Signal scandal: The US and its shifting alliances
This week, Mark Leonard joins forces with Jeremy Shapiro, ECFR’s director of research and US programme director, to unpick two momentous geopolitical disruptions. First, a stunning scandal emerged fro...
26 Mar 202514min
Erdogan’s crackdown: Turkey and the fight for democracy
This week, Mark Leonard welcomes Aslı Aydıntaşbaş, associate senior policy fellow for ECFR’s Wider Europe programme and visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution, to discuss the dramatic arrest of ...
24 Mar 202518min
Europe vs. Trump: Deterrence or escalation?
This week, Mark Leonard hosts Tobias Gehrke, an ECFR senior policy fellow specialising in geoeconomics and economic security, and José Ignacio Torreblanca, head of ECFR’s Madrid office and expert on t...
21 Mar 202530min
Decoding the call: What the Trump-Putin exchange means for global politics
This week, Mark Leonard is joined by Kirill Shamiev, a policy fellow with ECFR’s Wider Europe programme, to dissect the outcomes and implications of the historic phone call between Donald Trump and Vl...
19 Mar 202511min
Divide and conquer: Trump’s class war
In this episode, Mark Leonard is joined by Adam Tooze—ECFR trustee, the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis professor of history at Columbia University, director of the university’s European Institute and...
17 Mar 202513min
Trump’s shadow: Reshaping politics and policy across Europe
Donald Trump's presidency has cast a significant shadow over Europe, reshaping its varied political landscapes and policy decisions. As the continent navigates this transformative era, it also faces t...
14 Mar 202524min
Ceasefire or crossroads: Ukraine, the US and Russia's next move
This week, Mark Leonard welcomes Marie Dumoulin, head of ECFR’s Wider Europe programme, to explore the implications of and strategic motives behind a newly announced Ukraine-US agreement amid the Russ...
12 Mar 202515min
Nuclear rhetoric: Merz, Tusk and the future of deterrence
This week Mark Leonard welcomes Piotr Buras senior policy fellow and head of ECFR’s Warsaw office to discuss the recent shifts in Europe’s defence strategy. On the weekend, Germany’s chancellor-in-wai...
10 Mar 202515min
