Welcome to ECFR’s special limited podcast series, in which we bring you the most pressing items on Germany’s foreign policy to-do list for its new government!

In our first episode, we'll discuss climate policy: Whoever wins the election, the next German government must approach climate action more systematically and in a more sustained fashion. Moreover, how well the newly elected Bundestag positions itself to implement and sustain a coherent climate agenda will depend in large part on its composition and leading figures. But how should the new government really go about this? What are concrete next steps to be taken?

Read about the issue on https://ecfr.eu/article/flash-in-the-pan-flooding-in-germany-and-the-politics-of-climate/

Lead time: How Germany should move on from Merkel | Climate Policy

Lead time: How Germany should move on from Merkel | China Policy

Welcome to ECFR’s special limited podcast series, in which we bring you the most pressing items on Germany’s foreign policy to-do list for its new government!
Episode 2 – China Policy 
In our second episode, we'll discuss Germany’s approach to China. It has become clear that even if Germans remain interested in defending the status quo of the Merkel years, it will be increasingly hard to maintain their current level of prosperity – and security – without charting a new course on China. Policy adjustments will, therefore, be necessary. And it seems like if the Green party is part of a new government, Germany is also likely to be ready to chart a new course. But how should the next German government concretely shape its China policy, and its approach to the Indo-Pacific?
Read about the issue in the recent commentary by Janka Oertel: https://ecfr.eu/article/the-china-factor-in-the-german-election/

Lead time: How Germany should move on from Merkel | China Policy

In our third episode, we’ll discuss Germany’s approach to economic sovereignty and threats of economic coercion. Even though, this should be mainly viewed as a European task, Germany – as the EU’s powerhouse – should take a central role in protecting Europe from economic coercion. As part of its renewal of German (economic) policies, the new government in Berlin will therefore need to take decisive steps in strengthening Europe’s resilience. 

Read about the issue in the recent commentary by Jonathan Hackenbroich: https://ecfr.eu/article/four-ways-the-new-german-government-can-strengthen-european-trade-against-economic-coercion/

Lead time: How Germany should move on from Merkel | Economic Coercion

In our fourth and last episode, we’ll discuss how Germany should tackle digitalisation and tech innovation. As this area had been somewhat neglected during the Merkel years, the new government should buckle up, shoulder this massive task and really start shaping its own and EU efforts on tech sovereignty.

Find out more about our tech sovereignty work: https://ecfr.eu/category/digital/

Find all our recommendations for the next German government here: https://ecfr.eu/topic/german-election-2021/

Lead time: How Germany should move on from Merkel | Tech

Many Europeans see the war in Ukraine as an attack on the ‘rules-based order’. 
But to many people in other parts of the world, there is no consensus on a set of rules to govern global affairs – and no sense of order.  

In this mini-series, Mark Leonard will go on an intellectual tour of the world talking to key thinkers about how order is being defined by different powers.  
He explores how the clash between these different notions plays into the big shocks facing the world – from climate change and future pandemics to geopolitical struggles and technological disasters – and what this means for national and global politics.
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In this first episode, Leonard is joined by Rana Mitter, vice-president of the British Academy and professor of the history and politics of modern China at the University of Oxford, to talk about the Chinese understanding of order. How are economic inequalities and covid-19 challenging Chinese stability? What is the role of multilateralism in the international system? And finally, how do narratives of the past shape understandings of ‘order’ today?

Bookshelf
•“China’s Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism” by Rana Mitter
• “Is the Growing Pessimism About China Warranted?” (2016) ChinaFile Conversation
• “In the Name of the People” (2017) TV series

The Clash of Orders with Rana Mitter on China

This podcast was recorded on 23 November 2022, one day before the Urumqi apartment fire, which was followed by nationwide protests against the zero-covid policy in China.
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China is becoming ever more important to global affairs. But the covid-19 pandemic, as well as political and geopolitical challenges, mean that Europeans’ ability to engage with Chinese thinkers and understand their views and ideas about the world has diminished. In this mini-series, Mark Leonard and Janka Oertel will try to change that by engaging in conversations with some of the best Chinese academics, researchers, writers, and journalists on diverse topics in Chinese internal debates that matter most to Europeans.
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In the first episode, the hosts are joined by Wang Jisi, the founding president of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies at Peking University and one of the world’s most prominent scholars on US-China relations. Together, we will learn about China’s understanding of global order and the recent developments in the geopolitical landscape with a focus on US-China. What can we take away from China’s stance at the G20 summit? What is to come for US-China relations going forward? And finally, what do the outcomes of the 20th Party Congress mean for Europe and the world?

