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Paul Adamson in conversation

Paul Adamsonencompass-europe.com
Hi. I’m Paul Adamson, the founder of Encompass, an online magazine about the European Union and its place in the world and, through also our podcasts and live events, a space for discussion and debate. These podcasts are me “in conversation with” personalities that I think have interesting things to say. They are deliberately informal and are designed to be illuminating as well as, hopefully, entertaining.
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Episodes

Understanding Donald Trump

David Rennie, Washington bureau chief of 'The Economist' and previous 'Lexington', 'Bagehot' and 'Charlemagne' correspondent, talks to Paul Adamson about how Europeans can better understand Donald Trump and how the UK government is seriously misunderstanding the feasibility of a US-UK trade deal.

Jan 09, 201816 min

The transatlantic dimension of Brexit

Charles Ries, Vice-President, International, RAND Corporation, talks to Paul Adamson about alternate forms of Brexit and their implications for the UK, the EU and the US.

Dec 14, 201715 min

The new challenges as the Brexit talks move to Phase 2

Mujtaba Rahman, Managing Director and Practice Head, Europe at the Eurasia Group, talks to Paul Adamson about the major new challenges that will face the UK as it embarks on Phase 2 of the Brexit talks.

Dec 07, 201726 min

Brexit, Ireland and renewing the remain campaign

Peter Mandelson talks to Paul Adamson about the urgency of solving the border issue between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in the Brexit talks and how a renewed Remain campaign has to focus its energies.

Nov 21, 201716 min

The new world of EU public affairs

Jason Descamps, founder and managing director of the executive search firm European Affairs Recruitment Specialists, talks to Paul Adamson about the changing world of European Union public affairs.

Nov 14, 201716 min

Germany's re-assessment of Europe and transatlantic relations

Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff, vice president at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and director of its Europe program, talks to Paul Adamson about German politics after last month's elections, Germany's influence in the European Union, and its re-assessment of transatlantic relations in the Trump era.

Nov 02, 201721 min

Europe's crises and the fate of the west

Bill Drozdiak, former editor and chief European correspondent of 'The Washington Post', talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'Fractured Continent: Europe's Crises and the Fate of the West'.

Oct 22, 201715 min

How to stop Brexit

Nick Clegg, former deputy prime minister of the UK and leader of the Liberal Democrat party, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'How to Stop Brexit'.

Oct 12, 201715 min

Brexit and Ireland

Tony Connelly, Europe editor of the Irish national broadcaster RTE, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book, 'Brexit and Ireland: the Dangers, the Opportunities, and the Inside Story of the Irish Response'.

Oct 02, 201720 min

The UK economy, the eurozone and Labour's new stance on Europe

Will Hutton, columnist for The Observer and The Guardian, principal of Hertford College, Oxford and chair of the Big Innovation Centre, talks to Paul Adamson, about the UK economy, the eurozone and the Labour Party's evolving stance on the EU and Brexit.

Sep 13, 201718 min

Lobbying for change

Alberto Alemanno, author of "Lobbying for Change" and co-founder of the Good Lobby, talks to Paul Adamson about citizen's lobbying.

Sep 04, 201720 min

Taking the pulse of the Brexit negotiations

Stephen Fidler, UK and Brexit editor of the The Wall Street Journal, talks to Paul Adamson about the current state of the Brexit negotiations as the third round of talks come to an end.

Aug 31, 201715 min

The EU27's growing impatience with the UK over Brexit

Jean-Claude Piris, former head of the Legal Service of the Council of Ministers and acknowledged expert on EU Treaties, talks to Paul Adamson about the EU27’s growing impatience with the UK over the Brexit negotiations.

Aug 17, 201713 min

Macron and the Future of Europe

Pierre Vimont, former senior French diplomat and senior fellow at Carnegie Europe, talks to Paul Adamson about the impact of the election of Emmanuel Macron on the future direction of the European Union.

Jul 16, 201727 min

Post-Brexit public opinion in Europe

Bruce Stokes, Director of Global Economic Attitudes at the Pew Research Center, talks to Paul Adamson about post-Brexit public opinion in Europe.

Jul 11, 201716 min

Borders, Brexit and the new UK government/DUP agreement

Jonathan Powell, chief of staff to prime minister of Tony Blair and chief British government negotiator on Northern Ireland 1997-2007, talks to Paul Adamson about the impact of Brexit on the border arrangements between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and the impact of the new political deal between the UK government and the Democratic Unionist Party.

Jul 01, 20179 min

The future of the EU without the UK

Carl Bildt, the former prime minister of Sweden, talks to Paul Adamson about the influence of the UK in the European Union and the future of the EU post Brexit.

Jun 24, 201711 min

The new politics of Brexit

George Parker, political editor of the Financial Times, talks to Paul Adamson about the new politics and prognostics of Brexit following the 8 June British General Election.

Jun 14, 201713 min

Humour and EU politics

The humourist and writer Geoff Meade, who was Europe Editor of the Press Association, talks to Paul Adamson about humour and EU politics.

Jun 11, 201720 min

Paying the UK's EU divorce bill

Alex Barker, Brussels bureau chief of the Financial Times, talks to Paul Adamson about the heated negotiations about to start about the UK's EU budget liabilities.

Apr 26, 201721 min

Defence and Security after Brexit

Alexandra Hall, Research Group Director, Defence, Security and Infrastructure, RAND Europe, talks to Paul Adamson about defence and security after Brexit.

Mar 20, 201714 min

Fighting the UK-EU referendum campaign

Sir Craig Oliver, former head of communications for David Cameron and now Senior Managing Director, Teneo Blue Rubicon, talks to Paul Adamson about the challenges fighting the UK-EU referendum campaign and the lessons learned.

Mar 15, 201720 min

Growth, Brexit, trade and inequality

Markus Beyrer, Director General of the leading European business association BusinessEurope, talks to Paul Adamson about growth, Brexit, trade and inequality.

Mar 08, 201727 min

The UK's pre Brexit negotiation with the EU

Jonathan Faull, former head of the European Commission's "UK referendum task force", talks to Paul Adamson about the UK's negotiation for a new settlement in its EU membership ahead of the referendum.

Jan 23, 201730 min
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