Mark Leonard's World in 30 Minutes

Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR Middle East experts, Hayder al-Khoei and Ellie Geranmayeh, who have just returned from Iraq about the battle for Mosul and prospects for post-conflict reconciliation. Hos...

21 Okt 201627min

Mark Leonard speaks with former director of the European Defence Agency Nick Witney, Manuel Lafont Rapnouil and Ulrike Esther Franke about European defence in the context of Brexit, increasing defence...

12 Okt 201626min

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 the United States, and the NATO alliance. In the ...

3 Okt 201636min

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Senior Policy Fellow Richard Gowan about the candidates, and the factors that will decide the race. The podcast was recorded on the 15 September 2016.Bookshelf...

19 Sep 201635min

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with experts Angela Stanzel, Francois Godement and Susi Dennison, about what the British exit from the EU will mean for China and Asia, and how the East can gain fr...

14 Sep 201633min

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 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 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