Mark Leonard's World in 30 Minutes

For the rest of the summer Mark Leonard will be breaking from the usual World in 30 Minutes format to talk about how the global order is being challenged. This week, he is joined by Parag Khanna, a Senior Research Fellow at the Center on Asia and Globalization at the National University of Singapore and best-selling author of a trilogy of books on the future of world order.Bookshelf: Parag Khanna, The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order How to Run the World: Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the rest of the summer Mark Leonard will be breaking from the usual World in 30 Minutes format to talk about how the global order is being challenged. This week, he is joined by Edward Luttwak, a political scientist who has published works on grand strategy, military history, and international relations.Bookshelf:Edward Luttwak, Coup d'État: A Practical HandbookThomas Piketty, Capital in the Twenty-First Century Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the rest of the summer Mark Leonard will be breaking from the usual World in 30 Minutes format to talk about how the global order is being challenged. This week, he is joined by Edward Luce, the Washington commentator for the Financial Times and author of "The Retreat of Western Liberalism".Bookshelf:Edward Luce, The Retreat of Western LiberalismNew York Times, Financial Times, The EconomistThanks to the kind support of the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard talks with Wawrzyniec Smoczyński, the founder and editor in chief of the magazine Polityka Insight, about the political crisis that shakes Poland and threatens the liberal foundations of its constitutional order.The podcast was recorded on 14th July 2017.Bookshelf:Gary Klein, Seeing What Others Don't. The Remarkable Ways We Gain InsightsPicture: Wikimedia Commons Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard talks with Brendan Cox, a humanitarian campaigner and the widower of MP Jo Cox, about his fight against political extremism.The podcast was recorded on 27th June 2017.Bookshelf:Brendan Cox, Jo Cox: More in CommonSheryl Sandberg, Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard discusses the challenges that Europe faces both in its Eastern and Southern neighbourhoods with Nicu Popescu and Florence Gaub, two Senior Analysts at the EU Institute for Security Studies.The podcast was recorded in Brussels on 21st June 2017. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard talks with Herbert S. Lin, Senior Research Scholar for Cyber Policy and Security at Stanford University, about cybersecurity, fake news and the future of the Internet. The podcast was recorded on 7th June 2017. Bookshelf:David Clark, Thomas Berson & Herbert S. Lin, At the Nexus of Cybersecurity and Public PolicyP.W. Singer & Allan Friedman, Cybersecurity and Cyberwar What Everyone Needs to Know Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This time, ECFR's director Mark Leonard is on the other side of the microphone and tells you all you need to know about the results of the UK General election.The podcast was recorded on 9th June 2017.Bookshelf:Robert Heinlein, The Moon is a harsh MistressBaron Noir, French drama series, 2016Mark Leonard, Winners and losers in the UK election, http://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_winners_and_losers_in_the_uk_election_7295 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard talks with the director of ECFR's Paris office, Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, and ECFR's Research Director, Jeremy Shapiro, about the consequences of the US withdrawal from the Paris climate deal.The podcast was recorded on 5th June 2017.Bookshelf:Francois Godement, Expanded ambitions, shrinking achievements: How China sees the global orderRichard Haass, World in Disarray, American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old OrderBen Aaronovitch, The Hanging Tree (Rivers of London Novels)Michael Anton, America and the Liberal International Order, in American Affairs Volume I, Number 1 (Spring 2017): 113–25. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special episode, author and terrorism expert Professor Gilles Kepel talks with ECFR's Anthony Dworkin about the factors that gave rise to the network-based 3rd generation Jihad, that has Europe as its main target.The podcast was recorded on 25th May 2017.Bookshelf:Gilles Kepel, Terror in France: The Rise of Jihad in the WestRory Stewart, The Marches Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard talks with the director of ECFR's offices in Paris, Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, and Berlin, Almut Möller, about President Macron’s newly appointed government, his proposals for the Eurozone and the EU and the future of the Franco-German relation.The podcast was recorded on 17th May 2017 in Berlin.Bookshelf:Andre Wilkens, Der diskrete Charme der Bürokratie: Gute Nachrichten aus EuropaAntoine Garapon & Michel Rosenfeld, Démocraties sous stress - Les défis du terrorisme globalL'imaginaire historique d'Emmanuel Macron, a France Culture podcast available here: https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/la-fabrique-de-lhistoire/limaginaire-historique-demmanuel-macronPicture: Facebook/ Emmanuel Macron Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, rather than putting out our ordinary podcast, we're leaving the floor to Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, head of ECFR Paris, who's hosting a discussion with the heads of most of ECFR's offices from around Europe to look at France and Macron's rise from the outside in.Picture: Flickr/ Lorie Shaull Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard talks with the director of ECFR's office in Sofia, Vessela Tcherneva and the director of ECFR's Wider Europe programme, Fredrik Wesslau about the crisis in Macedonia and the bigger picture of political stagnation and chaos in the Balkans, at a time when accession to the EU is losing its credibility in the region.The podcast was recorded on 5th May 2017.To find out more, read ECFR's publication, "Return to instability: How migration and great power politics threaten the Western Balkans" here: http://www.ecfr.eu/publications/summary/return_to_instability_6045Bookshelf:Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century Dubravka Ugrešić, Baba Yaga Laid an EggAnne-Marie Slaughter, The Chessboard and the Web: Strategies of Connection in a Networked World Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard talks with Christine Ockrent, an eminent journalist, and Laurence Parisot, the former head of the main polling company in France, about the second round of the French election where voters are facing a choice that will have enormous consequences for France and for the future of the European Union.The podcast was recorded on 25th April 2017.Bookshelf:Zygmunt Bauman et al., L'âge de la RégressionAnne Nivat, Dans quelle France on vitLaurence Parisot, Un piège bleu MarineChristine Ockrent, Who is Marine Le Pen? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard talks with Tom Nuttall, author of the Charlemagne column in the Economist, and Susi Dennison, director of ECFR's European Power programme, about May's real reasons for calling elections and the implications for the Brexit negotiations.The podcast was recorded on 21st April 2017.Bookshelf:Alexander Betts & Paul Collier, Refuge: Transforming a Broken Refugee SystemHanya Yanagihara, A Little LifeEmmanuel Macron, RévolutionChristopher H. Achen & Larry M. Bartels, Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive GovernmentMichael Gove, Now we’ll find out what Mayism stands for, The Times, 21st April 2017Picture: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard talks with ECFR's research director, Jeremy Shapiro and Asia & China experts Angela Stanzel and François Godement about Trump's Asia policy and the EU's response to it. The podcast was recorded on 13th April 2017.Bookshelf:Bobo Lo, A Wary EmbraceDaniel Drezner, The Ideas Industry: How Pessimists, Partisans, and Plutocrats are Transforming the Marketplace of IdeasSinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here Dale C. Copeland, Economic Interdependence and WarPicture: Brigette Supernova/ The Daily Beast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard talks with ECFR's policy fellows Kadri Liik and Julien Barnes-Dacey about Trump's air strikes on Syria and what they mean for the other actors involved.The podcast was recorded over the phone on 7th April 2017.Bookshelf:Anton Shekhovtsov, Russia and the Western Far Right: Tango NoirMaxine David, National Perspectives on RussiaPhilippe Sands, East West StreetPhilipp Howard, Pax Technica: How the Internet of Things May Set Us Free or Lock Us UpPicture: U.S. Navy/ Ford Williams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard talks with Manuel Lafont-Rapnouil and Tara Varma from ECFR's Paris office about something that many people hope will never happen: a President Marine Le Pen.The podcast was recorded