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Paul Adamson in conversation — 266 episodes

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'The Owned Continent - How to Free Europe from American Military, Economic and Cultural Dependence'

2

Key Priorities of Ireland's Upcoming Presidency of the EU

3

Making the Case for the UK to Rejoin the EU

4

'Surviving Chaos - Geopolitics When The Rules Fail'

5

'Braver New World: The Countries Daring To Do Things Others Won't'

6

"The Sherpa: Memoirs of a Diplomat at the Forefront of History"

7

Intergenerational Fairness in EU Policy Making

8

Assessing Trump's Grip On Power

9

Reimagining Europe

10

The EU in the Changing World Order

11

Europe's Main Challenges in 2026

12

France's Position in Europe's New Geopolitics

13

Europe and the War in Ukraine

14

World trade, transatlantic relations and the EU-UK 'Reset'

15

The New Power Dynamics in the European Parliament

16

The Case for Reforming the European Commission's Civil Service

17

Europe's Strategic Future

18

Europe and the New World Trade Order

19

Britain's misreading of the 'European project'

20

'How to Save the Internet'

21

Keir Starmer and his First Year in Office

22

'Time Bomb: When Ageing Explodes'

23

The Rapidly Evolving EU Media Scene in Brussels

24

Poland's New Politics and Driving the EU's Competitiveness Agenda

25

EU-UK relations post Summit, the European Parliament and the EU's new 'deregulatory' agenda and Ireland's 2026 presidency of the EU

26

Understanding Donald Trump's Second Presidency

27

The UK in a Changing Europe

28

An Emerging New World Order

29

Germany and the Defence of Europe

30

Europe's New Defence Challenges

31

'The Divorce of Nations'

32

Repairing Britain's International Reputation

33

New challenges and new leadership in the EU

34

'The Tech Coup - How To Save Democracy From Silicon Valley'

35

Analysing Trump's victory one month on

36

Does the UK now have to choose between the EU and the U.S.?

37

The rise of the hard right in Europe and the impact of Trump's election victory

38

Inside No 10 and Britain's standing in the world post Brexit

39

The U.S. Presidential Election and the Future of Transatlantic Relations

40

Germany's influence in the EU, new Commissioner hearings and the future of EU-UK relations

41

Competitiveness and the new European Commission

42

Analysing Viktor Orbán

43

'Good Chaps - How Corrupt Politicians Broke Our Law and Institutions - And What We Can Do About It'

44

21st century trade unionism and engagement with a Labour Government and the European Union

45

Disinformation in the EP elections and dealing with Hungary

46

Understanding Emmanuel Macron

47

Brussels vs Big Tech

48

'This Time No Mistakes - How To Remake Britain'

49

EU Sanctions and Russia

50

Understanding Keir Starmer

51

Deciphering this year's U.S. presidential elections

52

'20 Cars That Defined The 20th Century'

53

The likely rightward shift in June's European Parliament elections

54

Europe's major challenges in 2024

55

Putin and the War in Ukraine

56

The Labour Party and Rebuilding Trust with the EU

57

'Beyond Britannia - Reshaping UK Foreign Policy'

58

Holding the 'geo-political' European Commission to account

59

'Digital Empires: The Global Battle To Regulate Technology'

60

Labour's election prospects and its evolving stance on EU-UK relations

61

Inside the UN General Assembly

62

'What Went Wrong With Brexit - And What We Can Do About It'

63

'This Is Europe - The Way We Live Now'

64

Britain's future relations with the European Union

65

'Global Discord: Values and Power in a Fractured World Order'

66

Making the case for inclusive patriotism

67

Understanding Germany's changing role in the world

68

'The Conservative Party After Brexit'

69

'Inside The Deal: How The EU Got Brexit Done'

70

'Politics: A Survivor's Guide'

71

UK science, Horizon Europe and speaking out about Brexit

72

Reflections on UK and US politics

73

'Qatargate' and the reputation of the European Parliament

74

'And Then What?: Inside Stories of 21st-Century Diplomacy'

75

Prospects for UK-EU relations in 2023

76

"What Just Happened? Despatches from Turbulent Times"

77

The Conservative Party, Europe and Britain's place in the world

78

The new urgency in EU energy policy

79

The EU's new challenges

80

'Unmasking our Leaders'

