http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501 en support@podhoster.com (PodHoster Support) Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:18:22 -0500 Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 -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=37446 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=37446 ecfr no no Julien Barnes-Dacey on the opportunity for a diplomatic solution in Syria Julien Barnes Dacey - the co-author of a new ECFR report on the Syrian conflict - explains why this is the moment to push for a diplomatic solution to the fighting. You can download the report at www.ecfr.eu syria,assad,chemical,weapons,lavrov,kerry,al,qaeda,iran,lebanon, 00:08:20 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=37307 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=37307 ecfr no no Nick Witney and the Israel/Palestine issue Nick Witney explains why Europe needs to act promptly to retain any hope of finding a two-state solution to the Israel/Palestine question. For his publication, go to www.ecfr.eu/mena israel,palestine,gaza,west,bank,hamas,fatah,settlements, 00:06:10 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=37271 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=37271 ecfr no no The foreign policy implications of China's global rise Yan Xuetong and Mark Leonard talk about the foreign policy implications of China's global rise china,beijing,foreign,policy, 00:08:57 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=37246 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=37246 ecfr no no Beppe Grillo, the internet and democracy Douglas Carswell MP on Beppe Grillo and how the internet is changing democracy across Europe for the better. grillo,democracy,euro,crisis,democratic,deficit,internet, 00:09:08 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=37224 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=37224 ecfr no no Nick Witney on 27 security strategies in search of a common purpose Nick Witney, co-author of an ECFR report "Europe's strategic cacophony" (available at www.ecfr.eu), explains why most European countries have failed to understand their own security challenges. security,defence,mali,russia,iran,libya,syria,europe, 00:07:21 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=37208 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=37208 ecfr no no With Sebastian Dullien, Watraud Schelkle and Simon Nixon Sebastian Dullien, Watraud Schelkle and Simon Nixon discuss the impact of the euro crisis on the single market 00:09:31 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=37165 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=37165 ecfr no no Issandr El Amrani on Egypt's current troubles Issandr El Amrani analyses the economic and political crises that are gripping Egypt, ahead of elections later this year. egypt,morsi,muslim,brotherhood,cairo,imf 00:10:40 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=37038 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=37038 ecfr no no Jana Kobzova on Georgia in a time of transition Jana Kobzova explains her new ECFR policy memo on Georgia, during its transition from Mikheil Saakashvili to the new government of Bidzina’s Ivanishvili. georgia,war,russia,south,ossetia,democracy,european,union,eu,integration, 00:07:44 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=36979 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=36979 ecfr no no Anthony Dworkin on democracy in North Africa Anthony Dworkin examines the prospects for the consolidation of true pluralistic democracy in Tunisia, Libya and Egypt, and why it matters to Europe. Download the report at ecfr.eu morsi,brotherhood,egypt,arab,spring,tunisia,libya, 00:08:50 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=36929 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=36929 ecfr no no Fatima Ayub on the need to understand how Gulf countries think Fatima Ayub explains how a new ECFR project will shed light on one of the least known but most important parts of the MENA region, and help explain what the Gulf thinks on a range of key issues. gulf,mena,syria,iraq,iran,shia,sunni,kuwait,bahrain,uae,qatar,saudi,arabia,arab,uprising,spring,awakening,oman, 00:07:21 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=36826 press@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=36826 ecfr no no Kadri Liik on EU-Russia relations Kadri Liik explains why 2012 was a good year for European unity and resolve in relation to Russia. For an overview on EU's foreign policy check ECFR's European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2013: http://www.ecfr.eu/scorecard/2013 politics,Russia,europe,EU,foreign,policy,ECFR 00:13:13 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=36498 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=36498 ecfr no no Hans Kundnani on the euro crisis & European foreign policy Hans Kundnani explains what's new in this year's ECFR Foreign Policy Scorecard, and how the crisis has affected Europe's influence germany,italy,uk,britain,european,union,eu,mali,france 00:09:23 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=36359 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs Thu, 17 Jan 2013 06:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=36359 ecfr no no Nicholas Walton on the crisis in 14 individual EU member states Nicholas Walton explains the idea behind ECFR's "The new political geography of Europe", and why looking at the impact of the crisis in individual states is the key to resolving the crisis portugal,greece,britain,ireland,netherlands,germany,france,italy,spain,denmark,finland,czech,republic,bulgaria,poland,eu,crisis,euro 00:06:05 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=35405 current affairs and politics Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=35405 ecfr no no Germia Hill 2: Vlora Çitaku on Kosovo's EU ambitions Vlora Çitaku, Kosovo's minister of European integration, explains Kosovo's EU ambitions and gives an update on the dialogue with Serbia. kosovo,eu,eurocrisis,politics,serbia,normalisation,integration 00:10:59 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=35336 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=35336 ecfr no no The challenges facing the new leadership of China China's new leadership