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

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

ECFR's Tara Varma speaks to Sylvie Kauffmann, Editorial Director of Le Monde, and Radha Kumar, Director of the Delhi Policy Group, about India's relations with Russia and the EU.

http://www.ecfr.eu/what_does_india_think/

Picture: Flickr/Ville Miettinen 

What does India think? - Interview with experts

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

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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What does India think? - Interview with experts

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