Short interviews and comments by our experts and others on breaking news and key topics from the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) - the first pan-European think-tank. Launched in October 2007, our objective is to conduct research and promote informed debate across Europe on the development of coherent and effective European values-based foreign policy.Listen also to Mark Leonard's The World in 30 Minutes, our weekly series in which we explore the big issues in foreign policy: https://soundcloud.com/ecfr<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Short interviews and comments by our experts and others on breaking news and key topics from the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) - the first pan-European think-tank. Launched in October 2007, our objective is to conduct research and promote informed debate across Europe on the development of coherent and effective European values-based foreign policy.Listen also to Mark Leonard's The World in 30 Minutes, our weekly series in which we explore the big issues in foreign policy: https://soundcloud.com/ecfr<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Recent Episodes
May 13, 2026
Moldova: The EU frontrunner outrunning Russia
<p>Moldova is often held up as an EU enlargement success story. Beneath the reform headlines lies a country shaped by decades of economic pressure, Russian interference—and politics driven as much by survival as ideology.</p><br><p><strong>Jessica Hendrick</strong> speaks with <strong>Dumitru Alaiba</strong>, Moldova’s former deputy prime minister and minister of economic development and digitalisation, and <strong>Maia Machavariani</strong>, director of programmes at the Eastern European Centre for Multiparty Democracy working on the RE-ENGAGE project. Alaiba argues that Moldova is proof that “Russia can lose” after its repeated failed attempts to derail the country’s European trajectory. At the same time, RE-ENGAGE research reveals a gap: Moldovans still trust informal networks more than the state itself.</p><br><p>Drawing on this, and Alaiba’s experience governing through war, energy blackmail, inflation and political destabilisation, Jessica, Maia and Dumitru discuss Moldova’s “final divorce from Moscow”, the stakes behind this weekend’s local election and what Moldova’s chairing of the Council of Europe reveals about Europe’s wider battle against disinformation and democratic backsliding.</p><br><p>Why did Russia fail to derail Moldova’s recent election? What happens when citizens trust personal networks more than state institutions? And can EU-backed reforms build long-term democratic resilience in the country?</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
April 2, 2026
Eastern Europe’s breaking point: When crises collide and the EU hesitates
<p><strong>Jessica Hendrick</strong> welcomes <strong>Sophie Gueudet</strong>, research fellow at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies working on the RE-ENGAGE project, and <strong>Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze</strong>, Ukrainian member of parliament and chair of the Parliamentary Committee on EU Integration to explore how external crises and internal fractures—from oil price surges triggered by the Iran conflict to Hungary’s veto politics inside the EU—are testing paths to accession.</p><br><p>Drawing on RE-ENGAGE’s four-scenario framework, the conversation examines whether Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine are moving toward deeper integration, or drifting into fragmentation and uncertainty.</p><br><p>Jessica, Sophie and Ms. Klympush-Tsintsadze explore how energy shocks, political divisions and stalled EU decision-making are reshaping regional trust, resilience and strategic direction. As pressures mount, the credibility of the enlargement process—and the EU’s role as a geopolitical anchor—is being called into question.</p><br><p>What signals should Europe be watching for to understand where the region is heading? At what point do repeated crises stop being temporary disruptions and start reshaping the system itself? And if trust in the EU’s enlargement process erodes, who—or what—steps in to fill that gap?</p><br><p><strong>Further reading:</strong></p><p><a href="https://re-engaging.eu/pathways-to-the-east-pathways-to-the-west-four-scenarios-of-eastern-europe-in-2035/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RE-ENGAGE Eastern Europe Strategic Forecast</a></p><p><a href="https://re-engaging.eu/trust-and-social-cohesion-in-georgias-path-to-europe/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RE-ENGAGE country case study on Georgia</a></p><p><a href="https://re-engaging.eu/eus-democracy-promotion-in-the-republic-of-moldova/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RE-ENGAGE country case study on Moldova</a></p><br><p><strong>This podcast was recorded on March 30th 2026.</strong></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
February 26, 2026
Yemen: Between Gulf tensions and Iran war clouds
<p>Yemen is once again in a shifting geopolitical landscape: amid the increasing risk of military conflict between the US and Iran, rising tensions between the UAE and Saudi Arabia, and mounting instability across the Red Sea. In this episode of the WOMENP podcast, ECFR visiting fellow <strong>Cinzia Bianco</strong> welcomes <strong>Yasmeen Al-Eryani</strong>, co-executive director, knowledge production at the Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies and <strong>Maysaa Shuja al-Deen</strong>, senior researcher at the Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies. </p><br><p>Together, they unpack what these developments mean for Yemen’s fragile political trajectory and wider regional security, and their key implications for Europe. The discussion explores how mounting instability can be contained and what the international community can do to strengthen legitimate governance structures in Yemen—thereby reviving a credible political process. </p><br><p>Listen to all past episodes of the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fecfr.eu%2Fpodcast-series%2Fwomenp%2F&data=05%7C02%7CJihye.Yoo%40ecfr.eu%7C5ad46bb614d74d6a4f7d08de738635a1%7C70d29c8fa8684fa69817fd7e08f16663%7C0%7C0%7C639075217503005163%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ZevCAD53cGdAXSmzkZfu%2Bk19q9uPBIjjxGzSiOeVlhE%3D&reserved=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">WOMENP series</a>. </p><br><p>This podcast was recorded on February 25th 2026. </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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