takes over as the country enters its third phase since the revolution - China 3.0. Mark Leonard, Francois Godement and Jonas Parello-Plesner discuss the challenges they face. xi,jingping,china,chinese, 00:14:49 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=34726 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=34726 ecfr no no Mats Persson, Nicholas Walton and David Seymour on Britain and the EU As part of an ECFR project examining how Britain's position in Europe is changing, here are the thoughts of Mats Persson of Open Europe, David Seymour of Nucleus, and Nicholas Walton of ECFR britain,ukip,conservatives,europe,eu,european,union, 00:09:31 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=34693 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=34693 ecfr no no ECFR's North Africa Power Audit Omar Ashour gives his assessment of ECFR's new 'Power audit of EU-North Africa relations' egypt,algeria,tunisia,morocco,libya, 00:12:20 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=34541 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ECFR) Current affairs and politics Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:04:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=34541 ECFR no no Sebastian Dullien explains his latest ECFR paper Sebastian Dullien the author of a new ECFR policy brief, explains how the euro crisis is a threat to one of the main achievements of European integration, the single market economics,free,trade,europe,greece,germany,spain,italy,european,union,political 00:11:54 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=34514 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=34514 ecfr no no Damien Degeorges on why the Arctic interests China Damien Degeorges, who spoke at a recent ECFR Black Coffee Morning, explains why China is so interested in good relations with Iceland and Greenland. arctic,,china,,iceland,,greenland 00:10:20 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=34196 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ECFR) Current affairs and politics Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=34196 ECFR no no How Europe can help reform in North Africa Nick Witney explains ECFR's new 'North Africa Power Audit', pointing out the dangers of Europe's complacent attitude to the region and arguing that the EU has no 'drawbridge' option with North Africa. libya,france,immigration,egypt,spain,italy,eu,europe,tunisia,arab,spring,algeria,islam,brotherhood,muslim,morocco, 00:17:33 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=31968 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Wed, 30 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=31968 ecfr no no Why Somalia matters to the outside world Mary Harper explains why Somalia matters to the rest of the world, especially when it comes to security (from a www.newbooksnetwork.com interview with Nicholas Walton). somalia,,somaliland,,puntland,,mary,harper,,newbooksnetwork,,africa,,al,shabaab,,al,qaeda,,terrorism, 00:07:55 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=31900 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=31900 ecfr no no Julien Barnes Dacey on the line from Beirut Daniel Levy talks to Julien Barnes Dacey, who is conducting research for ECFR on a visit to Beirut. How much has Lebanon been affected by the turmoil in Syria? lebanon,,syria,,arab,spring,,beirut,,hezbollah,,iran, 00:11:21 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=30874 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=30874 ecfr no no Miriam Gómez Saraiva on how Europe is seen from Brazil In the sixth of a series on how Europe is seen by other powers,we hear the view from Brazil from Miriam Gómez Saraiva politics,,Brazil,,Europe,,EU,, 00:08:22 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=30738 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=30738 ecfr no no Sergei Utkin on how Europe looks from Moscow In the fifth of a series on how Europe looks from other global powers, Sergei Utkin explains how he sees the view from Moscow. putin,,moscow,,russia,,nato,,eu,,brussels,,medvedev 00:09:32 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=30650 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=30650 ecfr no no Ryo Oshiba on how Europe looks from Japan In the fourth of a special series of podcasts and blog posts on how Europe is seen by other powers, we hear the view from Japan from Ryo Oshiba (of Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo). japan,,Europe,,asia,,china,,power,,trade,,, 00:05:41 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=30586 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=30586 ecfr no no Atila Eralp on how Europe looks from Ankara In the third of a special series of podcasts and blog posts on how Europe is seen by other powers, we hear the view from Turkey from Atila Eralp (of the Middle East Technical University in Ankara). akp,,erdogan,,eu,,brussels,,accession,,syria,,arab,spring 00:07:24 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=30596 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=30596 ecfr no no Reaching out to the religious hardliners Rabbi Michael Melchior, the former Deputy Foreign Minister of Israel, explains why it's necessary to reach out to hardliners when looking for solutions in the Middle East. israel,,west,bank,,gaza,,palestine,,peace,process,,hamas,,fatah 00:09:54 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=30518 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=30518 ecfr no no Rajendra K Jain on how Europe looks from India In the second of a special series of podcasts and blog posts about how Europe is seen by the world's other powers, Rajendra K Jain from Jawaharlal University in Delhi gives the view from India. india,,delhi,,euro,crisis,,brics,,china,,rising,powers,,debt,,germany,,greece, 00:08:35 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=30334 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=30334 ecfr no no Zhimin Chen on how Europe looks from China Zhimin Chen explains how Europe is seen from China. This is part of a series looking at how Europe is viewed by other global powers as part of ECFR's Reinvention of Europe project. Also in this series: Turkey, India, Russia, Brazil and Japan. china,,prague,,beijing,,shanghai,,brics 00:09:57 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=30039 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=30039 ecfr no no Javier Solana on the eurozone crisis Javier Solana, speaking at a recent ECFR Black Coffee Morning, talks about the politics of the eurozone crisis. Javie,Solana,politics,euro,eurozone,greece,europe,eu 00:08:20 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=30020 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=30020 ecfr no no ECFR Reports: Charles Grant on the eurozone crisis Charles Grant, the director of the Centre for European Reform, on the politics of the eurozone crisis. euro,eurozone,politics,charles,grant, 00:11:02 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=29847 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=29847 ecfr no no Palestine, Israel and the Arab Spring Speaking at a recent ECFR Black Coffee Morning, Mustafa Barghouti explains his thoughts on the state of the Middle East peace process and whether the Arab Spring would spread to Palestine to Daniel Levy israel,,palestine,,west,bank,,egypt,,gaza,,hamas,,fatah 00:12:54 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=29761 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=29761 ecfr no no Dimitar Bechev on Turkey and the Western Balkans Dimitar Bechev discusses how well Europe has performed over the last year in its relations with Turkey, the Western Balkans and wider Europe. turkey,,erdogan,,serbia,,macedonia,,croatia,,bosnia,,kosovo,,montenegro,,albania, 00:06:37 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=29646 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=29646 ecfr no no Nicu Popescu on Europe's relations with Moscow Nicu Popescu, one of the authors of ECFR's Foreign Policy Scorecard 2012, gives his assessment of how Europe performed in its dealings with Moscow over the last year Moscow,,putin,,medvedev,,brussels,,russia,,united,nations, 00:08:56 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=29541 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=29541 ecfr no no ECFR Scorecard: EU - China relations Jonas Parello-Plesner evaluates how well the EU performed in its foreign policy vis a vis China, from ECFR's Foreign Policy Scorecard 2012. China,EU,Europe,foreign,policy 00:05:58 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=29478 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=29478 ecfr no no Richard Gowan on ECFR's Scorecard 2012 Richard Gowan takes us through the area where Europe performed best on ECFR's European Foreign Policy Scorecard for the second year in a row: Multilateral institutions and crisis management. united,nations,,nato,,libya,,sudan,,israel,,palestine 00:07:53 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=29380 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=29380 ecfr no no Justin Vaisse on Europe's relations with the US Justin Vaisse gives his assessment of how well the US performed in its foreign policy vis a vis the United States, from ECFR's Foreign Policy Scorecard 2012. ECFR,,scorecard,,washington,,obama,,libya,,foreign,policy,,foreign,affairs, 00:07:18 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=29258 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=29258 ecfr no no ECFR's Foreign Policy Scorecard 2012 considers relations with North Africa & the Middle East Daniele Marchesi, one of the authors of the Middle East/North Africa section of ECFR's Foreign Policy Scorecard 2012, on some of the main trends that emerged in this past year of revolution and turmoil. libya,,syria,,palestine,,israel,,egypt,,eu,,brussels,,sarkozy,,cameron,,tunisia,,algeria, 00:09:43 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=29075 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=29075 ecfr no no Hans Kundnani outlines how well Europe did on the global stage over the last year 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. euro,crisis,,foreign,policy,,libya,,china,,russia,,putin,,united,nations,,united,states,,ECFR,,Scorecard, 00:10:16 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=28924 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=28924 ecfr no no Germany, its history and how others perceive it Simon Winder, author of 'Germania', talks about Germany's changing image and why it is underrated as a country by much of the rest of Europe. germania,,merkel,,berlin,,debt,,cameron,,sarkozy, 00:07:52 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=27769 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=27769 ecfr no no Where is Europe heading? Former Hungarian prime minister Gordon Bajnai explains why austerity is difficult for governments and talks about the lessons for European identity from the fall of Yugoslavia hungary,,greece,,austerity,,cuts,,occupy,germany,,euro,,eurozone,crisis,,merkel 00:08:51 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=27661 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=27661 ecfr no no What has Kosovo achieved since declaring independence? Kosovo's deputy foreign minister, Petrit Selimi, looks back at the challenges facing his country, and its quest to become a more normal European country. kosovo,,pristina,,kosova,,serbia,,germia,hill,,petrit,selimi 00:07:54 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=27604 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=27604 ecfr no no The politics of the euro crisis 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. euro,,greece,,bankers,,crisis,,debt,,germany,,occupy, 00:25:39 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=27497 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=27497 ecfr no no The politics of the euro crisis 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. euro,crisis 00:27:28 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=27410 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=27410 ecfr no no How is life in independent Kosovo? Outside the Germia Hill conference in Kosovo, how are the people of Pristina finding life in Europe's newest country? kosovo,,pristina,,eurocrisis 00:02:05 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=27317 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=27317 ecfr no no Joschka Fischer, Marietje Schaake, Steven Heinz, Peter Kellner and Gideon Rachman 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 