxkPj-65vQmD-65xRZw-65C5vL-ooca2q-62tQrZ-e2B8xH-bBnQxm-6cuVnH-RTiTF-3H7SQM-bDD2rG-bTdSue-quQp7-62BBZo-i2FeKZ-brmEXj-7fp88L-htW9aA-j2Z99A-hsTYzJ-iB5REd-pLqqC5-eW2vv5-65tyxM-prxEot-pajLvZ-bjLebU-qc43bt-bxzn1H-bjEsPh-psWoCK-2LtB4 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With only a few months following his election victory, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is faced with his first crisis over a discriminatory pilot scheme that would've seen Palestinian workers banned from using Israeli buses in the occupied West Bank. The proposal has been scrapped. However, as ECFR's director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme, Daniel Levy argues, the government Netanyahu has put together will see on a number of occasions "this kind of visible ugliness floating to the surface in ways that people have tried to gloss over in the past".Picture credits (cc) European External Action Service -www.flickr.com/photos/eeas/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Ian Bond, director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform, and ECFR Senior Policy Fellow’s Kadri Liik and Andrew Wilson. They take a look at the Eastern Partnership summit, which will take place in Riga on the 20th and 21st May 2015, and whether we can expect any major changes.Cover art (CC) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland - https://www.flickr.com/photos/polandmfa/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Silvia Francescon, head of ECFR's Rome office, Josef Janning, senior policy fellow from ECFR's Berlin office and Piotr Buras, head of ECFR's Warsaw office, about what the results will mean for Britain's membership of the EU and the development of the EU going forward. Cover art (CC) Maurice - www.flickr.com/photos/mauricedb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On 7 May the British public is asked to choose a new government. Mark Leonard, director of ECFR, Robin Niblett, the director of Chatham House, Charles Grant, the director of the Centre for European Reform, and Ulrike Franke, Research Assistant at ECFR, discuss the possible outcomes and what this would mean for the future of British foreign policy and its relationship with the EU.Cover art (CC)secretlondon123 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/secretlondon/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Juan Ruitiña interviews Policy Fellow and Associate Director of ECFR Madrid Office Francisco de Borja Lasheras on the reforms in the Ukraine and the effectiveness of Minsk II. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Asia is rising - economically, socially, and technologically, Asia’s nations are taking strides towards increased welfare and prosperity. Francois Godement, Director of ECFR’s Asia & China programme, and Angela Stanzel, ECFR Policy Fellow, reflect on our recent publication 'How do Asians see their future?'. They take a look at recent developments in and around Asia, and whether this had any impact on how Asians see their future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On 2 April in Lausanne, world powers and Iran declared the parameters of a comprehensive nuclear deal, offering greater detail than expected. The US has re-asserted its commitment to traditional allies while suggesting a new equilibrium needs to be found in the region. Paul Pillar, Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Studies at Georgetown University and at the Brookings Institution, Ali Vaez, senior analyst on Iran at International Crisis Group, Ellie Geranmayeh, MENA policy fellow at ECFR, and Mark Leonard, director of ECFR explore the potentially game-changing developments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.