Assessing the UK stance in the Brexit talks
Anand Menon, director of the 'UK in a Changing Europe' project, talks to Paul Adamson about the UK's stance in the Brexit talks.
May 28, 2020•25 min
Paul Adamson in conversation
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
Moving up a gear in the Brexit talks
The EU Ambassador to the UK, João Vale de Almeida, talks to Paul Adamson about the current state of the Brexit talks and the need for compromise to ensure an agreement by the end of the year.
May 21, 2020•26 min
Understanding Emmanuel Macron
Sophie Pedder, head of the Paris bureau of 'The Economist' and author of 'Révolution Française: Emmanuel Macron and the Quest to Reinvent a Nation', talks to Paul Adamson about Emmanuel Macron as a national, European and world leader.
May 14, 2020•27 min
Rebuilding the transatlantic relationship
Anthony Luzzatto Gardner, former U.S. Ambassador to the EU and author of 'Stars with Stripes: The Essential Partnership between the European Union and the United States', talks to Paul Adamson about the current state of the transatlantic relationship and Joe Biden's presidential campaign.
May 05, 2020•22 min
Challenges in forging EU foreign and security policy
Christian Leffler, former Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service, talks to Paul Adamson about the creation of the EEAS and challenges in forging EU foreign and security policy.
Apr 28, 2020•33 min
Making the business voice heard after Brexit
Daniel Dalton, CEO of the British Chamber of Commerce to the EU and Belgium (and a former MEP), talks to Paul Adamson about the ways that British and non-British companies can get their voices heard post Brexit.
Apr 23, 2020•20 min
No more business as usual after the Coronavirus
Will Hutton, Principal of Hertford College, Oxford, co-chair of The Purposeful Company and columnist for The Observer, talks to Paul Adamson about the societal and economic impact of the Coronavirus in the UK.
Apr 16, 2020•22 min
Europe needs a massive fiscal stimulus in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic
Erik Jones, Director of European and Eurasian Studies and Professor of International Political Economy at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins in Bologna, talks to Paul Adamson about ways to give Europe a massive fiscal stimulus to overcome the coronavirus crisis.
Apr 09, 2020•20 min
The coronavirus and its political and economic impact in Europe
Mujtaba Rahman, Managing Director for Europe at the Eurasia Group, talks to Paul Adamson about the coronavirus and its political and economic impact in Europe.
Mar 11, 2020•21 min
'Brexiternity', Labour's leadership and Europe's new progressives
Denis MacShane, former Europe Minister under Tony Blair and author of 'Brexiternity', talks to Paul Adamson about his new book, the Labour Party leadership and Europe's new progressives.
Mar 04, 2020•22 min
European public opinion 30 years after the fall of Communism
Jacob Poushter, Associate Director, Global Attitudes at the Pew Research Center, talks to Paul Adamson, about pan-European attitudes towards democracy and market economies thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Feb 26, 2020•14 min
Implementing Brexit Phase I and the upcoming tensions in Phase II
Catherine Barnard, Professor of EU Law and Employment Law at Trinity College, Cambridge, talks to Paul Adamson about the issues surrounding the implementation of Brexit Phase I and the upcoming tensions in the Phase II negotiations.
Feb 17, 2020•20 min
Data protection and the global impact of GDPR
The new European Data Protection Supervisor, Wojciech Wiewórowski, talks to Paul Adamson about compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation, its global influence and data protection 'adequacy' in the Brexit Phase II talks.
Feb 11, 2020•21 min
Making coalitions in a fragmented European Parliament
Eva Maydell, a Member of the European Parliament in the centre-right European People's Party, talks to Paul Adamson about working in a sometimes 'chaotic' European Parliament and the need for the EU institutions to make more of an effort to speak with one voice.
Feb 05, 2020•20 min
The politics of Brexit Phase II
George Parker, Political Editor of the Financial Times, talks to Paul Adamson about how the UK government is handling Phase II of the Brexit negotiations.
