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Foreign policy podcasts from the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), the first pan-European think-tank. Launched in October 2007, its objective is to conduct research and promote i...

Jessica Hendrick welcomes Sophie Gueudet , research fellow at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies working on the RE-ENGAGE project, and...

Yemen is once again in a shifting geopolitical landscape: amid the increasing risk of military conflict between the US and Iran, rising tens...

In this episode of ECFR’s WOMENP podcast, Ellie Geranmayeh welcomes Aslı Aydıntaşbaş , associate senior policy follow at ECFR, Dina Esfandia...

In the EU’s enlargement debate, attention usually centres on Brussels—legal benchmarks, progress reports and diplomatic bargaining. But in c...

Ellie Geranmayeh speaks with Syrian minister Hind Kabawat about the country’s turbulent first year after Assad, the challenges ahead, and he...

Donald Trump’s controversial 28-point plan to end the war in Ukraine has rattled Western capitals and could jeopardise Ukraine’s sovereignty...

This week, The Neighbourhood shifts from the “why” of enlargement to the “how”—specifically, how reforms are unfolding on the ground and wha...

Ukraine’s battlefield has transformed since the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022: from hobby quadcopters to drone and robot un...

This week, Leo Litra and Lesia Ogryzko welcome Élie Tenenbaum , director of the Security Studies Center at the French Institute for Internat...

Amid much speculation surrounding Ukraine’s future—including ceasefires, peace talks and broader geopolitical shifts—ECFR has launched a new...

In the latest episode of the WOMENP podcast series, Ellie Geranmayeh welcomes Dina Esfandiary, Middle East geoeconomics lead at Bloomberg; Y...

In this episode of the WOMENP podcast series, ECFR’s Ellie Geranmayeh speaks with Dr. Manal Radwan, advisor to the Saudi foreign minister an...

China is becoming ever more important to global affairs. But political and geopolitical challenges, as well as the covid-19 pandemic, have d...

Europe’s Africa policy was greatly affected by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, especially as energy and food supply became weaponised as a Rus...

xThe green transition requires massive investments in energy, digital, and transport connectivity to fill the gap in developing countries. A...

The rise of AI has shaken national debates on regulations and security, pushed the European Union towards an unprecedent legislative measure...

Two years into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the international community remains deeply divided on how to react to Putin’s aggression. Di...

How has the war impacted the way Russians think about their identity and their future? Are some signs of major change already visible? What...

China is becoming ever more important to global affairs. But political and geopolitical challenges, as well as the covid-19 pandemic, have d...

How can we understand current-day Russia against the background of history? Is the monopolisation of power and lack of checks and balances o...

In September 2024, the United Nation’s Summit of the Future is set to take place – a crucial moment to mend “eroded trust” between peoples,...

To achieve the ambitions of the European Green Deal, the European Commission insists that healthy oceans and a sustainable maritime economy...

Around 70 per cent of our planet is covered by the ocean, of which two-thirds fall beyond national jurisdiction. After decades of discussion...

What is the mood in Russian society after two years of war? How can we understand what is happening? Expressing meaningful dissent can land...

In this episode, we delve into how the Russian economy transitioned into a wartime economy. What does the structure of the Russian economy a...

In this episode, we analyse who is really in charge of the Russian military and its nuclear weapons. The answer is far from simple. Does Put...

The fourth episode of ECFR’s WOMENP mini-series, recorded during the 2023 Doha Forum, looks at the regional reverberations of the war in Gaz...

How do Russian officials "coexist" with the war nearly two years after the invasion? How has the bureaucratic system adapted to the requirem...

The Russian Orthodox Church is supporting Russia’s war on Ukraine in its sermons, sending priests to the front, and collecting humanitarian...

On 1 September, Russian high schools transitioned to new "patriotic" history textbooks authored by one of Russia's staunchest conservatives,...

The third episode of ECFR’s WOMENP mini-series looks at domestic dynamics and the human rights situation in Iran a year after nationwide pro...

The global space economy is worth a whopping $469 billion, and growing fast. Commercial interests are proliferating; more and more countries...

On 8 January 2023, following a contentious national election, protestors attacked government buildings in Brazil’s capital. The riots were p...

Digital technologies are set to transform African economies. Yet, only 40 per cent of Africans accessed the internet in 2022 – well below th...

The second episode of ECFR’s WOMENP mini-series considers the geo-economic trends in the Middle East and emerging opportunities following re...

China is becoming ever more important to global affairs. But political and geopolitical challenges, as well as the covid-19 pandemic, have d...

China is becoming ever more important to global affairs. But political and geopolitical challenges, as well as the covid-19 pandemic, have d...

The first episode of ECFR’s WOMENP mini-series brings together leading experts to discuss what can be expected from Iran and Saudi Arabia’s...

Beyond the UN formats, countries around the world are forging hundreds of bilateral and multilateral agreements to advance the clean energy...

Action on climate financing is long overdue. Inadequate mitigation and adaptation have already led to substantial loss and damage in the mos...

Climate change is an immediate existential threat to the coral islands that make up the Maldives, one of the lowest-lying countries in the w...

China is becoming ever more important to global affairs. But political and geopolitical challenges, as well as the covid-19 pandemic, have d...

China is becoming ever more important to global affairs. But the covid-19 pandemic, as well as political and geopolitical challenges, mean t...

This podcast was recorded on 23 November 2022, one day before the Urumqi apartment fire, which was followed by nationwide protests against t...

As the EU builds up its global footprint, it’s crucial to avoid European naval gazing. Instead, Europe needs to engage partners around the w...

As the EU builds up its global footprint, it’s crucial to avoid European naval gazing. Instead, Europe needs to engage partners around the w...

As the EU builds up its global footprint, it’s crucial to avoid European naval gazing. Instead, Europe needs to engage partners around the w...

As the EU builds up its global footprint, it’s crucial to avoid European naval gazing. Instead, Europe needs to engage partners around the w...

In our fourth and last episode, we’ll discuss how Germany should tackle digitalisation and tech innovation. As this area had been somewhat n...

In our third episode, we’ll discuss Germany’s approach to economic sovereignty and threats of economic coercion. Even though, this should be...