http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501 en support@podhoster.com Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:18:22 -0500 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:00:00 -0400 International News Politics News Pod Hoster - podhoster.com 180 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/media/images/reportslogo.jpg http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501 ecfr reports The big names on the big issues and Europe's place in the world, from ecfr.eu European Council on Foreign Relations nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu Nicholas Walton no no http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=17129 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr.eu) current affairs and politics Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=17129 ecfr.eu no no Does Cyber Warfare mean 'cybergeddon', as some analysts claim? Tim Stevens of King's College London explains the security threat posed by cyber warfare and attacks on computer systems and networks in the twenty first century cyber,warfare,cybergeddon,estonia,georgia,russia,computer,security 00:10:55 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=16951 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr.eu) current affairs and politics Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=16951 ecfr.eu no no Is the EU still effective at rebuilding failing states and war-torn countries? The EU prides itself on its civilian rebuilding missions, but Richard Gowan and Daniel Korski think it may be underperforming, and falling behind the US, UN and even the African Union bosnia,afghanistan,iraq,police 00:10:11 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=16884 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr.eu) current affairs and politics Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=16884 ecfr.eu no no How is daily life in Kosovo affected by the squabbles over status? The head of ECFR's Madrid office, Jose Ignacio Torreblanca, has been travelling through Kosovo. In this special podcast he talks about what he's seen, and how issues like status and recognition impact the lives of Albanians and Serbs living there kosovo,kosova,serbia,balkans,belgrade,pristina,spain,politics,eu 00:13:58 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=16833 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr.eu) current affairs and politics Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=16833 ecfr.eu no no The rise of 'lynchpin states' like Venezuela, Qatar and Indonesia What unites the UAE, Indonesia, Qatar, Venezuela, Chile and Kazakhstan? According to Richard Gowan and Daniel Korski they're 'lynchpin states', and vital for underpinning the international system 00:12:20 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=16723 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr.eu) current affairs and politics Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=16723 ecfr.eu no no Has Obama abandoned Europe, or is he just ignoring it? From New York, Richard Gowan looks at the attitudes of the Obama White House towards Europe, and whether he has abandoned the EU or is just ignoring it obama,transatlantic,eu,europe,brussels,washington,us, 00:07:47 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=16596 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr.eu) current affairs and politics Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=16596 ecfr.eu no no How Europe should deal with a more assertive China Mark Leonard and Francois Godement discuss how Europe should deal with a more assertive China, and what lessons should be learned from the climate change talks in Copenhagen China,eu,climate,change,copenhagen,politics,global,world 00:15:21 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=16500 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr.eu) current affairs and politics Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=16500 ecfr.eu no no What can the EU do to help the countries of the South Caucasus? Jose Ignacio Torreblanca talks to Peter Semneby, the EU's Special Representative on the South Caucasus, about Russia and what the EU can do for the people of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan georgia,azerbaijan,armenia,russia,abkhazia,ossetia,europe,foreign,policy,politics 00:08:05 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=16447 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr.eu) current affairs and politics Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=16447 ecfr.eu no no Has Ukraine made progress or gone backwards since the Orange Revolution? In a special programme, Andrew Wilson talks to Ukrainian experts Olexiy Haran and Mykola Ryabchuk about the country's first presidential election since the Orange Revolution, and whether the country has made progress since then Haran,Ryabchuk,tymoshenko,yanukovych,politics,ukraine,elections 00:14:45 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=16386 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr.eu) current affairs and politics Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=16386 ecfr.eu no no Nicu Popescu looks back at the ECFR report into the EU's Eastern Neighbourhood Nicu Popescu looks back at last year's ECFR report into the neighbourhood countries that lie between the EU and Russia. georgia,russia,belarus,ukraine,kyrgyzstan,eu,neighbourhood,moldova,enlargement 00:09:59 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=16272 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr.eu) current affairs and politics Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=16272 ecfr.eu no no Can Europeans afford to have human rights as a central plank of their foreign policy? Anthony Dworkin and Nicu Popescu discuss human rights, and whether in a changing world Europeans can afford to have human rights and democracy as central planks of their foreign policy human,rights,justice,democracy,china,russia,elections,persecution 00:13:04 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=16165 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr.eu) current affairs and politics Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=16165 ecfr.eu no no Rebecca MacKinnon on how internet blogs can bring out the news stories ignored by the mainstream media Rebecca MacKinnon, from Global Voices Online, explains