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Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Unpacking Europe: Rearming Europe for deterrenceOn this week’s Unpacking Europe podcast the CER’s deputy director Ian Bond sat down with Armida van Rij a senior research fellow at the CER and Michael Martin Richter UK country director at the Hanns Seidel Foundation to discuss the themes of the new paper ‘Rearming Europe for Deterrence’, available here: https://buff.ly/rwfLU1S
They took a detailed look the security threats to Europe, the increase in defence budgets and how this spending can be best utilised to increase Europe's capabilities.
They discussed what Europe can do to prepare to defend itself, what lessons can be learnt f...
2026-06-1033 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER Podcast: Unpacking Europe: Will 2026 be the year to reset the reset?On this week’s Unpacking Europe podcast, the CER’s deputy director Ian Bond sat down with Anton Spisak, a senior research fellow at the CER, and Jannike Wachowiak, a researcher at the UK in a Changing Europe, to discuss how things stand in the EU-UK relationship and if 2026 will be the year to reset the reset?
They also discussed the prospects for the future of the relationship, including the Labour party’s red lines, its pledges to improve the Trade and Co-operation Agreement and its policies on economic growth and European defence procurement .
2026-02-1124 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER Podcast: Unpacking Europe: The causes of the rise of populismOn this week’s Centre for European Reform podcast, CER's Zselyke Csaky sat down with Ben Ansell of Oxford University and John Springford of the CER to discuss the causes of populism's rise in Europe.
They discussed the relationship between immigration, trade and populism, and whether moderate politicians would be better off challenging or accommodating voters attracted by populist messaging.
2025-11-0526 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER Podcast: Can EU enlargement happen without reform?In this week's Centre for European Reform podcast Charles Grant, director at the CER, and Camino Mortera-Martinez, head of the CER's Brussels office, join senior research fellow Luigi Scazzieri to discuss the prospects for EU enlargement and institutional reform.
Produced by Octavia Hughes
Music by Edward Hipkins
2023-12-0622 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: The politics of China-US-EU trade: Pulling up the drawbridge?In this week's Centre for European Reform podcast Brad Setser, senior fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations, and the CER’s Sander Tordoir and John Springford discuss green tech industrial policy and ‘de-risking’ trade with China. They discuss the growing consensus between Europe and the US on China, as well as the ‘risks of de-risking’ – how challenging China might slide into protectionism and weaken competition. John and Sander’s paper on the effects of Chinese and American green tech subsidies on Europe can be read here:
https://www.cer.eu/publications/archive/policy-brief/2023/europe-american-chinese-green-tech
Produced by Octavia Hughes
Music by Edward Hipk
2023-06-2936 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: The implications of Russia’s war against UkraineIn this year’s final episode of the Centre for European Reform podcast, our researchers unpack the most significant event of the past year, Russia’s war on Ukraine. The CER’s experts analyse the impact of the war thus far and share their predictions for 2023. Ian Bond, director of foreign policy, evaluates Russia and Ukraine’s performance in the war and the Western response. Senior research fellow Luigi Scazzieri discusses the war’s impacts on European defence and enlargement. Elisabetta Cornago, senior research fellow, explains how the war has affected energy policy. Zach Meyers, senior research fellow, shares his views on t...
2022-12-1543 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Will the EU unblock Hungary’s funds?In this week’s episode of the CER podcast, Camino Mortera-Martinez, head of our Brussels office, and Sander Tordoir, senior economist at the CER, explain the escalating conflict between Hungary and the EU. They discuss the EU’s strategies for tackling democratic backsliding and corruption in Hungary, and cast light on the politics and economics of Hungary’s frozen EU funds.
Produced by Helmi Pillai and Rosie Giorgi
Music by Edward Hipkins
2022-11-3033 min
Centre for European Reform podcastAsk CER: Europe’s defence muscle, Russian-Western relations, CBDCs and the EU's green transition*Running order below*
In this week’s Centre for European Reform podcast, our media co-ordinator Rosie Giorgi put our listeners’ questions to the CER’s experts. She spoke to senior research fellows Zach Meyers, Luigi Scazzieri and Elisabetta Cornago, and the CER’s foreign policy director, Ian Bond.
They discussed what central bank digital currencies might look like in practice; how the EU measures up against its global defence peers; relations between Russia and the West in the post-Cold War years; how close we are to implementing an EU carbon border adjustment mechanism; and the inclusion of nuclear and gas energy i...
2022-07-1340 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Is Brexit to blame for Britain's economic woes?In this week's Centre for European Reform podcast, we considered the impact that Brexit has had on the UK economy so far. Our media co-ordinator Rosie Giorgi spoke to two economists: Thomas Sampson of the London School of Economics, and John Springford, the CER's deputy director. They discussed and compared their findings on how Brexit has affected UK goods trade and inflation, and John shared his latest research on how Brexit has impacted GDP, investment and services trade.
Read John's latest CER report: https://cer.eu/publications/archive/policy-brief/2022/cost-brexit-so-far
Music by Edward Hipkins
Produced by Rosie Giorgi
2022-06-1427 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Water scarcity: Libya's forgotten issueIn this week's CER podcast, our 2021-22 Clara Marina O'Donnell fellow Megan Ferrando spoke to Malak Altaeb, an environmental consultant and writer based in Paris. Megan recently published a CER paper about water insecurity in the Maghreb, and in this episode with Malak, takes a close look at the situation in Libya in particular. They discuss how the water landscape changed after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, the extent of the problem today, and what international actors like the EU can do to help.