in Paris on 31st March 2017.Bookshelf:Astrid de Villaines & Marie Labat, Philippot Ier, le nouveau visage du Front nationalMarie Tondelier, Nouvelles du FrontBrice Teinturier, "Plus rien à faire, plus rien à foutre"Picture: Flickr/ Blandine Le Cain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Soli Özel, ECFR Council Member and Professor of International Relations at Kadir Has University in Istanbul and ECFR's Vessela Tcherneva on the upcoming Turkish constitutional referendum and Turkey's EU membership prospects.The podcast was recorded in Brussels on 24 March 2017.Bookshelf:Pankaj Mishra, Age of Anger: A History of the PresentJan-Werner Müller, What Is Populism?Lion Feuchtwanger, The Lautensack BrothersJames Burnham, The Managerial Revolution Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Julius Krein, who has set up the American Affairs Journal with the aim of laying the intellectual foundations of the Trump movement.The podcast was recorded on 17 March 2017.Bookshelf:James Burnham - The Managerial RevolutionF.H. Buckley - The Way Back: Restoring the Promise of AmericaThe Claremont's Review of Bookshttps://amgreatness.com/Find Julius Krein's Journal here: https://americanaffairsjournal.orgPicture: Flickr/Gage Skidmore Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR's senior fellows, Asli Aydintasbas and Almut Moeller on the German-Turkish diplomatic spat, the forthcoming polls and the bigger picture of EU-Turkey relations.The podcast was recorded on 9 March 2017.Bookshelf:Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the EndJan Morris, Trieste and the Meaning of NowhereIvan Krastev, After Europe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with James McGann, senior lecturer in International Studies and director of the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, Jeremy Shapiro, ECFR's research director and Kadri Liik, ECFR's senior fellow, on the threats and challenges that think tanks face in a fast-paced, post-truth world.The podcast was recorded on 2 March 2017.Bookshelf:James McGann, The Fifth Estate: Think Tanks, Public Policy, and GovernanceJames McGann, Global Think Tanks: Policy Networks and GovernanceDavid Cecil, The Young MelbourneStuart Jeffries, Grand Hotel Abyss: The Lives of the Frankfurt School Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard is meeting with Wolfgang Ischinger, the Chairman of the Munich Security Conference. Together they are debriefing a very unusual MSC where the whole idea of the West was at stake.The podcast was recorded on 22 February 2017.Bookshelf:Thomas Schmid, Europa ist tot, es lebe Europa! Eine Weltmacht muss sich neu erfindenWolfgang Ischinger, Deutschlands neue VerantwortungWant to find out more about this topic? Reach for the Munich Security Conference 2017 website here: https://www.securityconference.de/en/activities/munich-security-conference/msc-2017/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard is meeting with Alexander Stubb, the former Prime Minister of Finland. Together they are discussing the idea of flexible European integration in a post-Brexit environment.The podcast was recorded on 16 February 2017.Want to find out more about this topic? Reach for Alexander Stubb's publications here: http://www.alexstubb.com/publications/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard is meeting with Michael Ignatieff, the former leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and one of the most thoughtful historians of liberalism. Together they are looking at the future of the liberal order following Trump's election and the rise of several illiberal powers elsewhere in the world. The podcast was recorded in Vienna on 7 February 2017.Want to find out more about this topic? Reach for Michael Ignatieff's publications here: http://michaelignatieff.ca/writing/index.php Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses with ECFR's Research Director Jeremy Shapiro and ECFR Policy Fellows Anthony Dworkin & Mattia Toaldo how the EU should respond to Trump's decision to restrict access to citizens from 7 predominantly Muslim countries.The podcast was recorded on 31 January 2017.Bookshelf:Walter Russel Mead, The Jacksonian RevoltYuval Noah Harari, Sapiens. A Brief History of HumankindTom Nichols, Death of the ExpertiseFear & Love, at the London Design Museum until 23rd April 2017Picture: Lorie Shaull/ Flickr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses with Vessela Tcherneva, Head of ECFR Sofia office, and Aslı Aydıntaşbaş & Kadri Liik, ECFR Senior Policy