how pulling together hundreds of online blogs can help find the news stories that are ignored by the global mainstream media blogs,europe,foreign,affairs,news,media,new,newspapers, 00:07:02 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=16050 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr.eu) current affairs and politics Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=16050 ecfr.eu no no Alba Lamberti explains the think tank advocacy process ECFR's head of advocacy, Alba Lamberti, explains how think tanks get their ideas across to policy makers ecfr,european,council,on,foreign,relations,politics,politicians,bureaucrats,eurocrats,brussels,eu,union,process,policy, 00:06:55 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=15926 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr.eu) current affairs and politics Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=15926 ecfr.eu no no Ulrike Guerot on why the Germany of today needs to be more like the West Germany of before 1989 The head of ECFR's Berlin office, Ulrike Guerot, explains why the Germany of today should be more like the old West Germany before 1989 - seeing its interests in the heart of Europe, instead of following narrower national interests germany,berlin,history,reunification,history,heart,of,europe,eu, 00:07:40 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=15791 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr.eu) current affairs and politics Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=15791 ecfr.eu no no Jose Ignacio Torreblanca on the Spanish EU presidency Jose Ignacio Torreblanca on the challenges ahead for Madrid, as it takes on the rotating EU presidency. What are the priorities and potential pitfalls? And how will they work alongside the EU's new Foreign Policy High Representative, Baroness Ashton? madrid,eu,spain,spanish,presidency,ashton,foreign,policy,europe,sweden 00:08:34 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=15674 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr.eu) current affairs and politics Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=15674 ecfr.eu no no Andre Wilkens on why Europe fails to get its message across From Berlin: Andre Wilkens talks about how EU issues can be communicated to the people of Europe more effectively communication,eu,europe,germany,belin,andre,wilkens 00:07:25 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=15598 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr.eu) current affairs and politics Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=15598 ecfr.eu no no Cem Ozdemir on why the EU is still relevant in the 21st Century Cem Ozdemir, the leader of Germany's Green Party, on why the EU is still a relevant idea in the 21st Century green,party,grun,cem,ozdemir,politics,europe,european,union,turkey, 00:05:49 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=15450 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr.eu) current affairs and politics Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=15450 ecfr.eu no no Charles Clarke on Turkey and making the case for EU expansion Former British home secretary Charles Clarke on why supporters of Turkish EU membership need to make the case to a sceptical European public turkey,eu,future,europe,membership,international,relations,brussels,debate,charles,clarke,britain,uk,enlargement, 00:03:09 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=15363 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr.eu) current affairs and politics Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=15363 ecfr.eu no no Emma Bonino on the big questions facing Europe in the next two decades Italian politician Emma Bonino on the big questions that face Europe over the next two decades, and why the hardest choice facing Europe is to grow up emma,bonino,europe,future,eu,foreign,policy,affairs,international,relations,brussels,italy,italian,politician,italiano, 00:08:31 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=15281 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr.eu) foreign affairs Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=15281 ecfr.eu no no European-US relations from the point of view of Central and Eastern Europe The Transatlantic relationship: a critique of our recent report on European/US relations from the point of view of Eastern and Central Europe, with senior Hungarian diplomat, Istvan Gyarmati politics,transatlantic,foreign,relations,affairs,nato,eu,europe,washington,usa,us,russia,hungary,eastern,central,baltics,georgia, 00:05:02 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=15183 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr.eu) Foreign Affairs and history Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=15183 ecfr.eu no no A short interview with historian Timothy Garton Ash, looking back at 1989 and thinking about what it means for Europe's identity in the future A short interview with historian and ECFR Council Member Timothy Garton Ash, looking back at 1989 and thinking about what it means for Europe's identity in the future. politics,history,1989,foreign,policy,affairs,timothy,garton,ash,eastern,central,revolution, 00:03:40 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=15173 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu () Foreign Affairs Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=15173 European Council on Foreign Relations no no Simon Panek, Velvet Revolution leader at the age of 22 An interview with Simon Panek, one of the leaders of Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution in 1989. What was a 22 year old doing at the centre of history? czech,velvet,revolution,czechoslovakia,student,history,1989,news,politics,foreign,affairs, 00:10:17 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=15051 international relations and foreign affairs Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=15051 ecfr.eu no no No more Special Relationships with Washington: Europe is wasting its 'Obama Moment' No more Special Relationships with Washington: Europe is wasting its 'Obama Moment'. If European countries fail to step up as a strong partner for the US, they face irrelevance, from Afghanistan to Russia to the Middle East international,relations,foreign,affairs,europe,obama,us,middle,east,russia,afghanistan,ecfr,european,council,on,foreign,relations 00:07:03