Podcast Episodes

The dog days of summer: Ukraine battles and diplomacy

Mark Leonard welcomes Jana Kobzova to break down the summer’s key developments in Russia’s war on Ukraine.

This week, ECFR’s director Mark Leonard returns to our regular programming after an eventful …

Published on 7 hours ago

The New Politics: Report from Washington

This week, ECFR director Mark Leonard concludes his deep-dive podcast series into the political universe of the “post-liberal revolution”. Throughout the series, Mark has interviewed prominent indivi…

Published on 1 week ago

The New Politics with Balázs Orbán

This week Mark Leonard is joined by Balázs Orbán, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán’s (no relation) political director since 2021. He is also chairman of the board at the Mathias Corvinus Collegi…

Published on 2 weeks ago

The New Politics with Hélène De Lauzun

This week Mark Leonard is joined by Hélène De Lauzun, Paris correspondent for the European Conservative and author of L'histoire de l'Autriche (The History of Austria), to discuss the historical root…

Published on 3 weeks ago

The New Politics with Gladden Pappin

In the second episode of ECFR’s summer mini-series on the “New Right”, Mark Leonard is joined by Gladden Pappin, president of the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs, co-founder and deputy e…

Published on 4 weeks ago

The new politics with Rod Dreher

This week Mark Leonard is joined by Rod Dreher, a visiting fellow and Network Project director at the Danube Institute in Budapest, and former senior editor at The American Conservative. Draher is al…

Published on 1 month ago

The new politics with Yoram Hazony

In the second episode of ECFR’s summer mini-series on the “New Right”, Mark Leonard is joined by Yoram Hazony, Israeli political scientist, president of the Herzl Institute in Jerusalem and chairman …

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

The new politics with Ivan Krastev

The re-election of President Donald Trump and the recent successes of right-wing parties across the world are posing a challenge to the established political order. With overwhelming evidence that we…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Democratic decay in Bulgaria

This week, Mark Leonard is joined by Vessela Tcherneva, deputy director of ECFR, and Maria Simeonova, head of ECFR’s Sofia office, to discuss the deteriorating political situation in Bulgaria. Bulgar…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Live from the Aspen Security Forum: America’s inward turn

This week, Mark Leonard is joined by Jeremy Shapiro, ECFR’s research director and head of its US programme, and Tom Wright, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Strobe Talbott Centre and form…

Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago