{"podcast":{"title":"Mark Leonard's World in 30 Minutes","slug":"mark-leonard-s-world-in-30-minutes-162427","podcast_index_feed_id":162427,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/65b12b49ff5af10016347961","website_url":"https://ecfr.eu","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/65b12b49ff5af10016347961/show-cover.jpg","author":"Mark Leonard's World in 30 Minutes","episode_count":644,"summary":"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.Member of the EuroPod network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T22:17:44.278533+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mark-leonard-s-world-in-30-minutes-162427"},"episode":{"title":"The world in 2026","slug":"the-world-in-2026","published_at":"2026-01-09T13:13:04+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mark-leonard-s-world-in-30-minutes-162427/the-world-in-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mark-leonard-s-world-in-30-minutes-162427","url":"https://shows.acast.com/ecfr/episodes/europes-challenges-in-2026","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/65b12b49ff5af10016347961/e/6960c498ac62c39dbe525789/media.mp3","summary":"Following on from January 2nd’s prediction episode, Mark Leonard hosts Julien Barnes-Dacey , ECFR’s Middle East programme director, Alex Vines , ECFR’s Africa programme director, Andrew Small , ECFR’s Asia programme director, and Jana Kobzová , co-director of ECFR’s European Security programme, to discuss what challenges Europe should focus on in 2026.   How will global politics shift in 2026? Will we finally see an end to the war in Ukraine? How are the ongoing protests in Iran affecting the likelihood of an Israeli attack? What’s next for the Gaza peace deal? What are the major points of conflict that will shape Africa this year? And will Europeans finally confront China’s growing influence?   Bookshelf The War Came to Us: Life and Death in Ukraine  by Christopher Miller Indignity: A Life Reimagined  by Lea Ypi Transformed by the People: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s Road to Power in Syria  by Patrick Haenni and Jerome Drevon Sahel: The Perfect Storm by Morten Bøås China’s Economy: Rightsizing 2025, Looking Ahead to 2026  by Daniel H. Rosen, Logan Wright, Oliver Melton and Jeremy Smith (Rhodium Group)   This podcast was recorded on January 8th 2026 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Following on from January 2nd’s prediction episode, Mark Leonard hosts Julien Barnes-Dacey , ECFR’s Middle East programme director, Alex Vines , ECFR’s Af…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1660,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mark-leonard-s-world-in-30-minutes-162427/episodes/the-world-in-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mark-leonard-s-world-in-30-minutes-162427/the-world-in-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}