eurocrisis,,germany,,debt,,greece,,italy,,politics, 00:28:13 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=27303 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=27303 ecfr no no Gideon Rachman, George Soros, Hans Eichel, Loukas Tsoukalis 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. soros,europe,debt,greece,euro,merkel,sarkozy,crisis,eurozone 00:25:22 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=26533 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=26533 ecfr no no The challenges facing China as it rebalances its economic and social model Wang Hui, speaking at a recent ECFR Black Coffee Morning, explains the differences between the Chinese model and others, both in East Asia and beyond. china,,beijing,,prc,, 00:11:42 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=26336 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=26336 ecfr no no Why we should watch the Egyptian mortgage market Tarek Osman, speaking at a recent ECFR Black Coffee Morning, talks about the emergence of a new Arab narrative and why we should watch the Egyptian mortgage market egypt,,arab,spring,,israel,,mubarak,,libya,,tunisia,,democracy, 00:09:17 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=25920 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=25920 ecfr no no Does Europe still care about South Sudan? Is Europe doing all it can to support the new nation of South Sudan, and is there a chance that the Arab Spring might spread to Sudan itself? juba,,khartoum,,arab,spring,,south,sudan,,sudan, 00:10:29 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=25750 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=25750 ecfr no no Can Europe take responsibility for its own security and defence? Nick Witney of ECFR and Jan Techau of Carnegie Europe debate the future of Europe's Common Security and Defence Policy, and whether, post-Libya, Europe can take responsibility for its own security arrangements in the future. defence,,security,,libya,,nato,,nuclear,,pentagon,,afghanistan,,iraq 00:23:14 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=24772 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ECFR) current affairs & politics Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=24772 ECFR no no Irfan Siddiq on Iraq and the Arab Spring Irfan Siddiq, head of the Arab Partnership Department at the UK Foreign Office, discusses the relationship between Iraq and the rest of the Arab world following this year's revolutions and protests iraq,,arab,spring,,egypt,,tunisia,,mubarak,,democracy,,human,rights,,foreign,office,,geopolitics,,democracy,,baghdad 00:08:57 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=24729 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ECFR) current affairs & politics Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=24729 ECFR no no Emma Sky on Iraq and the Arab Spring Emma Sky, a former political advisor to the coalition forces and provisional authority in Iraq, discusses the impact of the Arab Spring in Iraq - and the lessons that the rest of the Arab world can learn from the Iraqi experience since 2003 arab,spring,,iraq,,egypt,,tunisia,,rule,of,law,,human,rights,,justice,,mubarak,,petraeus,,baghdad 00:13:11 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=24618 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ECFR) current affairs & politics Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=24618 ECFR no no Parag Khanna on the geopolitical implications of the Arab Spring (part two) The second part of Parag Khanna's take on the geopolitical implications of the Arab Spring: Are we seeing the birth of a new Arab self-confidence? Arab,Spring,,Egypt,,Tunisia,,Mubarak,,Syria,,Israel,,Europe,,Turkey,,democracy,,human,rights,,geopolitics 00:14:00 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=24564 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ECFR) current affairs & politics Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=24564 ECFR no no Parag Khanna on the geopolitical implications of the Arab Spring Parag Khanna discusses the geopolitical implications of the Arab Spring: how will the upheavals of recent months affect how the Arab world behaves on issues like energy, trade and relations with the US? arab,spring,,egypt,,israel,,usa,,geopolitics,,un,,tunisia,,saudi,arabia,,gulf,cooperation,council,,mubarak,,obama 00:15:49 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=24487 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ECFR) current affairs & politics Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=24487 ECFR no no A Google Vice President on the internet and human rights DJ Collins, Google's Vice President for Communications and Public Policy - Europe, Middle East and Africa, on how governments and business can harness the internet's potential for promoting human rights. google,,internet,,human,rights,,democracy,,arab,spring,,europe,,free,speech,,freedom,of,expression,,web,,social,media,,facebook,,twitter 00:11:35 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=24243 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=24243 ecfr no no Should Europe recognise Palestine? Part 2 In the second of two special podcasts, John Bell looks at the implications for European nations in recognising a Palestinian state palestine,,jerusalem,,peace,process,,israel,,middle,east,,europe,,brussels, 00:13:35 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=24240 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=24240 ecfr no no Should Europe recognise Palestine? Should European countries recognise Palestine? John Bell was the speaker at a recent Black Coffee Morning. Here's part one of his analysis of the situation. israel,,palestine,,brussels,,arab,spring,,jerusalem,,europe,,united,nations, 00:09:50 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=24154 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=24154 ecfr no no Will the Arab Spring spread to Algeria? Will the Arab spring spread to Algeria? Hakim Darbouche, speaking at a recent ECFR Black Coffee Morning, gives his analysis. revolution,,algeria,,tunisia,,libya,,egypt,,arab,spring,,uprising 00:09:50 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=24043 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=24043 ecfr no no Does China like