02:02 - Why water security should be higher up the political agenda
05:32 - The link between...
2022-04-2226 min
Centre for European Reform podcastAsk CER - Episode 4: Phasing out Russian gas, UK-EU relations now and Hungary’s response to the warIn this week’s CER podcast, we answered your questions about EU policy and geopolitics.
Our media co-ordinator Rosie Giorgi was joined by senior research fellow Elisabetta Cornago, head of our Brussels office Camino Mortera-Martínez, and CER foreign policy director Ian Bond. They discussed the EU's attempts to free itself of its dependency on Russian gas, the UK-EU relationship following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and Viktor Orbán's response to the war.
01:38 - What the EU is doing to achieve energy independence from Russia
04:49 - Could these plans just entrench fossil fuel use?
07:44 - How could moving away from R...
2022-03-3020 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: The Russia-Ukraine crisis as seen from Kyiv and ParisIn this week's CER podcast on the Russia-Ukraine crisis, our foreign policy director Ian Bond is joined by Marie Dumoulin, a former French diplomat who now heads the Wider Europe programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations, and our former colleague Khrystyna Parandii, a political analyst in Kyiv and a Ukrainian citizen, who was the CER's Clara Marina O'Donnell fellow from 2019-20.
While it is not clear whether Russia is really withdrawing troops or if an invasion of Ukraine is still imminent, Ian, Khrystyna and Marie discuss the mood in Kyiv and the Ukrainian government’s approach to the cr...
2022-02-1628 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Do states need to use more economic coercion to drive climate action?This week’s CER podcast features speakers from our recent economics conference on ‘The politics of climate change’ at Ditchley Park.
Panellists included Suzi Kerr of the Environmental Defence Fund, the European Commission’s Arianna Vanini, Beata Javorcik of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the World Bank’s Stéphane Hallegate, whose remarks we included in the first half of this episode. They spoke about whether we needed tougher measures against laggard countries in the fight against climate change. They also discussed whether carbon border adjustment mechanisms would work, and how developing countries could be brought on board.
In...
2022-02-0433 min
Centre for European Reform podcastAsk CER episode 2: Europe's climate challenges, the EU's recovery fund & the latest on Nord Stream 2This week’s CER podcast is the second episode in our ‘Ask CER’ series, where our researchers answer questions that our listeners have asked. Our media co-ordinator and host Rosie Giorgi speaks to foreign policy director Ian Bond, research fellow Elisabetta Cornago and deputy director John Springford. They consider the EU’s climate action policies; where its recovery fund has been a success and where it has fallen short; and transatlantic relations under Biden and in the context of Nord Stream 2.
Music by Edward Hipkins
Produced by Rosie Giorgi
2021-11-1230 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Europe's gas crisis heats upIn this week’s Centre for European Reform podcast, our chief economist Christian Odendahl is joined by CER’s director of foreign policy, Ian Bond, and research fellows Elisabetta Cornago and Zach Meyers. They consider Europe’s current gas crisis from three distinct yet interlinked angles: the role of climate change, the European gas market and its regulation, and the geopolitical impact of energy shortages and price increases.
Music by Edward Hipkins
Produced by Rosie Giorgi
2021-10-1431 min
Centre for European Reform podcastAsk CER - Episode 1: EU integration, democratic backsliding & UK financial services regulationFor our new ‘Ask CER’ podcast, we asked listeners to write in with whatever they wanted to know about the EU, Britain and the world, so that our experts could do their best to answer. In the first episode of the series, CER media co-ordinator Rosie Giorgi is joined by our director, Charles Grant, senior research fellow Camino Mortera-Martinez and research fellow Zach Meyers. Charles, Camino and Zach answer your questions on European integration and defence, the EU’s challenge in upholding the rule of law and what Brexit means for UK financial services and payments regulations.
Music by Edward Hipkin...
2021-09-2938 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: German foreign and security policy after the electionIn this week's podcast, CER research fellow Luigi Scazzieri speaks to Claudia Major, head of International Security at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), and Sophia Besch, CER senior research fellow. They discuss the forthcoming federal election and its implications for German foreign, security and defence policy, including Germany's relationship with the US and China.
Music by Edward Hipkins
Produced by Rosie Giorgi
2021-09-1032 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Why the 1991 Moscow coup still resonatesThe attempted coup against Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991 failed, but today’s Russian regime owes more to the plotters than their democratic opponents. In this CER podcast episode, Ian Bond, our director of foreign policy, speaks to Georgetown University's Angela Stent and Igor Yurgens of Moscow's Institute for Contemporary Development, to discuss the lessons the West should draw from the event.
Music by Edward Hipkins
Produced by Rosie Giorgi
2021-08-1857 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: The EU's climate action plan for 2030: What's inside the Fit for 55 package?Last week the European Commission presented its Fit for 55 policy package, setting out its new policies and the reforms it will undertake to meet the EU's 2030 climate goals. These include the reform and expansion of the emissions trading scheme, the creation of a carbon border adjustment mechanism, the revision of renewable energy and energy efficiency directives and the tightening of vehicle emissions standards. In this week's CER podcast, senior research fellow Sam Lowe speaks to our research fellow Elisabetta Cornago, who shares her thoughts on what Fit for 55 could mean for EU and international climate action going forward.
