This episode examines the shifting landscape of Palestenian statehood as recognition spreads and new peace initiatives test the future of governance and diplomacy. Momentum around Palestinian self-determination is building. Following a landmark summit chaired by Saudi Arabia and France on the margins of last month's UN general Assembly, the UK formally recog ... Show More
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Trump 2.0, one year on – how are big powers and smaller states responding? Inside the Indo-Pacific power shift
A year into Trump’s second term, guests examine how India, China, Russia and other big powers are recalibrating strategies in a shifting global order.2026 has already been marked by significant geopolitical upheaval. US military intervention in Latin America points to a wider tre ... Show More
32m 22s
Jan 8
Davos 2026 – Is impact investing living up to its promise?
As global leaders gather in Davos later this month amid shrinking aid budgets and hardening geopolitical priorities, development finance is being recast through the language of investment – raising urgent questions about who shapes this new model, who carries the risk, and who be ... Show More
33m 6s
Dec 18
What trends will shape 2026?
After a year of extraordinary upheaval, this special episode looks ahead to the forces set to shape 2026. From deep aid cuts and accelerating AI to renewed geopolitical tension, political violence and humanitarian catastrophe, guests explore what a fractured global landscape mean ... Show More
40m 3s
Nov 2024
Frankly Speaking | S11 E9 | Dr. Varsen Aghabekian Shahin, Palestine Foreign Affairs Minister
<p class="x_MsoNoSpacing">On this episode of Frankly Speaking, we hear from Dr Varsen Shahin, Palestine’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates.</p>
<p class="x_MsoNoSpacing">With a new US administration and Saudi Arabia leading a global coalition in support of a ... Show More
23m 6s
Oct 2024
Frankly Speaking | S11 E4 | Dr. Riyad Mansour, Palestinian Ambassador to the UN
<p>On this episode of Frankly Speaking we hear from Ambassador Riyad Mansour, the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations. As the conflict intensifies, we ask – is the world turning its back on Gaza, much like it has forgotten Ukraine?
Can international courts eve ... Show More
32m 2s
Feb 2025
Frankly Speaking | S12 E1 | Dr. Riyad Mansour, Palestinian Ambassador to the UN
<p>On this episode of Frankly Speaking we hear from Riyad Mansour, Palestine’s Permanent Observer to the UN, to discuss whether Palestinian statehood is slipping further away, how the leadership is responding to mounting pressure from key Arab states and whether Palestinians them ... Show More
36m 15s
Jul 2025
Crisis and control in Gaza and the West Bank
This week, Mark Leonard is joined by Hugh Lovatt, ECFR policy fellow, and Tahani Mustafa, visiting fellow in ECFR’s Middle East and North Africa programme, to discuss Israel’s military action in Gaza and the West Bank, the ensuing humanitarian crisis, and the political dynamics o ... Show More
28m 53s