Jan 28, 2020•15 min
The UK's uneven membership of the EU
Martin Westlake, author of 'Slipping Loose: the UK's long drift away from the European Union' talks to Paul Adamson about the various trends over the years leading, or pushing, the UK away from full membership of the European Union.
Dec 18, 2019•19 min
The societal impact of 5G
The physicist and science journalist, Ranga Yogeshwar, talks to Paul Adamson about the societal impact of 5G.
Dec 04, 2019•26 min
UK foreign and security policy post-Brexit
Professor Amelia Hadfield, head of the Department of Politics and Director of the Centre for Britain and Europe at the University of Surrey, talks to Paul Adamson about UK foreign and security policy post-Brexit.
Nov 24, 2019•20 min
Brexit, the greening of trade deals and the weaponisation of trade
Sam Lowe, senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform, talks to Paul Adamson about the Boris Johnson Brexit deal, level playing fields, the greening of the trade agenda, and the weaponisation of trade.
Nov 01, 2019•25 min
The world's new demagogues and authoritarians
Michael Peel, the European Diplomatic Correspondent for the Financial Times, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'The Fabulists: The World's New Rulers, Their Myths and the Struggle Against Them'.
Oct 17, 2019•23 min
'Exodus, Reckoning, Sacrifice: Three Meanings of Brexit'
Kalypso Nicolaidis, Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford, talks to Paul Adamson about her new book 'Exodus, Reckoning, Sacrifice; Three Meanings of Brexit'.
Oct 10, 2019•21 min
The future of EU-UK relations
John Peet, Political and Brexit Editor at The Economist, talks to Paul Adamson about the future of EU-UK relations as the official Brexit deadline looms.
Oct 03, 2019•10 min
Data privacy, the tech industry and Congressional oversight
Senator Marsha Blackburn, Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee Tech Task Force, talks to Paul Adamson about data privacy in the U.S. and the broader responsibilities tech companies now face.
Sep 24, 2019•13 min
Brexit, US relations and the EU's place in the world
David Miliband, CEO of the International Rescue Committee, talks to Paul Adamson about Brexit, the Labour Party's position, US relations and the EU's place in the world.
Sep 16, 2019•21 min
What has the UK ever done for the EU?: Robert Madelin
Robert Madelin, international chairman of Fipra and former Director General at the European Commission, talks to Paul Adamson in our occasional series 'What has the UK ever done for the EU?'
Sep 02, 2019•17 min
Boris Johnson, Brussels journalist - and euroscepticism
Geoff Meade, former Europe editor of the Press Association, talks to Paul Adamson about his encounters with Boris Johnson then a young reporter in Brussels.
Aug 07, 2019•18 min
Boris Johnson's Brexit strategy
Stephen Fidler, UK and Brexit editor at the Wall Street Journal, talks to Paul Adamson about the new Conservative government in the UK and Boris Johnson's Brexit strategy.
Aug 01, 2019•16 min
What has the UK ever done for the EU?: Frans van Daele
Frans van Daele, former Permanent Representative of Belgium to the European Union, Ambassador to the United States and to NATO, and chef de cabinet of Herman van Rompuy, the first President of the European Council, talks to Paul Adamson in the second of our occasional series 'What has the UK ever done for the EU?'
Jul 16, 2019•24 min
What has the UK ever done for the EU?: Anand Menon
Professor Anand Menon, Director of The UK in a Changing Europe project, based at King's College London, talks to Paul Adamson about the UK's contribution to the EU in the areas of the single market, enlargement and foreign policy.
Jul 09, 2019•20 min
The true meaning of a 'No Deal Brexit'
Jean-Claude Piris, head of the EU Council of Minister's Legal Service for 23 years, talks to Paul Adamson about the real meaning of a 'No Deal Brexit' and the prospects of an agreement between the UK and the EU27 under a new British premiership.
Jun 17, 2019•20 min
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