Music by...
2021-07-2222 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: How well will the UK's European diplomatic strategy work?In this week's podcast, our director of foreign policy Ian Bond speaks to CER research fellow Luigi Scazzieri and Georgina Wright of the Institut Montaigne in Paris. Luigi recently published a paper on EU-UK diplomatic co-operation, and in this episode he, Georgina and Ian consider the ways in which both parties can continue to work together in foreign and security policy, in the absence of a formal agreement.
Music by Edward Hipkins
Produced by Rosie Giorgi
2021-07-0934 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Frans Timmermans on the EU and climateThis week European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans spoke at a CER event on the EU’s new carbon border adjustment mechanism, the Commission’s plans for reform of the emissions trading scheme, and prospects for COP26. In this CER podcast episode, we provide you with an edited version of his remarks, with commentary from the CER’s John Springford and Elisabetta Cornago. They discuss how the reforms might work and the stumbling blocks the Commission faces.
Music by Edward Hipkins
Produced by Rosie Giorgi
2021-06-2531 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Joe Biden's bridge-building European tourThis week's CER podcast looks ahead to Joe Biden's trip to Europe, where he will meet Boris Johnson and the Queen, before taking part in the G7, NATO and EU-US summits and later meeting Vladimir Putin. Our director of foreign policy Ian Bond speaks to Rosa Balfour, director of Carnegie Europe, and Andrea Kendall-Taylor, senior fellow and director of the transatlantic security program at the Center for a New American Security, to discuss the prospects for the transatlantic relationship under the Biden administration.
Music by Edward Hipkins
Produced by Rosie Giorgi
2021-06-1138 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Political repression in Belarus and what the West can do about itPolitical repression in Belarus has been evident for many years, with opposition leaders disappearing in the late 1990s and many other government critics being persecuted or detained since then; the brutal suppression of popular protests last summer after President Alexander Lukashenko's improbable re-election; and most recently, the forced diversion and landing of a plane travelling from Athens to Vilnius, which carried the Belarusian journalist and telegram blogger Roman Protasevich and his girlfriend, who have subsequently been arrested. In this week's CER podcast, our director of foreign policy, Ian Bond, speaks to Katia Glod, non-resident fellow at Washington's Centre for European...
2021-05-2831 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: How can Europe decarbonise road transport without sparking backlash?In this week's CER podcast, Sam Lowe speaks our new research fellow, Elisabetta Cornago, who is based in Brussels and joins us having previously worked at the OECD and the International Energy Agency. They discuss her areas of expertise (energy and climate policy from an economics perspective), her recent CER publication on Europe's attempts to decarbonise road transport and how this could be possible in practice without causing socio-political backlash.
Music by Edward Hipkins
Produced by Rosie Giorgi
2021-05-2121 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: The EU’s plans for Big TechIn this week's CER podcast, Camino Mortera-Martínez chats to our new research fellow Zach Meyers. Zach joins Camino from London to discuss one of Europe’s hottest topics: what to do with Big Tech. Zach also talks about his background as a competition lawyer with a focus on regulated markets, why he joined the CER and what he will be working on in the next few months (scoop: a lot of digital).
Music by Edward Hipkins
Produced by Rosie Giorgi
2021-05-1022 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Russia and Ukraine: A worsening crisis?Seven years after Russia illegally annexed Crimea, conflict between Russia and Ukraine has resurged, with Putin deploying Russian regular forces along Ukraine's eastern border. In this podcast episode, the CER's director Charles Grant speaks to Ian Bond, our director of foreign policy, and Orysia Lutsevych, research fellow and manager of the Ukraine Forum at Chatham House, about what Putin's endgame could be and how Ukraine and its Western allies should respond.
Music by Edward Hipkins
Produced by Rosie Giorgi
2021-04-2332 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Europe needs a new approach to the SahelIn this week's CER podcast, Ian Bond, our Director of Foreign Policy, speaks to Abdoul Salam Bello, Alternate Executive Director at the World Bank and non-resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Africa Centre, and our 2020-21 Clara Marina O'Donnell fellow, Katherine Pye about the situation in the Sahel region of Africa. Katherine recently published a CER policy brief, 'The Sahel: Europe's forever war?', which considered the escalating conflict there and Europe's involvement in it. This podcast episode expands on her paper, and she and Abdoul Salam discuss the issues driving the various conflicts and what national and global...
2021-04-0933 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Britain after the pandemicIn this week's CER podcast, our deputy director John Springford speaks to Jonathan Portes, Professor of Economics at King's College London and senior fellow at UK in a Changing Europe. They discuss the links between pre-COVID austerity and the UK's poor pandemic outcomes, the outlook for recovery and the future of migration now that the UK has left the EU.
Music by Edward Hipkins
Produced by Rosie Giorgi
2021-03-2526 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: The politics of vaccines in EuropeIn this week's podcast episode, our deputy director John Springford speaks to Tomáš Valášek, Member of Slovak Parliament and former CER foreign policy director, who recently resigned from his position as chair of the European affairs committee over Bratislava’s decision to purchase the Russian Sputnik vaccine. Our senior research fellow Camino Mortera-Martínez and chief economist Christian Odendahl bring their views from EU capitals. They discuss the EU's shortcomings in rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine, and the impact this is having on European solidarity and domestic politics in Slovakia, Spain and beyond.
Music by Edward Hipkins
Produced by Rosie G
2021-03-1138 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: What does Draghi's new government mean for Italy and Europe?In the latest CER podcast, our Clara Marina O'Donnell fellow Katherine Pye speaks to Nathalie Tocci, Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali and Special Advisor to EU High Representative Josep Borrell, and our research fellow Luigi Scazzieri. They discuss what Italy's new government, led by Mario Draghi, means for Italy and Europe.
Music by Edward Hipkins
Produced by Rosie Giorgi
2021-02-2424 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Roaring twenties? Prospects for the economic recoveryIn the latest CER podcast episode, our chief economist Christian Odendahl is joined by Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, chief economist at the French Treasury, and our deputy director John Springford. They discuss the outlook for Europe's recovery and whether the EU recovery fund will stop it from petering out.
Music by Edward Hipkins
Produced by Rosie Giorgi
2021-02-1028 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: What next for post-Merkel Germany?In this week's podcast episode, the CER's chief economist Christian Odendahl speaks to Laura Krause, Germany director of the social research start-up More in Common, as well as Sophia Besch, a senior research fellow at the CER. They discuss the recent election of new CDU party leader Armin Laschet and the forthcoming federal election in September, as well as what both events could have in store for German domestic and foreign policy in the future.
Music by Edward Hipkins
Produced by Rosie Giorgi
2021-01-2024 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: The future UK-EU relationshipIn the first CER podcast of 2021, CER Clara Marina O'Donnell fellow Katherine Pye speaks to the CER's director Charles Grant, senior research fellow and trade expert Sam Lowe and RUSI chair David Lidington. They discuss the substance of the UK-EU TCA which was concluded on Christmas Eve, what we can expect from the future UK-EU relationship.
Music by Edward Hipkins
Produced by Rosie Giorgi
2021-01-1321 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER end of year podcast: Reflecting on 2020As 2020 draws to a close, the CER's director Charles Grant, chief economist Christian Odendahl and senior research fellow Camino Mortera-Martinez look back at the year from their respective vantage points in London, Berlin and Brussels. They discuss the biggest events of the year such as the pandemic and recovery fund, respect for the rule of law within the EU and the Brexit process. They also look ahead to the forthcoming year, discussing Angela Merkel's possible successors, the transatlantic relationship and China.
Produced by Rosie Giorgi
Music by Edward Hipkins
2020-12-1828 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Can the EU bring its neighbouring countries further into its orbit?This week's CER podcast is the final episode in the series from the CER's annual economics conference, usually hosted at Ditchley Park but this year held as a webinar series.
The podcast features event speakers, Sergei Guriev of Sciences Po, Beata Javorcik of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan of the University of Maryland and Abebe Aemro Selassie of the International Monetary Fund. They discussed the EU’s relations with its neighbours including Russia, Eastern Europe, Turkey, the Western Balkans and sub-Saharan Africa, identifying common themes, challenges and lessons.
Katherine Pye, the CER's current Clara Marina O'Do...
2020-12-1033 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Can the EU use trade and investment policies to advance its strategic goals?This week's CER podcast is the fourth of five episodes on the CER's annual economics conference, usually hosted at Ditchley Park but this year held as a webinar series.
The podcast features Caroline Freund of the World Bank, Anu Bradford of Columbia University, Gabriel Felbermayr of the Kiel Institute of the World Economy, and Alan Beattie of the Financial Times.
John Springford, CER's deputy director, also speaks to Soumaya Keynes, The Economist's trade and globalisation editor, about US trade policy and the Biden administration’s approach towards China.
Produced by Rosie Giorgi
Music by Edward Hipkins
2020-12-0334 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Is Europe falling behind technologically?This week's CER podcast is the third of five episodes released in conjunction with the CER's annual economics conference, usually hosted at Ditchley Park but this year held as a webinar series. Christian Odendahl, CER's chief economist, speaks to Stephanie Flanders, head of Bloomberg Economics, about Europe position in the worldwide tech race, the merits of Europen competition policy and Europe’s ability to drive up standards in the digital world.
They also discuss the comments from event speakers Hal Varian, Google's Chief Economist, Monika Schnitzer, Economics Professor at LMU in Munich, Thomas Philippon, Finance Professor at NYU Stern School of...
2020-11-2530 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: How should the EU approach China?This week's CER podcast is the second of five episodes released in conjunction with the CER's annual economics conference, usually hosted at Ditchley Park but this year held as a webinar series. Sophia Besch, senior research fellow at the CER, speaks to Sir John Sawers, former diplomat and head of MI6 and now senior adviser at Chatham House and executive chairman at Newbridge Advisory, about his thoughts on the triangular relationship between Europe, the US and China.
They also discuss the comments from event speakers Manuel Muñiz Villa, Secretary of State for Global Spain, Jean Pisani-Ferry, Professor at the E...
