Podcasts – Middle East and North Africa
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Mark Leonard's World in 30 minutes
In our weekly series, Mark Leonard and guests explore the big issues in foreign policy.
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ECFR on air
Short interviews and comment by ECFR experts and others on breaking news and key topics.
Podcast mini series
Europe Listens
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Europe Listens is a podcast series that features interviews with thought leaders from outside of Europe. It explores how they think about the global challenges we face and how they view Europe’s role and responsibilities as well as opportunities and obstacles for multilateral cooperation. Europe Listens is hosted by Rafael Loss and Jana Puglierin, with support from Stiftung Mercator.
In:Sight China
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China is becoming ever more important to global affairs. But political and geopolitical challenges, as well as the covid-19 pandemic, have diminished Europeans’ ability to engage with Chinese thinkers and understand their views and ideas about the world. In this mini-series, Mark Leonard and Janka Oertel try to change that by engaging in conversations with some of the best Chinese academics, researchers, writers, and journalists on the topics in Chinese internal debates that matter most to Europeans.
Meloni goes multilateral
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In the first big multilateral test for prime minister Giorgia Meloni, this mini-series will explore the four main priorities of Italy’s 2024 G7 presidency: AI, infrastructure, Ukraine, and Africa.
Under the Overcoat
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ECFR’s podcast series “Under the Overcoat” explores the deeper trends beneath the surface of Russian daily politics. It reveals how fundamental changes in Russia enabled its war of aggression against Ukraine and how the conflict is sparking further transformations. The podcast series delves into various aspects of Russian society and politics to provide a comprehensive understanding of the country’s evolution.
Latest episodes
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: The battle for Mosul
ECFR's Director, Mark Leonard, speaks with Middle East experts, Hayder al-Khoei and Ellie Geranmayeh, who have just returned from Iraq, about the battle for Mosul…
ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Donald Trump, NATO, Russia and Iran
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard first speaks with David Sanger, journalist from the New York Times, about what Donald Trump would mean for the future of…
ECFR Clips: Is decentralisation the future for Syria?
Author and Syria expert Jihad Yazigi talks about his policy brief 'No going back: Why decentralisation is the future for Syria'. He argues that decentralisation…
ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: The Vienna talks on Libya and Syria
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR policy fellows Ellie Geranmayeh, Julien Barnes-Dacey and Mattia Toaldo, about the recent talks in Vienna where foreign minister…
How to Escalate Political Efforts to Stabilise Libya?
After more than a year of efforts, some Libyan factions have signed a UN-backed political agreement. The newly created Government of National Accord, which moved…
Yemen’s peace talks – end of the beginning or beginning of the end?
After more than a year of war, representatives of Yemen's warring factions are now gathering to discuss a potential peace settlement. What are the odds…