Mark Leonard's World In 30 Minutes

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks to ECFR’s research director Jeremy Shapiro about trends and issues in 2016. You can find the article with the thirteen predictions on our website at www.ecfr.eu. Bookshelf: This is London by Ben JudahSuperforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction by Phillip Tetlock and Dan GardnerPicture: Flickr/Adam Carter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ahead of the Spanish general election, that will take place on December 20th, José Ignacio Torreblanca, Head of the ECFR Office in Madrid, offers a quick analysis on what to expect according to the most recent Spanish polls. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Sebastian Dullien, ECFR senior policy fellow and a professor of international economics, about the impact that the influx of refugees will have on Germany’s economy, and on its local services.Picture: Flickr/sabaso Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to the Japanese Ambassador to NATO, Masafumi Ishii, and former German Ambassador to China and Japan and ECFR senior advisor to the Asia programme, Volker Stanzel, about what the world order might look like in 2030 and what role Europe might play.Bookshelf:Prof. Dr. Reinhard Wolf's article on politics and emotions is in the book "Emotionen und Politik: Begründungen, Konzeptionen und Praxisfelder einer politikwissenschaftlichen Emotionsforschung" by Karl-Rudolf Korte Danger on the high seas by Volker StanzelEurope and Japan by Mathieu DuchâtelEurope and Japan: Country by countryPicture: Flickr/Halfrain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kateryna Dankova is the head in Chernihiv of the Democratic Alliance (Demallianz), recently elected as a representative in the local elections.Interviewed by Francisco de Borja Lasheras in mid-November 2015. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Inna Gryshchenko is a political candidate from the Ukrainian party 'Sila Lyudei' ('Power of the People').Francisco de Borja Lasheras did the interview in November 2015. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Susi Dennison speaks to ABC News about the current crises in Europe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks to Asli Aydintasbas, ECFR visiting fellow and expert on Turkish foreign policy, and Kadri Liik, ECFR senior policy fellow and expert on Russian foreign policy, about the downing of a Russian fighter jet by a Turkish F-16 and its implications on Turkish-Russian relations.Bookshelf:Great Catastrophe: Armenians and Turks in the Shadow of Genocide by Thomas de WaalRussia and the Arabs by Yevgeny PrimakovProxy war worsens between Russia and Turkey by Asli AydintasbasNato should not risk a wrong turn over Turkey – and Ukraine by François Godement Picture: Flickr/Mikhail Serbin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to senior policy fellow, Anthony Dworkin, and to the head of the Paris office and senior policy fellow, Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, about the implications of the Paris attacks on France and Europe.Bookshelf:Les Guerres du President by David Revault d’Allonnes Power Wars by Charlie SavageLa Revanche de Passions by Pierre HassnerLe Grand Remplacement by Renaud CamusLe Grand Repli by Nicolas Bancel, Pascal Blanchard and Ahmed BoubekerResponding to Paris Picture: Flickr/Alberto Maldeno Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Bharat Karnad, Professor of National Security Studies at the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi, Clemens Spiess, Project Officer for India at the Robert Bosch Foundation in Germany, and Francois Godement, director of the Asia and China Programme at ECFR, about Indian Prime Minister Modi's visit to the UK and India's relation with the EU.Bookshelf:How Modi won it by Harish KhareRebooting India by Nandan Nilekani and Viral ShahGod Is Not Great by Christopher HitchensWhat does India think? http://www.ecfr.eu/what_does_india_think Asia’s Giant: India and China Picture: Flickr/Dave https://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_raw_lin_son/262974297/in/photolist-peP6B-oq5dfx-nYhNyC-4nKZ4s-4nFS4X-nffgpX-4nNoHY-7zojzu-ofz7ML-nPJCtd-nJ3zvN-kDF3x6-futbTu-8sNo8N-7bqwob-gtmDKU-nCBSk5-nfXTs4-pKfFZ4-onvvjp-fKXX8t-jU29vy-ggkEAd-4E47a9-goBNG1-bBmZC8-4nLcHb-f415P9-4nJSTC-4nJKv1-nX7M1r-2GmXy3-iaL2fw-fGWYj6-4nEHKF-rJQggz-jX4ri9-ryiDGQ-qxVk9v-rLV7L7-rMMm9x-otAdzw-nJKakc-qF8tic-fHYdt5-ef5ju9-goztw

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Stephen Walt, Professor of International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School, about the threats that could rip Europe apart, and about different options of how the EU could develop given the current picture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Jeremy Heimans, social activist and CEO of Purpose.com, Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO of New America Foundation, and Carl Bildt, former Foreign Minister and Prime Minister of Sweden and co-chair of ECFR, about the future of diplomacy in an age of networks. Picture: Flickr/Maxine BonziBookshelf:Unfinished Business by Anne-Marie SlaughterBetween the world and me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Uses and Abuses of History by Margaret MacmillanKissinger: Volume 1 by Niall FergusonUnderstanding "New Power" by Jeremy HeimansA New World Order by Anne-Marie Slaughter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hugh Lovatt speaks to Fadi Quran, activist, senior campaigner for Avaaz, and according to the Time magazine "the new face of the Middle East". Picture: Flickr/Rusty Stewart Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Three experts from the Chinese delegation that Xi Jinping has brought with him to London give their opinion on the possible repercussions of an exit of the UK from the EU. Picture: Flickr/Number10gov Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Professor Feng Zhongping, Vice President of the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, Professor Pan Wei, Professor at the Center for Chinese and Global Affairs at Peking University, and Francois Godement, ECFR's head of the China and Asia programme, about China's president Xi Jinping's four day visit to the UK.Picture: Flickr/Number 10/Crown Copyright Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to 'In' campaigners Damian Green MP and Emma Reynolds MP, from the Conservatives and Labour respectively as the official 'In' campaign launches this week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's Hugh Lovatt and Mattia Toaldo speak to independent journalist and editor Noam Sheizaf, who has previously worked for a number of Israeli news outlets including Ynet.co.il and Maariv, and now writes regularly for +972 Magazine.Picture: Flickr/Rusty Steward https://www.flickr.com/photos/rustystewart/300026777/in/photolist-jZzWj-jZzWk-svHvt-jNYUZR-dxs9sa-4ZvCWU-4jm2Zv Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Voices of Ukraine, Voices from Ukraine" part 12. Francisco de Borja Lasheras interviews Alexei Matsuka, journalist from the independent local online newspaper “News of Donbass”, about his opinion on the Ukrainian conflict, the deadlock the region of Donbass is living right now, and the matter of dialogue and reconciliation in the country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR speaks to humanitarian expert and former UNHCR representative Kilian Kleinschmidt about how EU countries can actively help solve the refugee crisis and how migration should be dealt with in the future. Picture: Flickr/Foreign and Commonwealth Office Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Nikolay Kozhanov, scholar at the Carnegie Moscow Centre, Jeremy Shapiro, Policy Fellow at Brookings, and ECFR Senior Policy Fellow Julien Barnes-Dacey about Russia's military actions in Syria.Bookshelf:The Meursault Investigation by Kamel DaoudThe Fall of the Ottomans by Eugene RoganRoadside Picnic by Arkady StrugatskyIt's time to rethink Syria by Philip GordonRussia does not have the means or desire to defeat Isis in Syria and Vladimir Putin knows it by Gustav GresselPicture: Flickr/Global Panorama Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.