2020-11-1831 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: The global recovery from the pandemic: How can we get it right this time?This week's CER podcast is the first of five episodes released in conjunction with the CER's annual economics conference, usually hosted at Ditchley Park but this year held as a webinar series. The CER's chief economist Christian Odendahl speaks to Megan Greene, senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, about her thoughts on the post-COVID global recovery. They also discuss the comments from event speakers Olivier Blanchard, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Catherine L Mann, global chief economist at Citi; Elina Ribakova, deputy chief economist at the Institute of International Finance; and Maarten Verwey, the European Commission's Director-General for economic...
2020-11-1127 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Biden vs Trump: America's choice matters to EuropeIn this week's podcast episode, Ian Bond, the CER's director of foreign policy, speaks about the forthcoming US election with Sir Nigel Sheinwald, former British Ambassador to the US, Kori Schake, director of foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute and Rachel Ellehuus, deputy director and senior fellow with the Europe program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. They discuss what a second Trump term or a Biden administration would mean for Europe in terms of transatlantic trade and foreign and defence policy, as well as what the transition process from Trump to Biden would...
2020-10-2830 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Europe, the US and China: A love-hate triangle?This week's podcast accompanies the launch of the CER policy brief 'Europe, the US and China: A love-hate triangle?', which examines the complex triangular relations between Europe, Beijing and Washington, and considers both what the EU can do to reduce the risks of a China-US conflict, and what it should do to protect its own interests against pressure from both sides.
Leonard Schuette, researcher at the University of Maastricht and former Clara Marina O'Donnell Fellow at the CER speaks to Yu Jie, senior research fellow on China in the Asia-Pacific Programme at Chatham House, as well as fellow co-authors...
2020-10-1426 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Brexit, the Internal Market Bill and the prospects for a dealIn this podcast episode, CER director Charles Grant and Catherine Barnard, professor of EU law at Cambridge University and senior fellow at UK in a Changing Europe discuss the controversial Internal Market Bill, its impact on the UK and the likelihood of a UK-EU trade deal.
Produced by Rosie Giorgi
Music by Edward Hipkins
2020-10-0931 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER/OSEPI podcast: The new migration pact: A "fresh start" or more of the same?The European Commission has unveiled its much-awaited ‘new migration pact’. But just how much of it is new? Will the EU finally agree on a common migration policy?
In this podcast episode, CER senior research fellow Camino Mortera-Martínez and Giulia Laganà, senior analyst at the Open Society European Policy Institute, discuss the Commission's latest proposals and look beyond the headlines to legal migration, the EU budget and farming reforms.
Produced by Rosie Giorgi
Music by Edward Hipkins
2020-09-2833 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Tensions rising between Turkey and EU in Eastern MediterraneanPresident Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s regional ambitions and push for control of gas resources in Eastern Mediterranean have put Turkey on a collision course with the European Union. Dangerous military incidents involving Turkey, Greece and France have raised the risk of conflict. EU member-states have been split on how best to manage relations with Ankara – France wants a tougher stance while Germany is urging caution. But the more Turkey continues its current course of action the likelier it is that the EU will shift towards imposing economic sanctions. CER research fellow and regional expert Luigi Scazzieri discusses the latest devel...
2020-09-0319 min
Reality Check with Jeanne AllenSpecial Back-to-School ACTION Series Edition: 'What Parents Want'Back to School season is usually filled with hope and promise and excitement over another milestone. But this year, Covid has created disruptions in how we do school and many districts and schools still have not finalized their opening plans. While stories abound about parents and their travails, few are asking the big question – What do parents want? Covering that question and more on this special edition of Reality Check are Colleen Dippel, Founder and CEO of Families Empowered (familiesempowered.org), Houston, TX, Janelle Wood, Founder, Black Mothers Forum (blackmothersforums.com)and Microschool Partnership, South Phoenix, AZ, and Keri Rodrigues, Co...
2020-08-1800 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: The EU's increasingly troubled relationship with ChinaGrowing economic tensions, COVID-19, cyber attacks, disinformation, intellectual property theft, a security clamp down in Hong Kong, treatment of the Uyghurs, and restrictions on Huawei: the CER’s director Charles Grant and director of foreign policy Ian Bond examine Europe’s increasingly troubled relationship with China.
2020-07-2933 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: The EU’s €750 billion question: How should the COVID-19 recovery fund be spent?European Union leaders will meet in Brussels on July 17-18 to discuss plans for a new recovery fund and long-term budget to help Europe bounce back from the COVID-19 crisis. The CER’s chief economist Christian Odendahl and deputy director John Springford discuss how the EU should spend the money.
2020-07-0122 min
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2020-06-3006 min
Reality Check with Jeanne AllenLearning Keeps GoingKevin P. Chavous, President of Academics, Policy, and Schools at K12, Inc., joins CER ACTION Series Webinars to talk about how his company is responding to students’ and families’ needs in this critical time for education, how educators and advocates in the space can support substantive changes for good in their own systems, and what we can expect in the future for schools across the country. Listen on for more! If you like what you heard, join CER for the next episode in the ACTION Series on June 2: edreform.com/covid-action/events
2020-05-2800 min
Reality Check with Jeanne AllenSpecial Release: The Future of SchoolThis episode is a segment of the third CER ACTION series webinar that took place on April 21, with ASU Digital Prep CEO Julie Young, who joined Jeanne along with hundreds of listeners from all over to discuss her work in virtual education, now, in this serious time of global pandemic, and, for her students, during the regular schoolyear. If you want to know more about The Future of School, visit & bookmark edreform.com, follow us on Twitter @edreform, and don’t miss upcoming CER webinars, events and resources you can use right now! Hope to see you there. Stay safe, an...
