Mark Leonard's World in 30 Minutes

Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR Policy Fellows Hugh Lovatt, Ellie Geranmayeh and Julien Barnes-Dacey about reactions to Trump’s recent recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and the new divergence between Washington and Europe across the Middle East.Bookshelf:The Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks Gaza: Preparing for Dawn by Donald MacintyreNo Knives in the Kitchen of this City: A Novel by Khaled Khalifa

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Mark Leonard speaks with Shahin Vallée, former Economic Advisor to the President of the European Council, and to Emanuel Macron when he was French Economy Minister. They discuss what Macron’s plans are for Europe and what it might lead to.Bookshelf:L’Art de perdre by Alice Zeniter

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ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses the launch of PESCO, the latest collective European defence initiative with Senior Policy Fellow Nick Witney and Policy Fellow, Ulrike Franke.The podcast was recorded on 24th November 2017.Bookshelf:George Orwell, Homage to CataloniaPeter Wilson, The Holy Roman EmpireNick Witney, Re-energising Europe's Security and Defence Policy: www.ecfr.eu/publications/summary/re_energising_europes_security_and_defence_policyNick Witney, EU defence efforts miss the open goal again: www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_eu_defence_efforts_miss_the_open_goal_againECFR New Security Initiative essay collection: www.ecfr.eu/europeanpower/specials/new_european_security_initiative

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ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses the consequences of the German political crisis for Germany and for Europe with ECFR's Berlin office director, Josef Janning, and policy fellow, Ulrike Franke.The podcast was recorded on 22nd November 2017.Bookshelf:Ivan Krastev, After EuropeRichard Youngs, Europe Reset: New Directions for the EUH.G. Wells, The War in the Air, available at: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/780/780-h/780-h.htm Timothy Garton Ash, "It’s the Kultur, Stupid", in NY Review of Books, December 2017 Issue, available at: https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2017/12/07/germany-alt-right-kultur-stupid/

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ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses the refugee crisis with David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee and former British foreign secretary.The podcast was recorded on 16th November 2017.Bookshelf:David Miliband, Rescue: Refugees and the Political Crisis of our TimeEdward Luce, The Retreat of Western LiberalismLisa Maxwell, The Horse Who Walked Through TimePicture: CC/ Wikimedia Commons

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ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses Trump's foreign policy and its global consequences with ECFR's research director, Jeremy Shapiro, ECFR's Russia expert, Kadri Liik and ECFR's China expert, Francois Godement.The podcast was recorded on 10th November 2017.Bookshelf:Stein Ringen, The Perfect Dictatorship: China in the 21st CenturyVladimir Sorokin, Day of the OprichnikGeorge F. Kennan, Russia Leaves the WarJeremy Shapiro, The transatlantic meaning of Donald Trump: a US-EU Power Audit (2017), available at: http://www.ecfr.eu/publications/summary/the_transatlantic_meaning_of_donald_trump_a_us_eu_power_audit7229Jeremy Shapiro, Towards a post-American Europe: A Power Audit of EU-US Relations (2009)available at: http://www.ecfr.eu/publications/summary/towards_a_post_american_europe_a_power_audit_of_eu_us_relations

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ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses peacekeeping in Ukraine and the EU's Russia policy with ECFR's Russia expert, Kadri Liik and ECFR's Ukraine expert Andrew Wilson.The podcast was recorded on 3rd November 2017.Bookshelf:Stephen Kotkin, Stalin, Vol. II: Waiting for Hitler, 1928–1941Anne Applebaum, Red Famine: Stalin's War on UkraineYuri Slezkine, The House of Government: A Saga of the Russian RevolutionCarl Bildt, "Is Peace in Donbas possible?", available at: http://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_is_peace_in_donbas_possible

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In this new episode of our summer series, ECFR's director Mark Leonard and Policy Fellow Anthony Dworkin talk with Martin Wolf about the economic origins of the populist surge that is undermining the liberal order.**Disclaimer: Imperfect audio qualityMartin Wolf is chief economics commentator at the Financial Times.Bookshelf:Martin Wolf, The Shifts and the Shocks: What we’ve learned – and have still to learn – from the financial crisis Martin Wolf's columns in the Financial Times, available at: https://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/martin-wolfStephen King, Sleeping BeautiesWolfgang Streeck, Buying Time: The Delayed Crisis of Democratic CapitalismWalter Scheidel, The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century

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ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses the state of the transatlantic relations with Jan Techau, director of the Richard Holbrook Forum at the American Academy in Berlin.The podcast was recorded on 25th October 2017.

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In this new episode of our summer series, ECFR's director Mark Leonard talks with Anu Bradford about the EU's global power and how it successfully exports its influence to the rest of the world.Anu Bradford is a professor of international economic law and European Union law at Columbia Law School.Bookshelf:Anu Bradford, The Brussels Effect, The Rise of a Regulatory Superstate in Europe, available at: http://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1081&context=Mark Leonard (ed.), Connectivity Wars, available at: http://www.ecfr.eu/page/-/Connectivity_Wars.pdf

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