dealing with Moscow because it thinks Russia is weak? Nicu Popescu and ECFR's wider Europe team have just returned from a research trip to Russia and China. So how does Moscow look from Beijing? beijing,,brics,,bric,,china,,economy,,moscow,,russia,,medvedev,,putin, 00:09:49 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=23922 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ECFR) current affairs & politics Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=23922 ECFR no no Martti Ahtisaari on Turkey's relationship with Europe Martti Ahtisaari, former president of Finland and Chairman of the Independent Commission on Turkey, discusses Ankara's changing relationship with Europe and the vexed question of Turkish EU membership ahtisaari,,turkey,,ankara,,erdogan,,eu,,kurds,,enlargement,,turkish,,istanbul 00:07:47 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=23881 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ECFR) current affairs & politics Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=23881 ECFR no no Hakan Altinay on Erdogan and Turkey Hakan Altinay, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and one of the authors of ECFR's new essay collection 'What does Turkey think?', talks about how both Turkey and its prime minister have changed over recent years, and what that means for Europe. turkey,,brookings,,erdogan,,ankara,,foreign,policy,,eu,,kurds,,akp,,cyprus 00:07:15 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=23231 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ECFR) current affairs & politics Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=23231 ECFR no no Mark Malloch Brown on the future of geopolitics Mark Malloch Brown, former Deputy Secretary-General at the United Nations and a former minister of state in the British foreign office, gives his thoughts on international relations, global governance and the role of non-governmental organisations and civil society united,nations,,un,,human,rights,,civil,society,,g20,,international,relations,,geopolitics 00:08:45 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=23210 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ECFR) current affairs & politics Tue, 17 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=23210 ECFR no no Richard Gowan on multilateral issues and ECFR's Foreign Policy Scorecard Richard Gowan discusses Europe's performance on multilateral issues in the past year, including climate change, nuclear proliferation and UN reform, as analysed in ECFR's European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2010. europe,,eu,,un,,climate,change,,nuclear,weapons,,united,nations,,nato,,g20,,usa,,ban,ki-moon,,cahterine,ashton 00:07:57 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=23067 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=23067 ecfr no no The importance of narrative in projecting power and influence Joseph Nye talks about the importance of narrative in 21st Century Power, at a recent ECFR Black Coffee Morning at our London office. joseph,nye,,soft,power,,power,,narrative,,international,relations,,foreign,affairs 00:09:14 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=22996 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Thu, 05 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=22996 ecfr no no How can Europe help Egypt's hybrid revolution? ECFR is publishing a new brief examining the Egyptian revolution and what Europe can do to help. Nick Witney is one of the authors. egypt,,democracy,,europe,,libya,,arab,,middle,east,,yemen,,tunisia,,north,africa 00:10:09 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=22988 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ECFR) current affairs & politics Wed, 04 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=22988 ECFR no no Jonas Parello-Plesner on Europe's relationship with China and the ECFR Scorecard Jonas Parello-Plesner gives his take on how Europe handled its relationship with China, from human rights and the Dalai Lama to trade relations china,,eu,,trade,,tibet,,dalai,lama,,europe 00:06:14 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=22912 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ECFR) current affairs & politics Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=22912 ECFR no no Richard Gowan on European crisis management and the ECFR Scorecard Richard Gowan, one of the authors of ECFR's European Foreign Policy Scorecard, looks at how Europe performed in handling the crises from Haiti to Gaza that came its way in 2010 europe,,foreign,policy,,crisis,management,,Kyrgyzstan,,haiti,,pakistan,,gaza 00:08:07 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=22913 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ECFR) current affairs & politics Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=22913 ECFR no no David Rennie on Britain, Europe and the euro crisis David Rennie, political editor of the Economist and a former Charlemagne columnist, talks about British attitudes to the euro crisis and EU power dynamics as seen from London britain,,westminster,,europe,,euro,crisis,,merkel,,sarkozy,,brussels 00:14:12 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=22880 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ECFR) current affairs & politics Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=22880 ECFR no no Katinka Barysch on the question of Who Leads the EU Katinka Barysch, Deputy Director of the Centre for European Reform, outlines some of the important trends that she sees emerging in how EU member states deal with each other, including the changing Franco-German relationship germany,,france,,eu,,politics,,europe,,european,commission,,merkel,,sarkozy 00:13:19 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=22806 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ECFR) current affairs & politics Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=22806 ECFR no no Federiga Bindi on Italy and Europe Federiga Bindi, adviser to the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the Italian relationship with Brussels and the question of Who leads the EU? italy,,berlusconi,,europe,,brussels,,politics 00:11:01 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=22758 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=22758 ecfr no no The new