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ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Consequences of Aleppo and crisis in Poland
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR Senior Policy Fellows Kadri Liik, Julien Barnes-Dacey and Anthony Dworkin about the Syrian situation and the prospects of…
ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Towards a German nuclear option?
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Christine Ockrent, journalist, Jana Puglierin, head of the Alfred von Oppenheim Center for European Policy Studies, and Josef Janning,…
ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Insurgents fall short in Austria but triumph in Italy
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks with Nathalie Tocci, Deputy Director of Istituto Affari Internazionali and Wolfgang Schüssel, Austria's former Chancellor, about the polls that were…
ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Fractures in French society
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks with author Gilles Kepel about the primary election results, Islamophobia and challenges to French political identity. The podcast was recorded on…
ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Merkel – the leader of the free world?
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with journalist and Angela Merkel's official biographer Stefan Kornelius and ECFR fellows Almut Möller and Josef Janning about Merkel's candidacy…
ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Will President Le Pen be next?
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR fellow Francois Godement and journalist Chistine Ockrent about the candidates for the French presidential election in 2017. The…
As the dust settles: What does America’s new President mean for Europe?
This discussion focusses on dissecting the results of the US presidential election and looks at what the world, and in particular Europe, can expect, and…
ECFR’s World In 30 Minutes – How should Europe respond to President Trump?
Mark Leonard speaks with Jeremy Shapiro, Asli Aydintasbas and Josef Janning about reactions to Trump’s electoral triumph from the UK, Germany and Turkey. The podcast…
ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Spain’s new government and Brexit High Court ruling
Mark Leonard speaks with Cristina Manzano, Editor-in-Chief of the Spanish newspaper Es Global, and Borja Lasheras, ECFR’s director of the Madrid office, about the new…