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What's coming up, and analysis of what's already happening, in the world of foreign affairs in Europe
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ECFR agenda: Elijah Zarwan on Egypt's elections | Daniel Levy talks to Elijah Zarwan, who is in Cairo conducting research for ECFR, about the Egyptian elections | 24 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda: Russia's elections | Vladimir Putin is poised to reassume the Russian presidency. But a new ECFR publication, 'The end of the Putin consensus', warns that times have changed and Putin will face many new challenges in office. Co-author Ben Judah explains... | 29 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda: Heba Morayef on Egypt | Anthony Dworkin (ECFR) and Heba Morayef (Human Rights Watch) discuss recent political developments in Egypt. | 8 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Toby Dodge on Iraq | Is Iraq heading towards civil war and dictatorship? Julien Barnes-Dacey talks to Toby Dodge(LSE)about recent developments in Iraq. | 7 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR's European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2012 | Hans Kundnani, one of the lead authors of the ECFR European Foreign Policy Scorecard, outlines the big stories in Europe's foreign policy, the successes and failures, and who led and who slacked. | 31 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda: Julien Barnes-Dacey on Syria | Julien Barnes-Dacey examines the situation in Syria and argues that Bashar al Assad has reasons to be bullish as he holds on to power in Damascus | 11 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda: Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the UK in the euro crisis | A look at how Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the UK are doing as Europe lurches from crisis to crisis and summit to summit - with the heads of five of ECFR's pan-European network of offices. | 19 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda: James Hoare on North Korea | The former British Charge d'Affairs in Pyongyang, James Hoare, speaks about the changes that he saw in North Korea during a recent study trip there for Political Tours. | 5 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda: Yu Yongding on the Chinese economy | At a recent ECFR event cohosted by Euromoney Country Risk, Yu Yongding lays out the challenges ahead for the Chinese economy. | 29 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR Council Meeting: The reinvention of Europe debate part 4 | The fourth and final podcast on the politics of the euro crisis from ECFR's recent Council Meeting, with Gideon Rachman, George Soros, Hans Eichel, Steven Heinz, Stelios Zavvos, Peter Kellner, Marietje Schaake, Daniel Daianu, Heather Grabbe and Loukas Tsoukalis. | 28 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR Council Meeting: The reinvention of Europe debate part 3 | The 3rd part of ECFR's Council Meeting Session on the politics of the euro crisis, with Gideon Rachman, Danuta Hubner, Ivan Krastev, Loukas Tsoukalis, Thomas Klau, Hans Eichel, Marietje Schaake, Giuseppe Scognamiglio, Pavel Swieboda, Charles Grant, Christine Ockrent and Steven Heinz. | 23 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR Council Meeting: The reinvention of Europe debate part 2 | The 2nd part of ECFR's Council Meeting session on the reinvention of Europe, with Gideon Rachman, Marietje Schaake, Steven Heinz, Peter Kellner and Joschka Fischer | 15 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR Council Meeting: The reinvention of Europe debate part 1 | Gideon Rachman, George Soros, Hans Eichel and Loukas Tsoukalis debate the reinvention of Europe in part 1 of a series of podcasts from ECFR's Council Meeting in Warsaw. | 14 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda 26/10/11: Turkey's response to the Arab Spring | Piotr Zalewski, a journalist based in Istanbul, explains Turkey's response to the Arab Spring and its fears about the potential for Syria to stir up trouble among its Kurdish population. Between 12-20 November, Piotr will team up with Political Tours to lead a trip that explores Turkey's political landscape - taking participants to Istanbul, Ankara and Gaziantep. Details are at http://www.politicaltours.com/tours/turkey-erdogan-anatolian-tigers | 25 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda: Israel and the Arab Spring part two | Ahead of the Palestinian bid for statehood at the UN later this month, this podcast features the second half of Daniel Levy's analysis on how the Arab revolutions have affected Israeli attitudes and policies towards its region | 18 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda: Israel and the Arab Spring | Daniel Levy, ECFR senior policy fellow and adviser to former Israeli governments, discusses Israel's response to the Arab Spring ahead of this month's vote on Palestinian statehood at the UN | 13 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda 1/9/11: Jean Pisani-Ferry on the eurozone crisis | With European leaders now returning from holidays to find the euro crisis still burning, how does Jean Pisani-Ferry view earlier attempts to deal with the situation? | 31 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda: Libya after Gaddafi | Richard Gowan and Hans Kundnani discuss the priorities for Libya in the wake of the rebels' advance on Tripoli this week, and the role that the international community - including Germany - might now play | 24 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda: emergency eurozone summit | Eurozone leaders are meeting for an emergency summit to