
ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: France and Germany – political tumult in the core of Europe
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with heads of office Almut Möller and Manuel Lafont Rapnouil about political debates in France and Germany. What directions are the two countries heading as they ap...
8 Sep 201635min

ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Ukraine's 25th anniversary of independence
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with experts Andrew Wilson, Fredrik Wesslau and Gustav Gressel, about tensions between Russia and Ukraine rising in Eastern Ukraine, the Minsk Agreement, and whethe...
31 Aug 201634min

ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Turkish tanks in Syria
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with policy fellow Asli Aydintasbas and research director Jeremy Shapiro about the deployment of Turkish tanks into Syria and the rivalry with Kurdish troops in the...
26 Aug 201629min

ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Summer Readings
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR experts Vessela Tcherneva, Silvia Francescon, Ulrike Franke, Borja Lasheras, and board member Ivan Krastev, about summer readings. The list includes forei...
16 Aug 201633min

ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Brexit - the view from Brussels
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Tom Nuttall, Brussels Bureau Chief of the Economist and author of the Charlemagne column, about reactions to the UK referendum result in the EU institutions, a...
3 Aug 201644min

ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: German security
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Ulrike Franke, research assistant and expert on security and drones, Josef Janning, co-head of ECFR’s Berlin office, and Volker Stanzel, senior advisor to the ...
26 Jul 201639min

ECFR Clips: In defence of Europe
ECFR council member Loukas Tsoukalis, Professor at the University of Athens, puts the blame for the rise of euroscepticism on the eurozone crisis and a succession of policy failures. Picture: Flickr/R...
19 Jul 20169min

ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Turkey’s failed coup
ECFR’s Director Mark Leonard speaks with Policy Fellow Asli Aydintasbas and Research Director Jeremy Shapiro about the failed coup against Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and its consequences f...
18 Jul 201633min





