81

The catastrophic impact of Brexit on the creative sector

82

How Liz Truss has lost trust

83

Making US tech companies pay for 5G roll out and curbing Chinese tech industry influence

84

'The Escape Artist'

85

Oxford and Britain's political elite

86

Britain's standing - and positioning - in the world

87

The undoing of the Northern Ireland Protocol

88

Forging global collaboration in the digital sphere

89

Transatlantic relations, the war in Ukraine and the future of Europe

90

Taking the pulse of UK-EU relations

91

The British Labour Party and 'Europe'

92

The EU's Digital Decade, the Recovery Fund and the war in Ukraine

93

Technology and the war in Ukraine

94

'The Worm in the Apple'

95

Media, politics and life after the FT

96

'The Gift of a Radio: My Childhood and other Train Wrecks'

97

'The Age of Unpeace'

98

The French presidential elections, France's influence in the EU, and the current state of transatlantic relations

99

'The Raging 2020s'

100

Poland's regime, transatlantic relations and the EU's approach to China

101

Germany and the EU after Merkel

102

Europe's handling of the pandemic

103

Finding opportunity in the twenty-first century

104

The fabrication of inter-generational warfare

105

'How to be A Liberal'

106

'The Prime Ministers We Never Had'

107

"Anthro-Vision - How Anthropology Can Explain Business and Life"

108

The growing influence of cities and spending priorities for the EU Recovery Fund

109

"Hard Choices - What Britain Does Next"

110

Making a success of EU foreign and security policy

111

'The Brussels Effect - How the EU rules the world'

112

EU-UK relations post Brexit and the rise of the Green Party in Germany

113

The growth of serious and organised crime in Europe

114

Executing the EU Recovery Plan and implementing the Northern Ireland Protocol

115

EU and UK foreign and security policy after Brexit

116

The fight for equality

117

Democracy in Europe

118

The new realities of the transatlantic relationship

119

'Britain Alone'

120

Geopolitics in 2021

121

Reflecting on 2020 and on the Future of Europe

122

A Brexit stocktake

123

The compelling case for immigration

124

The cost of vaccine nationalism

125

'Brexitland'

126

Harnessing globalisation and international collaboration for the greater good

127

Politically Homeless: thoughts on the Labour Party and political satire

128

Point of View - Advocating with user generated content

129

Covid-19 in marginalised groups: learning from lived experiences

130

Covid-19: addressing the impact on workers in the informal economy

131

Responses to the pandemic and learnings for the future

132

'Collateral Damage'

133

Foreign policy and security challenges in the 2020s

134

"The Economics of Belonging"

135

Analysing the EU's current in-tray

136

Angela Merkel and Germany's leadership in the EU

137

Crafting a UK immigration policy post Brexit

138

Italy, Europe and the EU Recovery Fund

139

Europe's place in the world, transatlantic relations and the US presidential elections

140

"Angrynomics"

141

Assessing the UK stance in the Brexit talks

142

Moving up a gear in the Brexit talks

143

Understanding Emmanuel Macron

144

Rebuilding the transatlantic relationship

145

Challenges in forging EU foreign and security policy

146

Making the business voice heard after Brexit

147

No more business as usual after the Coronavirus

148

Europe needs a massive fiscal stimulus in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic

149

The coronavirus and its political and economic impact in Europe

150

'Brexiternity', Labour's leadership and Europe's new progressives

151

European public opinion 30 years after the fall of Communism

152

Implementing Brexit Phase I and the upcoming tensions in Phase II

153

Data protection and the global impact of GDPR

154

Making coalitions in a fragmented European Parliament

155

The politics of Brexit Phase II

156

The UK's uneven membership of the EU

157

The societal impact of 5G

158

UK foreign and security policy post-Brexit

159

Brexit, the greening of trade deals and the weaponisation of trade

160

The world's new demagogues and authoritarians

161

'Exodus, Reckoning, Sacrifice: Three Meanings of Brexit'