In:Sight China with Wang Jisi

Face aux politiques protectionnistes, notamment des Etats-Unis et de la Chine, la défense de notre souveraineté implique-t-elle le retour d’un certain patriotisme économique ? Quel modèle de souveraineté française et européenne devons-nous favoriser ? 

Intervenants : 
Edouard Bourcieu, représentant de la Commission Européenne en France et en Belgique pour les questions commerciales 
Bertrand Le Meur, directeur-adjoint des Affaires internationales, stratégiques et technologiques au secrétariat général de la Défense et de la Sécurité Nationale (SGDSN)
Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut, ambassadeur d’Allemagne en France 
Tara Varma, directrice du Bureau de Paris et Policy Fellow - European Council onForeign Relations (ECFR)

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Souveraineté : le retour du patriotisme économique ? - Episode 2

Europa wciąż poszukuje swojego miejsca w geopolitycznej układance i mierzy się z kwestią suwerenności państw członkowskich.

O unijnych dylematach opowiadają nam były premier Finlandii Alexander Stubb, polski minister do spraw Unii Europejskiej Konrad Szymański, szef Europejskiej Rady Spraw Zagranicznych Mark Leonard i Patrycja Sasnal z Polskiego Instytutu Spraw Międzynarodowych.

Rozmowy prowadzą Agnieszka Smoleńska, szefowa działu europejskiego w Polityce Insight i Piotr Buras, dyrektor biura ECFR w Warszawie.

Zapraszamy do słuchania.

Więcej informacji o konferencji Ryzyka i Trendy znajdziecie Państwo na stronie www.ryzykaitrendy.pl i w mediach społecznościowych Polityki Insight.

Czy Polska może być suwerenna w suwerennej Europie | Ryzyka i Trendy

Moderator : Mehmet Uğur Ekinci, SETA
Speakers :  Isa Blumi, Stockholm University 
Erhan Türbedar, Independent Analyst 
Engjellushe Morina, ECFR 
Leon Malazogu, Former Ambassador
The coalition led by the Vetëvendosje Movement (LVV) won the snap parliamentary elections in Kosovo on 14 February 2021 with a landslide victory. With its leftist, progressive, and anti-establishment stance, the LVV has long advocated for sweeping reforms for political and economic stability. As to foreign affairs, the party has adopted a nationalistic discourse regarding Kosovo’s relations with its neighbors and international actors. While its unprecedented electoral support shows the high expectations from the LVV, the prospective government will have to deal with serious issues such as the country’s longstanding socio-economic problems and its unresolved international status.

What are the historical and socio-political processes that led to the rise of the LVV and its victory in the latest elections? What will be domestic and foreign policy priorities of the prospective government in Kosovo? What are the wider implications of the election results against the backdrop of international politics today?

A web panel organized by SETA Foreign Policy Directorate will seek answers for the questions above and more. The event will take place on 25 February 2021, at 16:30 (Ankara time) with participation of Dr. Isa Blumi, associate professor of Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies at Stockholm University,  Leon Malazogu, former ambassador of Kosovo to Japan, Dr. Erhan Türbedar, independent analyst and former senior political advisor at the Regional Cooperation Council, and Engjellushe Morina, senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations.

Assessing Kosovo’s Election Results: What to Expect Next?

Weekly podcast on the events, policies and ideas that will shape the world.

World in 30 minutes is curated by Mark Leonard, Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), and features top-level speakers from across the EU and beyond to debate and discuss Europe’s role in the world. It was awarded “Best podcasts on EU politics” by PolicyLab in 2019.

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