deal with Greece's debt crisis. Thomas Klau explains what's at stake. | 20 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda: Jonas Parello-Plesner on Ai Weiwei's release and Wen Jiabao's visit to Europe | Jonas Parello-Plesner, senior policy fellow working on ECFR’s China programme, discusses Wen Jiabao's tour of Europe and the release of artist Ai Weiwei | 22 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda: 16/6/11 Turkey's elections with Dimitar Bechev | What do the recent Turkish elections mean for prime minister Erdogan, his ambitions for changing the country's constitution, and Turkey's booming economy? | 14 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda: Ahmed Naguib on life after Tahrir Square | Ahmed Naguib, an Egyptian who helped organise the protests in Tahrir Square, talks about what life was like during those heady days, and about the situation in Egypt now that both Mubarak and the television cameras have gone | 13 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR reports: human rights in Europe | Thomas Hammarberg, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, discusses Europe's record on human rights: can we really preach to the rest of the world? | 9 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR español: Visita de Obama a Europa | José Ignacio Torreblanca analiza para Radio 5 la visita de Obama a Europa. Audio disponible en la web www.rne.es | 25 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda: Kerem Oktem on Kurds and the Turkish elections | Kerem Oktem looks at how the position of Kurds in Turkey has changed since the AKP came to power, and how tensions in the country are again rising in the run-up to next month's elections | 8 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda: Christopher Parry on NATO in Libya | Rear Admiral Christopher J. Parry discusses NATO's strategy in Libya, including the impact of spending cuts and Iraq, and Gaddafi's likely next moves | 19 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda: 12/4/11 Paddy Ashdown warns about the state of Bosnia | Lord Paddy Ashdown warns that if the international community doesn't pay more attention, the situation in Bosnia could deteriorate and it could become another Libya | 11 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR special: European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2010 | Justin Vaisse explains ECFR's Scorecard project, which examines European foreign policy in 80 categories over 6 issues and 27 countries. | 29 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR special: European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2010 | Justin Vaisse explains ECFR's Scorecard project, which examines European foreign policy in 80 categories over 6 issues and 27 countries. | 29 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR Agenda: 21/3/11 Libya & the international coalition | Anthony Dworkin and Daniel Korski join Nicholas Walton to discuss the challenges ahead of the international coalition that is enforcing the no-fly zone over Libya | 20 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda: Reem Abou-El-Fadl on Egypt after Mubarak | Reem Abou-El-Fadl of Oxford University talks about her recent trip to Egypt, and what the dramatic changes in that country mean for the region and the rest of the world | 15 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda: Aryeh Neier on the Arab revolutions | Aryeh Neier, President of the Open Society Foundations, discusses the unfolding revolutions in the Arab world from a human rights perspective. | 8 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR Agenda: 25/2/11 Tunisia after the revolution | Anthony Dworkin explains what he saw on a recent research trip to post-revolutionary Tunisia, and the difficult challenges the country now faces | 24 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR Agenda: 11/2/11 France's reputation in North Africa | Thomas Klau examines France's options for restoring its credibility and reputation in North Africa, and recommends a mixture of soft power and hard cash. | 10 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR Agenda: 2/2/2011 The EU's response to the North African crises | Daniel Korski talks to Anthony Dworkin and Susi Dennison look at failures in the EU's performance in Egypt and Tunisia, and examine ways in which it can improve its performance | 1 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR Agenda: 28/1/11 the EU's challenge in North Africa | 'Unless Europe rises to the challenge in Tunisia and North Africa, the credibility of the EU's human rights and democracy policy is in question.' | 27 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR Agenda: Jonas Parello-Plesner on EU-China relations in the Year of the Rabbit | Jonas Parello-Plesner on Chinese investment in Europe and what it means for EU-China relations in the year ahead | 13 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR Agenda: Richard Gowan on the South Sudan referendum | Richard Gowan analyses the forthcoming independence referendum in South Sudan, and the likely repercussions of the vote | 6 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR Agenda: Kosovo's elections and the Western Balkans | Florian Bieber of the University of Graz looks at Kosovo's elections and the Western Balkans with ECFR's Dimitar Bechev | 8 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR Agenda: WikiLeaks, Turkey and Bulgaria | Dimitar Bechev looks at the impact of the WikiLeaks revelations on relations between Washington, Ankara and Sofia | 2 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda 4th November 2010: Egyptian elections | As Egypt prepares for