Mark Leonard's World in 30 Minutes

Mark Leonard speaks with Erica Moret and Manuel Lafont Rapnouil about European sanctions policies, secondary sanctions and counter measures. The podcast was recorded on the 27 September 2018.Bookshelf:Keeping Europe Safe after Brexit - Findings of a reflection group led by Marta Dassù, Wolfgang Ischinger, Pierre Vimont, and Robert Cooper. Edited by Susi Dennison https://www.ecfr.eu/publications/summary/keeping_europe_safe_after_brexitCassandra by Christa Wolf https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cassandra-Christa-Wolf/dp/1907970118Un publicista en apuros by Natalia Moret https://www.amazon.com/publicista-en-apuros-Spanish-ebook/dp/B0094MIMQOWhy Europe should focus on its growing interdependence with Africa by Jeremy Cliffe https://www.economist.com/europe/2018/09/22/why-europe-should-focus-on-its-growing-interdependence-with-africaLa Rue vers L’Europe by Stephen Smith https://www.amazon.com/RUE-VERS-LEUROPE-STEPHEN-SMITH/dp/2246803500Image credit: Reimposing Certain Sanctions with Respect to Iran by White House/Shealah Craighead, via https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/statement-president-reimposition-united-states-sanctions-respect-iran/, CC-BY-3.0 https://www.whitehouse.gov/copyright/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard and Richard Gowan go through the likely talking points at the meeting and discuss what might be on some countries' hidden agendas. The podcast was recorded on 19 September 2018.Bookshelf:The Secret of the World: A History of Intelligence by Christopher AndrewEnough Said by Mark ThompsonPicture credit: 70th session of the UN General Assembly by Kremlin.ru http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/50385, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard examines the looming Syrian-Russian military action in Idlib in discussion with ECFR experts Asli Aydıntaşbaş, Julien Barnes-Dacey, and Almut Möller. What do Turks and Europeans make of the possible humanitarian and geopolitical consequences?Bookshelf- Judith Kerr: The tiger who came to teahttps://www.amazon.com/Tiger-Who-Came-Tea/dp/0007215991- David D. Kirkpatrick: Into the Hands of the Soldiers: Freedom and Chaos in Egypt and the Middle East https://www.amazon.com/Into-Hands-Soldiers-Freedom-Middle/dp/073522062X- Louis Menand: Francis Fukuyama Postpones the End of Historyhttps://www.amazon.com/Into-Hands-Soldiers-Freedom-Middle/dp/073522062X- Michiko Kakutani: The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trumphttps://www.amazon.com/Death-Truth-Notes-Falsehood-Trump/dp/0525574824The podcast was recorded on 12 September.Picture credit: Qasioun News Agency via Wikicommons (cropped)CC BY 3.0 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard speaks with Mark Schieritz from Die Zeit and ECFR's Sebastian Dullien about a new framework for transatlantic relations. The podcast was recorded on 6 September 2018.Bookshelf:Crashed by Adam Tooze https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/301357/crashed-by-adam-tooze/9780670024933/The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect by Judea Pearl https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/289825/the-book-of-why/#mJDZe5QqZFKGwC7k.99The German barrier to a global euro by Sebastian Dullien https://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_german_barrier_global_euro_maasWeg vom Dollar by Mark Schieritz https://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2018-09/transatlantische-beziehungen-zahlungsverkehr-europa-usa-heiko-maasEs reicht! by Tina Hildebrandt, Kerstin Kohlenberg, Jörg Lau, Mark Schieritz und Michael Thumann https://www.zeit.de/2018/36/aussenpolitik-handelsstreit-donald-trump-heiko-maasPicture credit: Dollars and euros background by Petr Krachtovil via Public Domain Pictures https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=20851&picture=dollars-and-euros-background, CC-BY-0. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard speaks with Oksana Antonenko, Director for Global Political risk Analysis at Control Risks, and ECFR Turkey experts Asli Aydintasbas and Almut Moeller about the current crisis in Turkey. The podcast was recorded on 31 August 2018.Bookshelf:To Go Forward, Turkey Must Look Back by Daron Acemoglu https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-08-30/to-go-forward-turkey-must-look-backNotes on a Foreign Country: An American Abroad in a Post-American World by Suzy Hansen https://www.amazon.co.uk/Notes-Foreign-Country-American-Post-American/dp/0374280045The House of Government: A Saga of the Russian Revolution by Yuri Slezkine https://press.princeton.edu/titles/11056.htmlEast West Street: On the Origins of "Genocide" and "Crimes against Humanity" by Philippe Sands https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/227917/east-west-street-by-philippe-sands/9780525433729/Podcast "Stimmenfang" - Sachsen, wir müssen reden! http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/chemnitz-warum-hat-sachsen-ein-problem-mit-rechter-gewalt-a-1225686.htmlPicture credit: After coup nightly demonstartion of president Erdogan supporters by Mstyslav Chernov, via Wikipedia https://ga.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Domh%C3%A1:After_coup_nightly_demonstartion_of_president_Erdogan_supporters._Istanbul,_Turkey,_Eastern_Europe_and_Western_Asia._22_July,2016.jpg, CC-BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard speaks with Jeremy Heimans about his new book, and the old and new ways to achieve intended effects. The podcast was recorded on 27 July 2018.Picture credit: Internet map 1024 by The Opte Project via Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_network#/media/File:Internet_map_1024.jpg, CC-BY-2.5 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard speaks with Bastian Giegerich, Director of Defence and Military Analysis at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, about the three baskets that form strategic autonomy: decision-making, capabilities and defence industrial capacity. The podcast was recorded on the 27 July 2018.Picture credit: A multitude of colourful flags at the European Parliament in Strasbourg by European Parliament via Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/european_parliament/10943216394, CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard speaks with Francois Godement and Jeremy Shapiro about what kind of leverage the EU can have over great powers such as the US and China. And should Europe behave differently in institutions such as G7 and UN? The podcast was recorded on 26 July 2018.Picture credit: President Trump met with European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker where they reaffirmed the strong bond between the United States and Europe, by White House Photo https://useu.usmission.gov/70th-anniversary-marshall-plan/trump-eu/, CC BY 3.0 US https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard speaks with Tomas Valasek and Nick Witney about what the real military dependence of Europeans on America looks like and what is possible within the existing security budget. The podcast was recorded on 26 July 2018.Picture credit: EATT14 DV Day by European Defence Agency via Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/eudefenceagency/14557213832/in/album-72157645478881825/, CC-BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Leonard speaks with Jean Pisani-Ferry and Guntram Wolff about the economics of European sovereignty in a new world disorder. What are Europe’s vulnerabilities, where is it not sovereign? The podcast was recorded on the 26 July 2018.Picture credit: Dollar and euros background by Petr Kratochvil via publicdomainpictures.net https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=20851&picture=dollars-and-euros-background, CC0 - Public domain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.