Fellows, how US President Trump is challenging the European security order along 3 fundamental dimensions: future of NATO, sanctions on Russia and relation with Turkey.The podcast was recorded on 25 January 2017.Bookshelf:Philip Roth, The Plot against AmericaDan Harris, 10% HappierJürgen Osterhammel, The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth CenturyPicture: DonkeyHotey/Flickr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses with Tom Nuttall, Brussels bureau chief for the Economist and Ulrike Franke, ECFR's Policy Fellow, whether the Brexit negotiations will be influenced by the changes to the liberal order unleashed by Donald Trump's election.The podcast was recorded on 17 January 2017.Bookshelf:Zadie Smith, Swing TimeMichael Lewis, The Undoing ProjectBruce Chatwin, In PatagoniaZygmunt Bauman, Liquid ModernityPicture: Max Pixel CC Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR's Middle East and North Africa Progamme Director, Ruth Citrin, and ECFR Policy Fellows, Ellie Geranmayeh and Hugh Lovatt, on the cards that the EU can play if the U.S. walks away from the table.The podcast was recorded on 13 January 2017.Bookshelf:Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot SeeNaguib Mahfouz, Children of the Alley: A NovelAeyal Gross, The Writing on the Wall: Rethinking the International Law of OccupationDeutsche Asset Management, Backlash against globalization: Déjà vu?Picture: Wikimedia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR Policy Fellows Stefan Soesanto, Kadri Liik and Gustav Gressel on Russia's interferences in Western politics.The podcast was recorded on 5 January 2017.Bookshelf:Maurice Paléologue, An Ambassador’s Memoirs Harvey Pitcher, Witnesses Of The Russian Revolution Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe between Hitler and Stalin Michael Hayden, Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of TerrorThe GCHQ Puzzle BookYuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: A Brief History of TomorrowPicture: commdiginews.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR Research Director Jeremy Shapiro for an end-of-year special where they recklessly hold themselves accountable for last year's predictions and take the risk of making 10 more for 2017.The podcast was recorded on 22 December 2016.Picture: Hieronymus Bosch - Der Garten der Lueste Mitte Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR Senior Policy Fellows Kadri Liik, Julien Barnes-Dacey and Anthony Dworkin about the Syrian situation and the prospects of a political solution. This discussion is followed by an interview with Piotr Buras, head of ECFR Warsaw office, on the current political crisis in Poland.The podcast was recorded on 21 December 2016.Bookshelf:Rosa Brooks - How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything. A Reluctant Peacenik View from the Inside of the Military ComplexHenry Kissinger - World Order: Reflections on the Character of Nations and the Course of HistoryChristian Welzel - Freedom RisingIan Clarkson - Praising ChangeECFR’s policy fellows are also grateful for your book recommendations – just email us!Picture: Flickr /Freedom House Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Christine Ockrent, journalist, Jana Puglierin, head of the Alfred von Oppenheim Center for European Policy Studies, and Josef Janning, ECFR senior policy fellow, about the ongoing debate in Berlin on a possible German nuclear deterrent. The podcast was recorded on 14 December 2016.Bookshelf:2016 White Paper on German Security Policy and the Future of the Bundeswehr Idealist Internationalism and the Security Dilemma by John HerzRévolution by Emmanuel MacronPicture: Flickr /Neil H Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks with Nathalie Tocci, Deputy Director of Istituto Affari Internazionali and Wolfgang Schüssel, Austria's former Chancellor, about the polls that were held this weekend in Italy and Austria. The podcast was recorded on the 5 December 2016. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks with author Gilles Kepel about the the primary election results, Islamophobia and challenges to French political identity. The podcast was recorded on the 2 December 2016.Bookshelf:La Fracture by Gilles KepelPicture: Wikimedia/Mardus Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with journalist and Angela Merkel's official biographer Stefan Kornelius, and ECFR fellows Almut Möller and Josef Janning, about Merkel's candidacy for her fourth term as German Chancellor. The podcast was recorded on 23 November 2016.Bookshelf:Angela Merkel - The Chancellor and her World by Stefan KorneliusThe Passage to Europe by Luuk van MiddelaarTerror overseas: understanding China’s evolving counter-terror strategy by Mathieu Duchâtel New World Disorder - Old problems - Realist answers by Carlo MasalaPicture: Flickr / EPP Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR fellow Francois Godement and journalist Chistine Ockrent about the candidates for the French presidential election in 2017. The podcast was recorded on 18 November 2016. Bookshelf:Judas by Amos OzThe Shipwrecked Mind: On Political Reaction by Mark LillaRemake the union to heal Europe’s rifts by Nicolas Sarkozy Affaires étrangères by Christine OckrentPicture: Wikimedia Commons Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard speaks with Jeremy Shapiro, Asli Aydintasbas and Josef Janning about reactions to Trump’s electoral triumph from the UK, Germany and Turkey.Bookshelf:In Europe: Travels Through the Twentieth Century by Geert MakThe global crisis and the failure of the West by Carlo MasalaSapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah HarariThe everyday and the existential: how Clinton and Trump challenge transatlantic relations by Jeremy ShapiroFear and loathing on the road to the US elections by Susi Dennison, Dina Pardijs and Jeremy ShapiroPicture: Flickr/gageskidmore Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard speaks with Cristina Manzano, Editor-in-Chief of the Spanish newspaper Es Global, and Borja Lasheras, ECFR’s director of the Madrid office, about the new Spanish government, which has finally come into place after a year of waiting. In the second part, he speaks with Conor Quinn, ECFR’s Communications Manager, about the recent UK High Court ruling that the British Parliament must vote on whether the UK can start the process of leaving the EU. The podcast was recorded on 4 November 2016.Bookshelf:The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 by Christopher ClarkThe Bridge on the Drina by Ivo AndricIn Europe: Travels through the twentieth century by Geert MakMy Brilliant Friend by Elena FerranteTrump, Brexit, and the Rise of Populism by Pippa Norris and Ronald InglehartPicture: Flickr/morebyless Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Almut Möller, head of ECFR’s Berlin office, and François Godement, director of the Asia and China programme, about the recent blocking of the trade deal between Canada and the EU by the Belgian Walloons, and what this means for Europe’s governability. Bookshelf:Dies sind die Namen by Tommy WieringaLes tueurs de la Republique: Assassinats et operations speciales des services secrets by Vincent NouzilleThe Shipwrecked Mind: On Political Reaction by Mark Lilla Why less Europe is no Europe - comparing the fates of CETA and MES by Francois GodementPicture: Flickr/147558657@N06 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR Middle East experts, Hayder al-Khoei and Ellie Geranmayeh, who have just returned from Iraq about the battle for Mosul and prospects for post-conflict reconciliation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard speaks with former director of the European Defence Agency Nick Witney, Manuel Lafont Rapnouil and Ulrike Esther Franke about European defence in the context of Brexit, increasing defence budgets and proposals for a Schengen of Defence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard first speaks with David Sanger, journalist from the New York Times, about what Donald Trump would mean for the future of the United States, and the NATO alliance. In the second part of the podcast he speaks with Kadri Liik and Ellie Geranmayeh about the new “power couple” Russia and Iran, and their relations in the Middle East. The podcast was recorded on the 15 and 27 September 2016. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Senior Policy Fellow Richard Gowan about the candidates, and the factors that will decide the race. The podcast was recorded on the 15 September 2016.Bookshelf:The fog of peace: A memoir of international peacekeeping in the 21st century by Jean-Marie GuehennoEU indecision on UN Secretary General choice plays to Russia’s advantage by Richard GowanPicture: Wikipedia/Patrick Gruban Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with experts Angela Stanzel, Francois Godement and Susi Dennison, about what the British exit from the EU will mean for China and Asia, and how the East can gain from the new landscape. The podcast was recorded on the 13 September 2016.Bookshelf:Europeans, get