parliamentary elections later this month, Susi Dennison asks a leading critic of the government there why Europeans should take notice. | 3 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda 15th October 2010: Security summit in Deauville | Mark Leonard looks at European security, ahead of a summit meeting in Deauville involving Merkel, Medvedev and Sarkozy, and as ECFR launches a major report on the subject | 14 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda 1st October: 20 years since reunification | It's almost twenty years since the reunification of Germany. Ulrike Guerot talks about her memories of that time, and looks at how Germany has changed in the last two decades. | 30 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda 24th September: Franco-British defence cooperation? | Nick Witney on how Franco-British defence cooperation might work in practice, as a way of allowing both countries to retain the aircraft carrier capacity in these straightened times | 23 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda 17th September 2010: The European Economy | Jean Pisani-Ferry, director of the Bruegel think tank, on what to look for as Europe tries to put the sharp end of the economic crisis firmly in the past | 16 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda 9th September 2010: Memo on China | Ahead of important EU meetings in Brussels, Francois Godement explains why Europe is stronger than it thinks when it negotiates with China | 8 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda 7th Sept 2010: The crisis generation | ECFR Director Mark Leonard on how Europe is coping with the economic crisis, and how this is producing a new generation of European leaders | 6 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda 19th July: Kosovo and the ICJ decision | Anthony Dworkin and Richard Gowan discuss the forthcoming ICJ decision on the legality of Kosovo's declaration of independence. | 18 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR podcasts and the summer break | It's the summer, and ECFR agenda and ECFR reports podcasts are going to take a break. We'll still put out occasional episodes, but we'll use the time to think up new ideas for September and beyond. Please let us know what you think by e-mailing us at press@ecfr.eu | 8 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda 1st July: Poland, Kaliningrad, Belarus & Kyrgyzstan | Andrew Wilson and Jana Kobzova on the Polish elections, energy supplies to Kaliningrad and Belarus, and Moscow's approach to Kyrgyzstan | 30 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda 24th June 2010: G8 or G20? | Ahead of Canada hosting both the G20 and G8, Silvia Francescon and Richard Gowan debate the merits of both, whether they are still relevant, and what they're likely to achieve. | 23 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda 20th May 2010: The view from Brussels | The founder and publisher of E!Sharp magazine, Paul Adamson, gives a Brussels-insider's view of the problems bedevilling Europe. | 19 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda 14th May 2010: Spain's economy, Latin America & the EU in 2020 | Jose Ignacio Torreblanca on the Spanish response to the economic crisis, the EU-Latin America summit, and why thinking about Europe in 2020 is like giving up smoking | 13 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda 30 April 2010: Is the Euro crisis a political crisis? | Thomas Klau and Jose Ignacio Torreblanca on how the financial crisis in Greece is threatening to become a continent-wide political crisis | 29 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda 19th March 2010: Multilateral Europe & Cocktail recipes | Jose Ignacio Torreblanca and Richard Gowan discuss Europe's multilateral approach to international meetings, whether President Sarkozy will whip the system into shape, and what the best recipe is for bison grass vodka | 18 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda 5th March 2010: Great power politics returns to Europe | Andrew Wilson & Thomas Klau analyse the visits of Dmitri Medvedev to Paris and Viktor Yanukovych to both Brussels & Moscow, and see something of a return to 19th century Great Power Politics | 4 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda 19th Feb: How economic problems undermine Europe's soft power | Ulrike Guerot & Daniel Korski on how the Economic problems faced by Europe also undermine the EU's ability to project its soft power across the globe | 18 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda 12th February 2010: Greek finances and European security | Vessela Tcherneva and Ulrike Guerot from ECFR's Sofia and Berlin offices debate the Greek financial crisis, and whether there are implications for European security | 11 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda 21st January 2010: Pierre Noel on energy security | Pierre Noel explains how gas crises like that of a year ago can be avoided in the future, and how dealing with the underlying problems will also help it in dealing with Moscow | 20 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda 23rd December 09: Europe's outlook in 2010 | A special edition of ECFR agenda, looking at the challenges facing Europe in 2010, with ECFR foreign policy experts Mark Leonard and Daniel Korski | 22 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ECFR agenda 11th December 09: The view from Berlin | Ulrike Guerot, the head of ECFR's Berlin office, talks about how Germans feel about the European economy, Afghanistan, and the decade ahead | 10 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 61 Episodes |
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