162

The future of EU-UK relations

163

Data privacy, the tech industry and Congressional oversight

164

Brexit, US relations and the EU's place in the world

165

What has the UK ever done for the EU?: Robert Madelin

166

Boris Johnson, Brussels journalist - and euroscepticism

167

Boris Johnson's Brexit strategy

168

What has the UK ever done for the EU?: Frans van Daele

169

What has the UK ever done for the EU?: Anand Menon

170

The true meaning of a 'No Deal Brexit'

171

The European Parliament elections and gender balance in the EU's top jobs

172

"Paradise Lost: Europe in the world of Trump"

173

Surmounting barriers for women to run for political office

174

Confronting the EU's new realities

175

Europe's leaders and crisis politics

176

Ireland's handling of Brexit

177

The EU27's reaction to latest Brexit developments

178

Responding to the growing 'techlash'

179

Extending Article 50 to clinch a deal

180

Lessons from the US mid-terms for the 2020 presidential election

181

Advances in tackling cancer

182

GDPR compliance and digital ethics

183

The beginning of the Brexit endgame

184

Latest European attitudes to Donald Trump and the United States

185

The danger of a No Deal Brexit

186

The current state of Brexit

187

Europe's research, science and innovation potential

188

Changes in the energy sector 2018-2050

189

The quest for legitimacy in central banking and the regulatory state

190

The spread of 'truth decay' in the United States and Europe

191

Trump, transatlantic and 'The Quantum Spy'

192

The future of European agriculture, Brexit and the Good Friday Agreement

193

Britain's young generation against Brexit

194

Stress testing the transatlantic relationship

195

Italy's new political landscape

196

A global ban on animal testing

197

Communicating and reporting 'Europe'

198

Inequality, social mobility and Brexit

199

A second Brexit referendum

200

Defending and promoting values

201

Understanding Donald Trump

202

The transatlantic dimension of Brexit

203

The new challenges as the Brexit talks move to Phase 2

204

Brexit, Ireland and renewing the remain campaign

205

The new world of EU public affairs

206

Germany's re-assessment of Europe and transatlantic relations

207

Europe's crises and the fate of the west

208

How to stop Brexit

209

Brexit and Ireland

210

Challenges and opportunities of the Estonian presidency of the EU

211

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

212

Lobbying for change

213

Taking the pulse of the Brexit negotiations

214

The EU27's growing impatience with the UK over Brexit

215

Macron and the Future of Europe

216

Post-Brexit public opinion in Europe

217

Borders, Brexit and the new UK government/DUP agreement

218

The future of the EU without the UK

219

The new politics of Brexit

220

Humour and EU politics

221

The contribution of EU immigration to the UK economy

222

The conduct of the Article 50 negotiations

223

Paying the UK's EU divorce bill

224

The Remain campaign's errors, the Labour Party and immigration, and Theresa May's hardening stance on Brexit

225

Defence and Security after Brexit

226

Fighting the UK-EU referendum campaign

227

Trump, trade and a new transatlantic agenda

228

Growth, Brexit, trade and inequality

229

Transparency and the Brexit negotiations

230

The UK's pre Brexit negotiation with the EU

231

In search of a Brexit transitional deal

232

Preparing for the new data protection regime

233

The inherent inconsistencies of Brexit

234

The future of EU trade deals

235

The innovation illusion

236

The future of smart cities

237

The fragmentation of Europe

238

A new continental partnership for the UK and EU

239

Theresa May, the Brexiteers and looking for a strategy

240

Defending the role of experts in society

241

Transatlantic relations and the future of NATO post Brexit

242

Brexit, Article 50 and beyond

243

Why the UK voted the way it did

244

Science in policy making and spurring disruptive innovation

245

Media coverage of the UK referendum

246

Juncker's political European Commission

247

Security, terrorism, technology ... and Brexit

248

The evolving role of the European Parliament

249

The EU and the media

250

Transparency and anti-corruption

251

Migration in Europe: not new, not temporary

252

EU-US challenges and tensions

253

Changes, referendum, drugs

254

How (not) to talk about Europe

255

Merkel's power in Germany and Europe

256

Europe's current challenges

257

UK-EU polling update

258

Migrants, Refugees, Europe

259

Investing in Europe

260

David Cameron and the EU

261

Innovation in Europe

262

Labour and the referendum campaign

263

The digital single market

264

Transatlantic relations

265

UK public opinion on the EU

266

The UK referendum on the EU