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In our weekly series, Mark Leonard and guests explore the big issues in foreign policy.
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Short interviews and comment by ECFR experts and others on breaking news and key topics.
Latest episodes
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…
ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: The geopolitics of the Eurovision Song Contest
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Nicola Clase, Swedish Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Fredrik Wesslau, Director of ECFR’s Wider Europe programme, and Vessela Tcherneva,…
ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: The Austrian presidential elections, and the British referendum
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard first speaks with Burkhard Bischof, editor of the Austrian newspaper Die Presse, and Caroline de Gruyter, correspondent from the Dutch newspaper…
The EU Referendum: Lessons from Scotland
In 2014, while Scottish pro-independence campaigners seemed to have the momentum in the final months of the campaign, the ‘No’ camp won with 55 percent…
ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Europe’s interrelated crises
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Ivan Krastev, Chairman of the Center for Liberal Strategies in Sofia and ECFR board member, Sir Robert Cooper, former…
ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: The future of France
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Sylvie Kauffmann, editorial director of Le Monde, and Manual Lafont Rapnouil, head of the ECFR Paris office, about the…
ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Brexit and Britain’s Security
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks with Vice-Admiral Sir Anthony Dymock, former UK Military Representative to NATO and the EU, Simon Foy, former head of the…
ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: UN secretary-general candidacy
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Somini Sengupta, UN correspondent for the New York Times, Richard Gowan, ECFR Senior Policy Fellow, and Manuel Lafont Rapnouil,…
ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Dutch and British referenda
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks with Beatrice de Graaf, Professor of History of International Relations at Utrecht University, Michiel van Hulten, one of the leaders…