2020-04-2900 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Brexit bulletin specialIn this special Brexit episode of the CER podcast, Charles Grant explains why the CER is still needed after Brexit; Sam Lowe discusses the future of UK-EU trade; and Ian Bond explores the fate of UK foreign policy.
2020-01-2917 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Democracy and the rule of law in the EUIan Bond and Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska talk to Beth Oppenheim about the decline in respect for the rule of law across the European Union, and discuss possible remedies. Find their policy brief here: https://www.cer.eu/publications/archive/policy-brief/2020/democracy-and-rule-law-failing-partnership
2020-01-2224 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Reviewing 2019CER researchers review the year 2019, and discuss what to expect in 2020. The conversation spans the future UK-EU relationship; the fraying of the transatlantic link; China; the state of Franco-German relations; and the EU economy.
2019-12-1828 min
Reality Check with Jeanne AllenStaying Competitive in the Global Knowledge MarketplaceGSV Founder and CER Vice Chair Michael Moe joins Reality Check for Episode 71 this week to discuss the future of learning; new advances that are rapidly changing the workplace and the classroom alike, “How we get people the skills, the knowledge, the connectivity” to thrive in the 21st century,” and breakthrough alternative ways that people are learning and sharing ideas today. Listen for more on the role of data and information in shaping the global knowledge economy, why both China and AI should be on the U.S. ed and tech world radar screens, and how traditional education will continue to be...
2019-09-1600 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: European Parliament elections specialBeth Oppenheim talks to the CER's experts about the upcoming European Parliament elections. Ian Bond, Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska, Charles Grant, Camino Mortera-Martinez, Luigi Scazzieri and Leonard Schuette brief listeners on the key member-states, as well as the EU institutions in Brussels.
2019-05-2034 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Europe after BrexitSophia Besch asks Ian Bond to reflect on the CER's 2016 predictions about the effect of Brexit on future EU policy. How do they stand up now, on the eve of the UK’s departure?
2019-03-2714 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER Bulletin podcast: Trumpian foreign policy; Europe's economic slowdown; populism in SpainIn this CER Bulletin podcast, CER researchers brief podcast listeners on three of the most important topics for Europe this month.
2019-02-0917 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: CER researchers review the year 2018CER podcast: CER researchers review the year 2018 by Centre for European Reform (CER)
2018-12-1228 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER Bulletin podcast: China and the EU; fighting disinformationIn this CER Bulletin podcast, CER researchers brief podcast listeners on two of the most important topics for Europe this month.
2018-12-0512 min
Reality Check with Jeanne AllenGovernor Jeb BushA lawmaker, advocate, businessman, and even celebrity (he did a cameo on the Emmy’s in 2016), Governor Jeb Bush has done it all! But what makes him most compelling is his command of the most important issue of our day -- education. Jeb -- as he’s often known -- is also Honorary Chair of the CER Summit on October 26th in Miami, Fla. (For more info, visit www.edreform.com.) In this Episode 42 of Reality Check with Jeanne, Governor Bush discusses what it takes to make all lives better -- and why innovation in all of education is essential.
2018-10-2000 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER event audio: CER 20th birthday party, LondonSpeeches by the host, the Ambassador of Spain, HE Mr Carlos Bastarreche; CER director Charles Grant; and the keynote speaker, the Rt Hon David Lidington MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office.
2018-10-1525 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER Bulletin podcast: Singapore-on-Thames; the Western Balkans; ItalyIn the CER Bulletin podcast, CER researchers brief podcast listeners on three of the most important topics for Europe this month.
2018-09-2817 min
Reality Check with Jeanne AllenJonathan Hage, Charter Schools USAAs founder of Charter Schools USA, Jon Hage drove education management innovation -- and is one of 8 outstanding honorees to be awarded for their work at CER’s 25th Silver Anniversary Summit on October 25-26 this year. But his extensive experience as a businessman and executive, philanthropist and trusted advisor to U.S. administrations on education make his story that much more compelling and this week’s Episode 37 of Reality Check episode a must-listen. From his service in the U.S. Army to his creation of CSUSA, Jon Hage’s life and career have been dedicated to service, leadership, and creating sy...
2018-09-1400 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER event podcast: CER/KAS Conference on 'Plugging in the British: Completing the circuit'Three panels of experts gathered to discuss the new CER/KAS policy brief, ‘Plugging in the British: Completing the Circuit’ at the Royal United Services Institute. In the first session, Camino Mortera-Martinez, Yvette Cooper MP, Claude Moraes MEP and Peter Storr address justice and home affairs after Brexit, chaired by Charles Grant. In the second session, Ian Bond, Rosa Balfour, Simon Fraser, Paul Johnston and Nick Westcott discuss future UK-EU foreign policy and development cooperation, chaired by Felix Dane. In the final session, Sophia Besch, Paul Everitt, Kori Schake and Julie Smith debate military and defence industrial relations after Brexit, chai...
