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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
Irina Prokhorova on Russia’s future
In the latest in a series looking at the future of Putin's Russia, Irina Prokhorova looks forward to positive changes in the country
Francisco de Borja Lasheras se presenta a ECFR
El nuevo director adjunto e investigador principal de ECFR Madrid, Francisco de Borja Lasheras, nos habla de su recorrido profesional y del papel que…
German elections – what does Europe think?
Germans vote this weekend in their federal elections – but what does the rest of Europe think about it? We hear experts from Spain,…
Barah Mikaïl sobre la actualidad del conflicto sirio
Barah Mikaïl habla sobre el problema de los refugiados, las dinámicas del conflicto sirio, y quiénes son en verdad los rebeldes
Edward Luttwak on China’s rise Part 2
Edward Luttwak explains why China is historically a strategic loser, and why its military should be smaller than Denmark's …
Edward Luttwak on China’s rise Part 1
The strategic thinker Edward Luttwak explains his views on China's global rise and why it should drastically reduce the size of its military
Anthony Dworkin on striking Syria
Anthony Dworkin and Nicholas Walton discuss some of the aspects of the potential US-led strikes on Syria, from their goal to the implications for…
José Ignacio Torreblanca sobre las elecciones europeas y alemanas
El director de ECFR Madrid José Ignacio Torreblanca analiza en una entrevista a Europa Abierta las repercusiones de las próximas elecciones europeas y…
Konstantin von Eggert on Putin’s changing support
Journalist and commentator Konstantin von Eggert explains how Vladimir Putin's support base has become more parochial and xenophobic. The third in a series…