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The Iran-Saudi deal and its impact
Last week, China helped broker an agreement between long-feuding Saudi Arabia and Iran to begin the process of normalising their relations. Both the …
2 years, 9 months ago
German foreign policy with Christoph Heusgen
This week, Mark Leonard welcomes Christoph Heusgen, longstanding foreign policy chief during the Merkel years and now chair of the Munich Security Co…
2 years, 10 months ago
James O’Brien on sanctions
A year into the war in Ukraine, economic sanctions remain the West’s strongest instrument against Russia. But the Russian economy has proven surprisi…
2 years, 10 months ago
The crisis of democratic capitalism with Martin Wolf
Some analysts argue that capitalism would work better without democracy, while others believe that democracy would be better off without capitalism –…
2 years, 10 months ago
United West, divided from the rest: Global public opinion one year into Russia’s war on Ukraine
A major new public opinion poll from ECFR indicates that, a year into Russia's war on Ukraine, the Western alliance is consolidating – but that there…
2 years, 10 months ago
Live from the Munich Security Conference: Where is world politics turning?
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine upended many Western leaders’ previous assumptions about security policy, warfare, and the international order. Mark Leo…
2 years, 10 months ago
How Putin created the most threatening regime in the world – with Michael Thumann
This week, Mark Leonard is joined by Michael Thumann, foreign affairs correspondent for the German weekly newspaper Die ZEIT, longtime expert on Russ…
2 years, 11 months ago
Agathe Demarais on sanctions as a foreign policy tool
Over the last decades, sanctions have become the West’s diplomatic tool par excellence. Faced with wars, humanitarian crises, and human rights violat…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Leopards are free!
On 25 January, after months of deliberation, Germany's chancellor Olaf Scholz announced he would send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine – and permit other c…
2 years, 11 months ago
Davos world: Alexander Stubb and Mark Leonard live from the WEF
This week’s episode comes to you all the way from the snowy peaks of Davos, Switzerland. Mark Leonard is joined by ECFR board member Alexander Stubb …
2 years, 11 months ago