German question: How Europe can get the Germany it needs Mark Leonard and Ulrike Guerot examine how Germany has changed and how the rest of Europe now needs to deal with Berlin berlin,germany,merkel,euro,crisis,portugal,ireland,greece,europe,eu 00:12:55 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=22684 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=22684 ecfr no no How effective is the NATO training mission in Afghanistan Lieutenant General William Caldwell, the head of NATO's training mission in Afghanistan, gives his assessment of how well the international community is doing there nato,,afghanistan,,iraq,,us,army,,taleban,,taliban,,al,qaeda 00:07:27 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=22650 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=22650 ecfr no no From our recent Black Coffee Morning examining ECFR's European Foreign Policy Scorecard The Economist's Europe Editor, John Peet, gives his views on ECFR's Scorecard project on European Foreign Policy at a recent Black Coffee Morning at our London office The,Economist,,nato,,libya,,scorecard,,brussels, 00:10:21 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=22613 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=22613 ecfr no no What does the Scorecard tell us about EU-US relations? Mark Leonard, the director of ECFR, examines EU-US relations through the lens of ECFR's European Foreign Policy Scorecard washington,,obama,,us,,united,states,,brussels,,nato,,libya 00:06:19 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=22533 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=22533 ecfr no no Justin Vaisse on ECFR's Scorecard project Justin Vaisse explains ECFR's Scorecard project, which examines European foreign policy in 80 categories over 6 issues and 27 countries. ashton,,europe,,china,,russia,,turkey,,united,states,,foreign,policy,,foreign,affairs 00:10:36 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=22534 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=22534 ecfr no no Justin Vaisse on ECFR's Scorecard project Justin Vaisse explains ECFR's Scorecard project, which examines European foreign policy in 80 categories over 6 issues and 27 countries. ashton,,europe,,china,,russia,,turkey,,united,states,,foreign,policy,,foreign,affairs 00:10:36 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=22442 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=22442 ecfr no no Europe's migration challenge Former British Home Secretary, Charles Clarke, explains his thinking on the issue of migration, at a recent ECFR Black Coffee Morning migration,immigration,lampedusa,libya,egypt,tunisia,italy,malta, 00:13:26 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=22444 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=22444 ecfr no no What should Turkey do about Libya? A short look at the tricky choices facing Turkey over Libya and the intervention by the international coaliton libya,turkey,ankara,nato,france,britain,no,fly,zone 00:05:13 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=22257 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=22257 ecfr no no An African perspective on Europe's importance to the world's rising regional powers Nomfundo Xenia Ngwenya from the South African Institute of International Affairs gives an African perspective on European influence in a world of rising regional powers SAIIA,Africa,Europe,foreign,affairs,policy,international,G20,UN,BRIC,BRICs 00:10:43 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=22185 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=22185 ecfr no no Tom Wheeler of SAIIA tells us about how Europe's challenges look from South Africa Ambassador Tom Wheeler of the South African Institute of International Affairs gives his view of Europe's place in the world, as seen by a rising regional power europe,,south,africa,,saiia,,libya,,tunisia,,egypt,,international,affairs,,foreign,policy,,revolutions,,democracy, 00:09:38 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=21950 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs & politics Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=21950 ECFR no no Richard Gowan on Haiti and European aid programmes Richard Gowan on the situation in Haiti, the lessons Europe learned from last January's earthquake about responding to humanitarian disasters, and the dangers of politicising aid. Haiti,,Europe,,humanitarian,aid,,disasters,,Ashton,,UN,,united,nations 00:11:01 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=21812 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=21812 ecfr no no Nicu Popescu on the lessons learned from the revolutions in Europe's eastern neighbourhood Nicu Popescu looks back at the revolutions of the last decade to Europe's east, and asks whether there are any lessons to learn for those involved in the turbulence to Europe's south egypt,georgia,tunisia,revolution,europe,eu,brussels,cairo,belarus,serbia,lebanon, 00:06:42 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=21757 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=21757 ecfr no no Daniel Korski, Susi Dennison & Anthony Dworkin on Egypt, Tunisia & the EU 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 egypt,tunisia,europe,democracy,protests,mubarak,ashton, 00:15:16 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=21725 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=21725 ecfr no no Mehmet Karli on the growth of Turkish regional trade links Mehmet Karli on why Turkish regional trade links are good for Europe, and what the Turkish opposition thinks about foreign policy. turkey,trade,europe 00:06:52 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=21568 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) current affairs and politics Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=21568 ecfr no no ECFR Black Coffee Morning: Francois Godement Francois Godement, ECFR Senior Policy fellow and Director of Asia Centre, examines the geopolitical calculations underpinning China’s monetary and financial policies. China,,Asia,,yuan,,renminbi,,euro,,europe,,hu,jintao 00:25:36 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=21274 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=21274 ecfr no no Turkey, NATO and the new strategic concept Gulnur Aybet talks to Dimitar Bechev about Turkey, security, NATO and Europe. 00:07:55 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=21206 nicholaswalton99@gmail.com (ecfr.eu) current affairs and politics Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=21206 ecfr.eu no no A critique of 'The spectre of a multipolar Europe' ECFR Council Member Pierre Hassner gives his views on our security report, 'The spectre of a multipolar Europe'. security,defence 00:11:47 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=21139 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=21139 ecfr no no Louise Arbour on international justice Former UN high commissioner for human rights, and current director of the ICG, Louise Arbour, talks about Europe's role in international justice at one of ECFR's Black Coffee Mornings icg,,united,nations,,un,,milosevic,,yugoslavia,,kosovo,,bosnia,,sri,lanka,,tamil,,lebanon 00:22:28 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=21001 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Fri, 26 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=21001 ecfr no no The former NATO secretary general on ECFR's latest security report Former NATO secretary general Lord Robertson gives his views on ECFR's recent report on European security, 'The spectre of a multipolar Europe' security,defence,nato,russia,europe,defense,turkey,threat 00:13:48 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=20866 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=20866 ecfr no no Gerald Knaus on what Turkey's dynamic foreign policy looks like from up close Gerald Knaus of the ESI lives in Istanbul - what does he think of the hyperactive Turkish foreign policy from up close, and why does he say Turkey has been undergoing a quiet revolution? turkey,foreign,policy,davutoglu,erdogan,akp,europe,eu,brussels,middle,east, 00:12:35 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=20673 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=20673 ecfr no no Gideon Rachman of the FT talks about his new book Gideon Rachman of the Financial Times explains the thinking behind his new book, 'Zero-Sum World' geopolitics,foreign,policy,books, 00:07:29 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=20584 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=20584 ecfr no no Bronwen Manby on statelessness and why it matters Bronwen Manby explains why some people fall through the gaps between modern states, and why this matters to Europe. osi,osf,statelessness,sudan,middle,east, 00:11:22 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=20413 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=20413 ecfr no no Dimitar Bechev on why Turkey needs a seat at the foreign policy top table Dimitar Bechev explains why Turkey is now a regional power. ECFR's new security report argues that Turkey needs to be involved with Russia and the EU in a trialogue to renegotiate European security. turkey,ankara,erdogan,security,defence,defense,washington,us,russia,moscow,europe,foreign,affairs 00:10:35 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=20171 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Wed, 29 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=20171 ecfr no no Aboubakr Jamai on why the EU's human rights agenda is failing in North Africa Aboubakr Jamai, a Moroccan journalist who now lives in Spain, explains why the EU's human rights approach leaves a lot to be desired in Morocco and North Africa morocco,europe,human,rights,democracy,algeria,mediterranean,tunisia,egypt 00:09:25 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=20073 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=20073 ecfr no no Richard Gowan on the huge numbers that vote against the EU at the UN Richard Gowan explains why the EU is failing to get its human rights agenda supported at the UN - as shown in ECFR's 2010 review of human rights and the EU at the United Nations UN,human,rights,europe,sudan,gaza,zimbabwe, 00:10:26 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=20074 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=20074 ecfr no no Anthony Dworkin & Susi Dennison on why Europe needs to rethink human rights Anthony Dworkin and Susi Dennison explain why Europe needs a new strategy on human rights, and why it is in Europe's strategic interest human,rights,strategy,china,brussels,eu,europe, 00:10:24 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=19908 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Mon, 13 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=19908 ecfr no no Kurt Volker on reasons for Europe to be optimistic Former US ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker on why Europe is the worst possible ally for the US, other than all of the others NATO,europe,washington,politics,brussels,foreign,policy,international,affairs,politics 00:12:05 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=19819 nicholaswalton99@gmail.com (ecfr.eu) current affairs and politics Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=19819 ecfr.eu no no Mark Leonard on the impact of the economic crisis in Europe ECFR Director Mark Leonard on how Europe is coping with the economic crisis, and how this is producing a new generation of European leaders mark,leonard,foreign,policy,europe,ashton,global,eu,china,us,obama, 00:14:15 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=18929 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=18929 ecfr no no It's time for a summer break from our relentless podcast schedule 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 00:01:10 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=18875 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=18875 ecfr no no A taster of a major ECFR seminar on how Europe is affected by the financial crisis A taster of an ECFR seminar on how Europe was being changed by the financial crisis, with George Soros, Lord Kerr, Anatole Kaletsky, Emma Bonino, Joschka Fischer and Mark Leonard. The full seminar audio is available on ecfr.eu euro,crisis,economics,eu,brussels,dollar,renminbi,foreign,policy,affairs, 00:08:37 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=18776 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=18776 ecfr no no Highlights on a high-profile seminar in ECFR's Westminster offices ECFR hosted a seminar