Mark Leonard's World in 30 Minutes

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.