down to work by Andres OrtegaWild grass: China’s revolution from below by Ian JohnsonGoodbye Europe by Sylvie GoulardChina and Brexit: What’s in it for us? by Francois Godement and Angela Stanzel Picture: Flickr/Friends of Europe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with heads of office Almut Möller and Manuel Lafont Rapnouil about political debates in France and Germany. What directions are the two countries heading as they approach next year's elections? The podcast was recorded on 7 September 2016.Bookshelf: Der taumelnde Kontinent by Philipp BlomNew European counter-terror wars by Anthony DworkinView from Berlin: The EU’s musical chairs by Josef JanningPicture: Flickr/Martin Schulz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with experts Andrew Wilson, Fredrik Wesslau and Gustav Gressel, about tensions between Russia and Ukraine rising in Eastern Ukraine, the Minsk Agreement, and whether European sanctions should be renewed towards Russia. The podcast was recorded on 30 August 2016.Bookshelf:Enough said: What’s gone wrong with the language of politics by Mark ThompsonThe decline of the West by Oswald SprenglerUkraine crisis: What it means for the West by Andrew WilsonThe Ukrainians: Unexpected Nation by Andrew WilsonRussia’s role in the GreyzonePicture: Flickr/GrusiaKot Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with policy fellow Asli Aydintasbas and research director Jeremy Shapiro about the deployment of Turkish tanks into Syria and the rivalry with Kurdish troops in the fight against ISIS in that region. The podcast was recorded on the 25 August 2016.Bookshelf:Desert Queen: The extraordinary life of Gertrude Bell by Janet Wallach Decisive moments in history by Stefan ZweigMan(h)atten (series)Picture: Flickr/Pan Chauyoe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR experts Vessela Tcherneva, Silvia Francescon, Ulrike Franke, Borja Lasheras, and board member Ivan Krastev, about summer readings. The list includes foreign policy books, wider readings to understand the world we live in, and finally what to read to get away from it all. The podcast was recorded on 28 July 2016.Books discussed:The force of reason by Oriana FallaciSenza la Guerra by Massimo Cacciari, Lucio Caracciolo, Ernesto Galli della Lggia and Elisabetta RasyLa febbre di Trump: Un fenomeno Americano by Mattia FerraresiLiberta a migrare: Perche ci spostiamo da sempre ed e bene cosi by Valerio Calzano and Telmo PievaniEn immersion a Molenbeek by Hind FraihiReichtum ohne Gier by Sahra WagenknechtWunschdenken: Europa, Währung, Bildung, Einwanderung – warum Politik so häufig scheitert by Thilo Sarrazin1913: The year before the storm by Florian IlliesLa France pour la vie by Nikolas Sarkozy Expert political judgement: How good is it? How can we know? By Philip E. TetlockGlobal inequality: A new approch for the age of globalisation by Branko MilanovicEl retorno de los chamanes by Victor LapuenteSiria, el país de las almas rotas by Javier Espinosa and Monica G. PrietoEsodo: Storia del nuovo millennio by Domenico Quirico The search for Europe: Contrasting approaches, published by BBVA1917: Razgadka “russkoj” revolyutsii by Nikolaj StarikovThe Silk Road: A new history of the world by Peter FrankopanPolitical epistemics: The secret police, the opposition, and the end of east German socialism by Andreas GlaeserThinking in time: The uses of history for decision makers by Richard E. Neustadt and Ernest R. MayDiplomat i gradinar by Ivan D. StanchovIll fares the land by Tony JudtWhen facts change by Tony JudtBloodlands: Europe between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy SnyderThe responsible company: What we’ve learned from Patagonia’s first 40 years by Yvon Chouinard and Vincent StanleyDrone warfare by John Kaag and Sarah KrepsSwarm troopers: How small drones will conquer the world by David HamblingSternstunden der Menschheit by Stefan ZweigThe Star Rover by Jack LondonThe Climb by Anatoli Boukreev and G. Weston De WaltDeath at La Fenice by Donna LeonAmerican Pastoral by Philip Roth Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Tom Nuttall, Brussels Bureau Chief of the Economist and author of the Charlemagne column, about reactions to the UK referendum result in the EU institutions, and the upcoming negotiations. The podcast was recorded on 26 July 2016.Bookshelf:This Blessed Plot by Hugo YoungBritons: Forging the Nation 1707-1837 by Linda ColleyBritain as Europe by Linda ColleyPicture: Flickr/Thijs ter Haar Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.