EPISODE · Jul 18, 2019 · 34 MIN
Europe's Eastern Neighbourhood: Ukraine and Moldova
from Mark Leonard's World in 30 Minutes
Standing in for regular host Mark Leonard, Anthony Dworkin, senior policy fellow at ECFR, looks at Europe's Eastern neighbourhood and interaction with Russia. He is joined by Kurt Volker, executive director of the McCain Institute and US special representative for the Ukraine negotiations, and Nicu Popescu, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Moldova and former head of the Wider Europe program at ECFR. They look at the conflicts in Ukraine and Moldova, what the Ukrainians might learn from the Moldovans, and what role there is for Europe in the region.The podcast was recorded on Tuesday, 25 June, 2019, at the side-lines of ECFR’s Annual Council Meeting in Lisbon.Bookshelf •The Perfect Kill: 21 Laws for Assassins by Robert Baerhttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/315835/the-perfect-kill-by-robert-b-baer/ •A Little War That Shook the World by Ronald Asmushttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B0033SA54M/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 •1984 by George Orwellhttps://www.hmhco.com/shop/books/1984/9781328869333PictureUS Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker at President Zelensky's inauguration, on May 20th 2019. Photo by the Presidential Administration of Ukraine. Retrieved from https://www.president.gov.ua/photos/urochisti-zahodi-z-nagodi-skladennya-prisyagi-prezidentom-uk-2905. [CCA 4.0 international] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Standing in for regular host Mark Leonard, Anthony Dworkin, senior policy fellow at ECFR, looks at Europe's Eastern neighbourhood and interaction with Russia. He is joined by Kurt Volker, executive director of the McCain Institute and US special representative for the Ukraine negotiations, and Nicu Popescu, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Moldova and former head of the Wider Europe program at ECFR. They look at the conflicts in Ukraine and Moldova, what the Ukrainians might learn from the Moldovans, and what role there is for Europe in the region.The podcast was recorded on Tuesday, 25 June, 2019, at the side-lines of ECFR’s Annual Council Meeting in Lisbon.Bookshelf •The Perfect Kill: 21 Laws for Assassins by Robert Baerhttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/315835/the-perfect-kill-by-robert-b-baer/ •A Little War That Shook the World by Ronald Asmushttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B0033SA54M/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 •1984 by George Orwellhttps://www.hmhco.com/shop/books/1984/9781328869333PictureUS Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker at President Zelensky's inauguration, on May 20th 2019. Photo by the Presidential Administration of Ukraine. Retrieved from https://www.president.gov.ua/photos/urochisti-zahodi-z-nagodi-skladennya-prisyagi-prezidentom-uk-2905. [CCA 4.0 international] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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