2018-07-112h 05
Centre for European Reform podcastCER event audio: CER/KAS conference on 'Plugging in the British: Completing the circuit'CER event audio: CER/KAS conference on 'Plugging in the British: Completing the circuit' by Centre for European Reform (CER)
2018-07-054h 11
Centre for European Reform podcastCER Bulletin podcast: Transatlantic relationship; Brexit & financial services; UK-EU defenceIn the CER Bulletin podcast, CER researchers brief podcast listeners on three of the most important topics for Europe this month.
2018-06-1412 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER Bulletin podcast: EU reform; Brexit and foreign policy; Europe and cyber securityIn the CER Bulletin podcast, CER researchers brief podcast listeners on three of the most important topics for Europe this month.
2018-04-1117 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Security after BrexitCER podcast: Security after Brexit by Centre for European Reform (CER)
2018-03-1415 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER event audio: CER/DGAP launch of 'Can EU funds promote the rule of law in Europe?'Launch of CER policy brief 'Can EU funds promote the rule of law in Europe?' by Jasna Šelih with Ian Bond and Carl Dolan. Hosted by the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) in Berlin.
Speakers:
Franziska Brantner, Spokeswomen on European Policy for Bündnis 90/Die Grünen
Carl Dolan, Director, Transparency International EU
Heather Grabbe, Director, Open Society European Policy Institute
Milan Nič, Senior Fellow, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)
Chair: Jana Puglierin, Head of the Alfred von Oppenheim Center for European Policy Studies, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)
2018-03-0252 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER Bulletin podcast: Trade post Brexit; EU vs Poland; Trump's foreign policyIn the CER Bulletin podcast, CER researchers brief podcast listeners on three of the most important topics for Europe this month.
2018-01-2416 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER event audio: London launch of 'Ulster's fight, Ulster's rights?'Launch of CER policy brief 'Ulster's fight, Ulster's rights? Brexit, Northern Ireland and the threat to British-Irish relations' by Edward Burke, hosted by the Embassy of Ireland in London.
Speakers:
Edward Burke, Assistant Professor in International Relations, University of Nottingham
Caoilfhionn Gallagher QC, Barrister, Doughty Street Chambers
Chair: Carolyn Quinn, Presenter, The Westminster Hour, BBC
2017-12-0639 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Should we learn to live with a nuclear North Korea?CER podcast: Should we learn to live with a nuclear North Korea? by Centre for European Reform (CER)
2017-10-2509 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER event audio: Dominic Grieve MP speaks at the CER fringe event at #CPC17Dominic Grieve, MP for Beaconsfield speaks to the CER fringe event at the Conservative party conference: 'How to handle Brexit'
2017-10-0311 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER event audio: Konrad Szymański speaks at the CER fringe event at #CPC17Konrad Szymański, Secretary of State for European Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland speaks at the CER fringe event at the Conservative party conference: 'How to handle Brexit'.
2017-10-0311 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER event audio: Andrea Leadsom MP speaks at the CER fringe event at #CPC17Andrea Leadsom, MP for South Northamptonshire, Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons speaks at CER fringe event at the Conservative party conference: 'How to handle Brexit'
2017-10-0309 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER event audio: Juliet Samuel of The Telegraph speaks at the CER fringe event at #CPC17Juliet Samuel, Columnist, The Telegraph speaks at the CER fringe event at the Conservative party conference: 'How to handle Brexit'.
2017-10-0309 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: EU values and interests in the age of TrumpCER podcast: EU values and interests in the age of Trump by Centre for European Reform (CER)
2017-09-2916 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Strategic co-operation and competition in the ArcticRecording at the CER's Arctic Bridge Summit in Finland, Sophia Besch talks to Elisabeth Braw and Ethan Corbin about security challenges in the Arctic and how Russia and Europe could co-operate in the region.
2017-05-3113 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Charles Grant on Theresa May's emerging Brexit dealDirector of the CER Charles Grant discusses the progress and the process of deciding the British position in Brexit negotiations, assesses the value of the UK’s ‘trump cards’ and explains why many European officials are pessimistic about finding a good agreement.
2017-03-0721 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: What free movement means to Europe and why it matters to BritainCamino Mortera-Martinez and Christian Odendahl discuss the politics and economics that underlie the different views of free movement in Britain and Europe, and asses how these differences will impact on Brexit negotiations.
Read more on this topic in their recent policy brief, available here: http://www.cer.org.uk/publications/archive/policy-brief/2017/what-free-movement-means-europe-and-why-it-matters-britain
2017-02-1610 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Kori Schake on Donald Trump and what he means for EuropeKori Schake, CER board member and research fellow at the Hoover Institution, talks to Sophia Besch about how European leaders should approach the Donald Trump presidency, the real checks and balances of the American political system, why she thinks sanctions against Russia will hold and why she is optimistic about Donald Trump at the NATO Summit.
2017-02-0922 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast series: The economics of populism, episode fiveIn this episode, Martin Sandbu and Christian Dustmann discuss 'How should governments respond to migration fears?'
In November 2016, the CER took more than 50 of Europe's top economists to Ditchley Park in Oxfordshire for a conference on 'The economics of populism’. This CER podcast series offers an insight into the discussions of that weekend.
2016-12-1608 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast series: The economics of populism, episode fourIn this episode, Marcel Fratzscher and Ryan Avent discuss ‘Is inequality behind the rise in populism?’
