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Mark Leonard's World in 30 Minutes

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 to... Read more

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Donald Trump, Master Strategist or Master of Disaster?

Donald Trump, Master Strategist or Master of Disaster?

This week, Mark Leonard and Jeremy Shapiro discuss how the Chinese view Trump, fresh from Mark's trip to China, and how ... Read more

20 Jul 2018

35mins

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Round-up of Day 1 of the Munich Security Conference 2018

Round-up of Day 1 of the Munich Security Conference 2018

ECFR's director Mark Leonard checks in with ECFR's Policy Fellows Ulrike Franke and Ellie Geranmayeh after the first day... Read more

17 Feb 2018

24mins

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Trends for 2018

Trends for 2018

Mark Leonard and Jeremy Shapiro review the year gone by and predict the 10 foreign policy trends that will define 2018.P... Read more

8 Jan 2018

21mins

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The future of the Iran nuclear deal

The future of the Iran nuclear deal

Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR's Ellie Geranmayeh, Ilan Goldberg, head of the MENA programme at the Centre for New Americ... Read more

19 Apr 2018

40mins

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Is it the end of liberal world order?

Is it the end of liberal world order?

The postwar liberal order has weakened whilst liberal democracy appears fragile and polarised. Mark Leonard speaks with ... Read more

6 Jun 2018

29mins

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The Global Compact on Migration: The clash between populism and technocracy

The Global Compact on Migration: The clash between populism and technocracy

Mark Leonard speaks with Shoshana Fine, Tom Nuttall, Jose Ignacio Torreblanca, and Patrycja Sasnal about the UN’s GCM, ... Read more

13 Dec 2018

34mins

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Turkey's financial and economic crisis: A bail-out?

Turkey's financial and economic crisis: A bail-out?

Mark Leonard speaks with Oksana Antonenko, Director for Global Political risk Analysis at Control Risks, and ECFR Turkey... Read more

31 Aug 2018

53mins

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Gilets Jaunes: A French crisis?

Gilets Jaunes: A French crisis?

Mark Leonard speaks with Simon Kuper, Tara Varma and Manuel Lafont Rapnouil about the Yellow Vest Movement, and whether ... Read more

21 Mar 2019

32mins

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Is Italy facing a new political crisis?

Is Italy facing a new political crisis?

Mark Leonard speaks with Silvia Francescon and Nathalie Tocci about the brewing political crisis in Italy and what impac... Read more

28 May 2018

33mins

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US nuclear deal withdrawal: What happens now?

US nuclear deal withdrawal: What happens now?

Mark Leonard speaks with Iran expert Ellie Geranmayeh about what might happen after Donald Trump has decided to withdraw... Read more

10 May 2018

40mins

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The Aachen Treaty: A closer Franco-German relationship?

The Aachen Treaty: A closer Franco-German relationship?

Anthony Dworkin steps in for Mark Leonard and speaks with Almut Möller, Manuel Lafont Rapnouil and Tom Nuttall about how... Read more

17 Jan 2019

36mins

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Independence Play: Europe's Pursuit of Strategic Autonomy

Independence Play: Europe's Pursuit of Strategic Autonomy

In the final episode of our special summer series on European strategic sovereignty, regular host Mark Leonard is joined... Read more

2 Sep 2019

32mins

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1989- the greatest year in European history?

1989- the greatest year in European history?

In the first in our mini-series on the events of 1989, host Mark Leonard is joined by very special guest Timothy Garton ... Read more

8 Nov 2019

35mins

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Summer series: Military and security dimensions of European sovereignty

Summer series: Military and security dimensions of European sovereignty

Mark Leonard speaks with Tomas Valasek and Nick Witney about what the real military dependence of Europeans on America l... Read more

1 Aug 2018

43mins

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Has PESCO turned sour?

Has PESCO turned sour?

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses the launch of PESCO, the latest collective European defence initiative with Senio... Read more

24 Nov 2017

39mins

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Highlights of the Munich Security Conference 2019

Highlights of the Munich Security Conference 2019

Highlights of the Munich Security Conference 2019Directly from the Hotel Bayerischer Hof, Mark Leonard, Ulrike Franke an... Read more

18 Feb 2019

32mins

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Ten Foreign Policy Trends for 2020

Ten Foreign Policy Trends for 2020

‘Tis the season! ...when Mark Leonard and Jeremy Shapiro review the year gone by and predict 10 foreign policy trends (p... Read more

3 Jan 2020

21mins

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The sanctions weapon

The sanctions weapon

Mark Leonard speaks with Erica Moret and Manuel Lafont Rapnouil about European sanctions policies, secondary sanctions a... Read more

27 Sep 2018

37mins

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Multilateralism is dead – long live multilateralism!

Multilateralism is dead – long live multilateralism!

Today, 100 years ago, the Versailles Contract went into effect which established the League of the Nations and laid the... Read more

10 Jan 2020

30mins

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How to deal with our Western Balkan neighbours?

How to deal with our Western Balkan neighbours?

North Macedonia and Albania wanted to start negotiations with the EU after having been candidate countries since 2005 an... Read more

18 Oct 2019

29mins

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