{"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":"Trump strikes Iran","slug":"trump-strikes-iran","published_at":"2026-03-01T16:33:24+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mark-leonard-s-world-in-30-minutes-162427/trump-strikes-iran","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mark-leonard-s-world-in-30-minutes-162427","url":"https://shows.acast.com/ecfr/episodes/trump-strikes-iran","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/65b12b49ff5af10016347961/e/69a46a5547697ac803026f98/media.mp3","summary":"In this emergency episode, Mark Leonard is joined by Ellie Geranmayeh , deputy director of ECFR’s Middle East and North Africa programme, Jeremy Shapiro, ECFR’s research director, and Cinzia Bianco , ECFR visiting fellow, to discuss the dramatic escalation following a massive joint US–Israeli military operation against Iran’s leadership and military infrastructure. What are Trump’s war aims and does he really seek regime change? Could Iran’s political system survive this shock, or is deeper transformation underway? How are Gulf states reacting as they find themselves on the front line? And with Europe largely sidelined so far, what role could or should Europeans play in preventing further escalation? This emergency episode was recorded on Sunday afternoon, 2pm UK time, as events continue to unfold. Trump’s strikes on Iran are an illegal war of choice—and Europeans should say so by Ellie Geranmayeh Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In this emergency episode, Mark Leonard is joined by Ellie Geranmayeh , deputy director of ECFR’s Middle East and North Africa programme, Jeremy Shapiro,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2012,"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/trump-strikes-iran/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/trump-strikes-iran.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}