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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Mar 30, 2015 • 8min
Voices on Ukraine, voices of Ukraine part 4 with Francisco de Borja Lasheras
ECFR's Policy Fellow and Associate Director of the Madrid office, Francisco de Borja Lasheras, on how to improve EU foreign policy and reach a stronger strategic convergence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 24, 2015 • 12min
Does Europe need a bigger military force?
Former EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Dr Javier Solana, ECFR's Senior Policy Fellow, Nick Witney, and Advisor at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Hilmar Linnenkamp, discuss the recent report "More Union in European Defence". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 20, 2015 • 8min
Voices on Ukraine, voices of Ukraine part 3 with Yevgenia Belorusets
ECFR's Policy Fellow and Associate Director of the Madrid office, Francisco de Borja Lasheras, and Ukrainian artist, Yevgenia Belorusets, take a look at the everyday life of people in eastern Ukraine and the challenges they have to face. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 13, 2015 • 20min
Mark Leonard's interview with Professor Joseph Nye
Professor Joseph Nye, political scientist and former Dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, talks to ECFR Director Mark Leonard about his new book "Is the American Century Over?". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 5, 2015 • 33min
ECFR's World in 30 minutes: Scorecard Edition
In this episode of World in 30 Minutes Mark Leonard, Director of ECFR, and the three experts Susi Dennison, Kadri Liik and Jose Ignacio Torreblanca, take a look at the Scorecard 2015 publication and discuss the highlights and low points of EU foreign policy in 2014. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 5, 2015 • 7min
European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2015 - Richard Gowan on Chapter 6: Multilateral Issues
Richard Gowan, ECFR Associate Fellow and author of Chapter 6, believes that there were several crises the EU had to face in 2014. How to deal with the increased migration from African countries was the most challenging one. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 4, 2015 • 7min
European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2015 - Francois Godement on Chapter 5: China and Asia
Francois Godement, director of ECFR’s China and Asia Programme, talks about the expansion of relations between the EU and Asia in 2014 through the EU’s confirmation of a free trade pact negotiation with Japan, and an agreement on joint action involving global security, along with the participation in peacekeeping efforts with South Korea. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 3, 2015 • 5min
European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2015 - Susi Dennison on Chapter 4: MENA
Susi Dennison, Senior Policy Fellow and expert on the MENA region, explains the EU's performance in the Middle East and North Africa in 2014, and the need for a new strategy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 2, 2015 • 6min
European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2015 - Vessela Tcherneva on Chapter 3: Wider Europe
Vessela Tcherneva, ECFR's director of the Wider Europe programme, gives her analysis on the EU's performance upon dealing with the western Balkans in 2014 and discusses which challenges the relations with Turkey and Bosnia will pose this year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 30, 2015 • 6min
European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2015 - Thomas Wright on Chapter 2: United States
Thomas Wright, author of Chapter 2 from the European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2015, talks about US-EU relations last year and their convergence towards the end of the year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