In November 2016, the CER took more than 50 of Europe's top economists to Ditchley Park in Oxfordshire for a conference on 'The economics of populism’. This CER podcast series offers an insight into the discussions of that weekend.
2016-12-0714 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast series: The economics of populism, episode threeIn this episode, Martin Hellwig and Agnès Bénassy-Quéré discuss ‘Has trade liberalisation and financial globalisation gone too far?’
In November 2016, the CER took more than 50 of Europe's top economists to Ditchley Park in Oxfordshire for a conference on 'The economics of populism’. This CER podcast series offers an insight into the discussions of that weekend.
2016-11-3010 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast series: The economics of populism, episode twoIn this episode, David Willetts and Nicholas Crafts discuss 'Was Brexit a rebellion against globalisation?'
In November 2016, the CER took more than 50 of Europe's top economists to Ditchley Park in Oxfordshire for a conference on 'The economics of populism’. This CER podcast series offers an insight into the discussions of that weekend.
2016-11-2512 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast series: The economics of populism, episode oneIn this episode, Barry Eichengreen and Martin Wolf discuss 'Are macro-economic policy failures behind the rise of populism?'
In November 2016, the CER took more than 50 of Europe's top economists to Ditchley Park in Oxfordshire for a conference on 'The economics of populism’. This CER podcast series offers an insight into the discussions of that weekend.
2016-11-1614 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Charles Grant and Jean Pisani-Ferry on UK-EU relations and the future of the EurozoneCharles Grant and Jean Pisani-Ferry discuss the chances of a ‘continental partnership’ between Britain and the EU post Brexit, as well as France’s position on the eurozone.
This podcast followed a private roundtable event at the CER with Jean Pisani-Ferry, Paul Tucker and Peter Mandelson on 'Post-Brexit, what should be the ties between the UK and the EU? Is a 'continental partnership' the right model?'
2016-10-2611 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: The rights of EU migrants in Britain after BrexitCER experts John Springford and Camino Mortera-Martinez assess the credibility, legality and practical feasibility of political proposals to restrict the rights of EU migrants in the UK.
2016-10-0716 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Charles Grant on negotiating Brexit – priorities on both sides of the channelSophia Besch talks to CER's director Charles Grant about Brexit red lines in Paris, Berlin and Brussels and a negotiation strategy for the British.
2016-10-0312 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Charles Grant and Nick Clegg on Brexit challengesCharles Grant talks to Nick Clegg MP about the challenges facing the EU-UK exit negotiations, after the launch of his second 'Brexit Challenge' report.
This podcast was recorded at a CER event with Nick Clegg and Peter Sutherland.
2016-09-0815 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: The EU referendum - a fact free debateCER podcast: The EU referendum - a fact free debate by Centre for European Reform (CER)
2016-06-2008 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: The impact of a Brexit on different British regionsJohn Springford explains the results from new research by the CER and Groningen University which shows that eurosceptic regions have the most to lose from a Brexit. He talks to Sophia Besch about euroscepticism and hostility to immigration in England’s regions outside of London and the South East – despite the fact that these regions sell more of their output to the EU.
2016-06-1307 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Debate on - Can Britain join Norway in the EEA?Could Britain end up in the EEA? The CER couldn't agree, so we decided to have a debate between CER director Charles Grant and senior research fellow John Springford.
2016-06-0910 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: EU capitals weigh in on the Brexit debateSophia Besch talks to her fellow CER colleagues Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska, Christian Odendahl, Camino Mortera-Martinez, Rem Korteweg, Paola Buonadonna and Shahin Valeee from the LSE, about how their home country's capitals view the Brexit debate in the UK.
2016-06-0223 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Five questions on the implications of a Brexit for EU institutionsIn the fourth episode of a series of podcasts on the implications of a Brexit for the EU, Sophia Besch talks to CER research fellow Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska.
2016-05-2409 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Five questions on the implications of Brexit for EU JHA policiesIn the third episode of a series of podcasts on the implications of a Brexit for the EU, Sophia Besch talks to CER's Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) research fellow Camino Mortera-Martinez.
2016-05-1813 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Five questions on the economic implications of a Brexit for the EUIn the second episode of a series of podcasts on the implications of a Brexit for the EU, Sophia Besch talks to CER's deputy director Simon Tilford.
2016-05-1308 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Five questions on the implications of a Brexit for the EUSophia Besch talks to CER director of foreign policy Ian Bond in the first episode.
2016-05-0410 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Emergency EU Turkey summitSophia Besch talks to the CER's JHA expert Camino Mortera-Martinez about the details of this week's migration summit deal and broader implications for the sustainability of Schengen.
2016-03-0917 min
Centre for European Reform podcastCER podcast: Cameron's EU dealCER's Sophia Besch talks to CER director Charles Grant and senior research fellow John Springford about their take on David Cameron's EU deal at the February EU summit.
Besch asks:
What were David Cameron’s objectives going into the negotiations, what were his wins for Britain last week and where did he have to make concessions?
How is this reform deal perceived in Brussels and in other European capitals?
What does this deal mean for Britain in Europe and for Cameron's goal to sway his own party towards staying In?
And finally, moving on from the Brussels deal, which issues wi...
2016-02-2214 min