Rethinking democracy
This week, Mark Leonard is joined by David Runciman , British political theorist and philosopher, to explore whether today’s sense of crisis...
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The age of unorder
This week, Mark Leonard welcomes Ayşe Zarakol , professor of international relations at Cambridge University, to explore whether today’s glo...
Surviving chaos
This week in London, Mark Leonard introduced his new book Surviving Chaos: Geopolitics When the Rules Fail and reflected on what it means to...
Hungary after Orbán
This week, Mark Leonard speaks with Zsuzsanna Szelényi , a Hungarian politician and foreign policy specialist, about the forces behind Hunga...
Ceasefire in Iran
For the last few days, a set of pronouncements from the White House have filled the news regarding the war in Iran. President Donald Trump h...
What the Iran war means for Europe’s energy
This week, Mark Leonard welcomes Szymon Kardaś , senior policy fellow in ECFR's European Power programme, to unpack how war in the Middle Ea...
What the Iran war means for Ukraine
This week Mark Leonard welcomes Jana Kobzova , co-director of ECFR’s European Security programme and senior policy fellow, to discuss how th...
Europe, Trump and the war in Iran
Mark Leonard welcomes Piotr Buras , Carla Hobbs , Camille Lons , Jana Puglierin and Arturo Varvelli and to discuss how Europe is responding...
War in the Middle East
This week, Mark Leonard is joined by Aziz Alghashian , senior non-resident fellow at the Gulf International Forum, Eran Etzion, former Israe...
India in a world of chaos
This week Mark Leonard speaks to Raja Mohan , academic and foreign policy analyst, in a podcast episode recorded live from New Delhi during...
Trump strikes Iran
In this emergency episode, Mark Leonard is joined by Ellie Geranmayeh , deputy director of ECFR’s Middle East and North Africa programme, Je...
How to defend Ukraine after a ceasefire
As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters its fifth year, negotiations are finally entering a productive phase. Mark Leonard is join...
Bretton Woods institutions in a new world order
This week Mark Leonard is joined by Mark Malloch-Brown . Mark is the former president of the Open Society Foundations, former head of the Un...
Live from MSC 2026: Transatlantic turning point
In this special episode of the World in 30 Minutes, Mark Leonard welcomes Editorial Director and Senior Policy Fellow Jeremy Cliffe , Senior...
Munich Security Conference Special with Elbridge Colby
This episode features a live recording of a conversation between ECFR director Mark Leonard and US undersecretary of war for policy, Elbridg...
Lessons from the Greenland crisis
This week, Mark Leonard is joined by Tiago Antunes , Portugal’s former secretary of state for European affairs and senior visiting fellow at...
Indignity with Lea Ypi
Mark Leonard is joined by Lea Ypi , ECFR council member and professor in political theory at the London School of Economics, to discuss her...
Europe-Africa relations in 2026
Mark Leonard is joined by Africa experts Nathalie Delapalme, CEO of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation and ECFR council member, Carlos Lopes , honour...
The EU-India mega-deal
In an emergency podcast episode, Mark Leonard welcomes James Crabtree , ECFR distinguished visiting fellow and former Mumbai bureau chief fo...
Live from Davos with Alexander Stubb
In this episode, Mark Leonard sits down with Finnish president, Alexander Stubb , in Davos for a conversation about Donald Trump’s view of U...