on British foreign policy with Malcolm Rifkind, Timothy Garton Ash, Charles Grant, and Paddy Ashdown, moderated by ECFR's Daniel Korski. The full audio is available on ecfr.eu tories,conservatives,europe,euro,crisis,foreign,policy,diplomacy,iran,china,usa,obama, 00:07:48 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=18728 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=18728 ecfr no no Richard Gowan on why security threats abroad still deserve part of European budgets Richard Gowan explains why, despite financial crisis at home, Europe cannot afford to lose sight of and engage with security threats that loom just out of sight over the horizon al,qaeda,afghanistan,maghreb,middle,east,kosovo,gaza,russia,war,terrorism 00:09:20 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=18635 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=18635 ecfr no no Europe needs a global China policy, In ECFR's latest publication, Francois Godement argues that Europe needs a global China policy if it is to deal effectively with the huge foreign policy challenge presented by Beijing china,beijing,europe,brussels, 00:09:45 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=18528 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=18528 ecfr no no Kalypso Nicolaidis on Europe over the next two decades ECFR Council Member and co-author of the Reflection Group's report into the future of the EU, Kalypso Nicolaidis, on the challenges and opportunities facing Europe in the next two decades 00:09:51 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=18440 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=18440 ecfr no no Anthony Dworkin & Susi Dennison examine the challenges facing the ICC Anthony Dworkin and Susi Dennison examine the impact and future of the International Criminal Court, as a review conference on its successes and failures over its first eight years opens in Uganda justice,darfur,bashir,war,crimes, 00:09:27 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=18378 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=18378 ecfr no no A short taster of Francois Godement's recent LSE lecture on China Francois Godement recently gave a lecture on China at the LSE - here's a taster. For more, there's a link to the full lecture on ecfr.eu 00:02:03 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=18365 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=18365 ecfr no no Heather Grabbe on why the EU should rethink the Western Balkans Heather Grabbe, one of the authors of our new report 'Beyond wait and see: The way forward for EU Balkan policy', explains why this is a good time for the EU to rethink its policies towards the Western Balkans serbia,macedonia,bosnia,croatia,expansion,accession,membership,eu,europe,european,montenegro,crna,gora,kosovo,kosova,albania, 00:08:31 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=18167 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ECFR) Current affairs and politics Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=18167 ECFR no no Nick Witney & Daniel Korski on how European security could be inspired by the hedgehog Daniel Korski talks to Nick Witney about how European security will have to be rethought from the ground up after the economic crisis - and how the best option might be to become a spikey, hedgehog-like larger version of Switzerland. Part two of a two-part series. european,foreign,policy,security,defence,korski,witney,economic,crisis 00:14:03 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=18068 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr) Current affairs and politics Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=18068 ecfr no no Nick Witney & Daniel Korski on how European security could be inspired by the hedgehog Daniel Korski talks to Nick Witney about how European security will have to be rethought from the ground up after the economic crisis - and how the best option might be to become a spikey, hedgehog-like larger version of Switzerland. Part one of a two-part series 00:11:45 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=17594 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr.eu) current affairs and politics Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=17594 ecfr.eu no no Why the politics of the Arctic matters to Europe and the world Charles Emmerson explains why the politics of the Arctic has become an area of intense discussion, and looks at why European foreign policy needs to take the frozen north into account 00:12:02 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=17380 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr.eu) current affairs and politics Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=17380 ecfr.eu no no Does human rights still have a place on the world stage? With global power shifting away from the traditional champions of human rights, can it still play an influential role in world affairs? Aryeh Neier is president of OSI and a founder of Human Rights Watch hrw,human,rights,watch,open,society,institute 00:09:42 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=17240 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr.eu) current affairs and politics Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=17240 ecfr.eu no no What are the arguments for establishing a European Monetary Fund? Ulrike Guerot of ECFR's Berlin office outlines the arguments for establishing a European Monetary Fund to help financially troubled Eurozone members greece,imf,berlin,frankfurt,euro,economic,collapse,economy,recession,credit,crunch 00:05:08 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=17185 nicholas.walton@ecfr.eu (ecfr.eu) current affairs and politics Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://ecfr.podhoster.com/index.php?sid=2501&pid=17185 ecfr.eu no no Why the election of a pro-Russian president in Ukraine may be good for the EU Andrew Wilson talks about his new policy brief for ECFR, 'Dealing with Yanukovych's Ukraine', and explains why the election of a pro-Russian president in Ukraine may be a good thing for the EU 00:07:05 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=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=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=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