Renowned historian Garton Ash joins “Out of Order” for a reflection on the legacy of Europe’s not-so-distant history: what the West got so wrong, China’s 1989 connection, and whether a liberal agenda is viable in today’s politics.  

This episode was taped as GMF’s Brussels Forum. A transcribed version of the discussion is also published online as part of GMF’s 1989 publication. A second episode on 1989’s technological legacy will be released next month.

Since President Trump announced the withdrawal of US troops from Syria, realities on the ground have moved at breakneck speed. To make sense of it all,  Out of Order caught up with GMF experts in Ankara and Washington.

**Show Note: This episode was taped on Thursday, October 17 and does not account for news developments that have taken place since.**

As frustration with inaction on climate change at the national and global level boils over, cities of all sizes and geographies just might hold the solutions we need to take action on global warming. In this episode of Out of Order, two mayors from opposite sides of the Atlantic— Marc McGovern, Cambridge, MA and and Eckart Würzner, Heidelberg, Germany— discuss the role of cities in confronting climate change and how their respective communities are innovating in the face of national gridlock.

We're interrupting the Out of Order stream this week to share an episode of the "Democracy Works" podcast -- a project of Penn State's McCourtney Institute for Democracy and WPSU. In this episode, democracy expert Larry Diamond talks with Democracy Works' Jenna Spinelle about China’s model of authoritarian capitalism and the its effect around the globe on democracies and authoritarian actors.  

Find other Democracy Works episodes at www.democracyworkspodcast.com or wherever you listen to your podcasts

John Bolton, President Trump’s 3rd National Security Adviser, has made his exit. With change afoot (or maybe not) in the foreign policy apparatus, two of the most well-positioned voices on all things NSC—John Gans and Derek Chollet-- are at the Out of Order table to discuss what went wrong for Bolton, how the national security process has been broken under the Trump administration, and what could come next for a yet-to-be-named successor.

With election season ramping up and political divisions on display, two veterans of U.S. politics-- Margaret Carlson, Columnist at The Daily Beast, and Mitch Landrieu, the former Mayor of New Orleans and founder of E Pluribus Unum--  joined Out of Order for an insightful conversation on the state of U.S. political discourse, how society became so fractured and where some solutions might be found. Above all: Is there a way out of this mess?

After a breakthrough in the Balkans, the Republic of North Macedonia has a new name and its sights set on integration with the European Union and NATO. What is the path ahead, how do the complicated politics of the region affect its prospects, and what is America’s role in all of this?

Featuring GMF’s senior fellow Jonathan Katz, Radmila Šekerinska, North Macedonia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense; and Gordana Delic, the director of GMF’s Belgrade-based Balkan Trust for Democracy

Has the Transatlantic Relationship Been Irreparably Damaged? At the most recent Brussels Forum, GMF partnered with Intelligence Squared U.S., for a lively debate on the future of the U.S. and Europe’s special relationship amidst polarized politics and tensions over security and trade on both sides of the Atlantic. Through this special Out of Order episode, we are excited to feature our live broadcast recording of the debate.

This week on Out of Order, Dr. Donfried sits down with GMF’s Peter Sparding to discuss the three strategic Europes—and what the differences in attitudes reveals about European cohesion and also the future of the transatlantic relationship. The conversation is based on an article by Dr. Donfried that appeared in Defense One earlier this year.

On May 23-26 citizens in all (still) 28 EU countries will go to the polls and select the 751 members of the European Parliament. Rachel Tausendfreund talks to Rosa Balfour, a senior fellow with GMF‘s Europe program based in Brussels, about the populist challenge and the different shades of nationalism and populism across Europe, and how the election's outcome will shape the EU and national politics for the next five years.