Paul Adamson in conversation: Recent Episodes
Paul Adamson
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.
Brando Benifei MEP, Co-rapporteur on the EU AI Act and Chair of the European Parliament Delegation for Relations with the US, talks to Paul Adamson about AI regulation, technological sovereignty and the state of transatlantic relations.
David Shukman, Writer, Broadcaster and Former BBC Science Editor, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'The Response: A Story of Fire and Flood in Britain's New World of Extremes'.
The journalist and author Dave Keating talks to Paul Adamson about his book 'The Owned Continent - How to Free Europe from American Military, Economic and Cultural Dependence'.
Aingeal O'Donoghue, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union, talks to Paul Adamson about the key priorities of Ireland's upcoming presidency of the EU.
Philip Rycroft, Former Permanent Secretary at the Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU), talks to Paul Adamson about the need for a long term vision of EU-UK cooperation.
Mark Leonard, Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'Surviving Chaos - Geopolitics When The Rules Fail'.
The author, broadcaster and commentator, John Kampfner, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'Braver New World: The Countries Daring To Do Things Others Won't'.
Philippe Etienne, Former Ambassador of France to the U.S., Germany and Romania and former Permanent Representative to the EU, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book "Le Sherpa: Mémoires d'un diplomate aux avant-postes de l'Histoire" and France's evolving influence in Europe.
Glenn Micallef, the European Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport, talks to Paul Adamson about intergenerational fairness in EU policy making and cyber bullying.
Steve Erlanger, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent covering Europe for the New York Times, talks to Paul Adamson to assess Donald Trump's grip on power.
Patrizia Nanz, President of the European University Institute in Florence, talks to Paul Adamson about the EUI's strategy for the next five years and its new research agenda on 'Reimagining Europe'.
Stanley Pignal, author of the 'Charlemagne' column at 'The Economist' and Brussels Bureau Chief, talks to Paul Adamson about the EU's attempts to deal with a changing world order.
Mujtaba Rahman, Managing Director, Europe, Eurasia Group, talks to Paul Adamson about the main challenges Europe faces in 2026.
Pierre Vimont, former Ambassador of France to the US and to the EU and first Executive Secretary General of the European External Action Service, talks to Paul Adamson about France's position in Europe's new Geopolitics
Oleksandra Matviichuk, head of the Center for Civil Liberties in Ukraine and Nobel Peace Prize Laureat, talks to Paul Adamson about Europe's role in defending Ukraine from Russia's full-scale invasion.
Peter Foster, World Trade Editor of the Financial Times, talks to Paul Adamson about world trade, transatlantic relations and the EU-UK 'Reset'.
Anna Cavazzini MEP, Chair of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee of the European Parliament, talks to Paul Adamson about the new power dynamics in the EP.
Catherine Day, former Secretary General of the European Commission and Chairperson of the High-Level Reflection Group on the Future of the European Commission's Civil Service, talks to Paul Adamson about the need for the European Commission to adapt to new tasks and challenges.
José Manuel Barroso, Prime Minister of Portugal from 2002-2004 and President of the European Commission from 2004-2014, talks to Paul Adamson about the strategic challenges facing Europe.
Pascal Lamy, former Director General of the World Trade Organisation and former European Commissioner for Trade, talks to Paul Adamson about Trump, tariffs and the weaponisation of interdependence.
Tom McTague, Editor of The New Statesman, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'Between the Waves - The Hidden History of a Very British Revolution 1945-2016'.
Nick Clegg, the former Deputy Prime Minister of the UK and former President of Global Affairs at Meta, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'How to Save the Internet - The Threat to Global Connection in the Age of AI and Political Conflict'
The writer and journalist Tom Baldwin talks to Paul Adamson about his updated biography of Keir Starmer and his first year as UK Prime Minister.
The writer and journalist Giles Merritt talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'Time Bomb: When Ageing Explodes' on the enormous and largely undiscussed demographic challenges facing Europe.
Victoria Main, Media Strategist at SEC Newgate EU, talks to Paul Adamson about the rapidly evolving EU media scene in Brussels.
Pawel Karbownik, Poland's Deputy Finance Minister, talks to Paul Adamson about his country's new politics after the recent presidential elections and his concerns about driving the EU's competitiveness agenda.
Barry Andrews, Member of the European Parliament since 2020, talks to Paul Adamson about EU-UK relations post Summit, the European Parliament's reaction to the EU's new 'deregulatory' agenda and insights into Ireland's presidency of the EU in the second half of 2026.
Kim Darroch (Lord Darroch of Kew), UK Ambassador to the U.S. 2016-2019, talks to Paul Adamson about the differences between the first and second Donald Trump presidencies.
Anand Menon, director of the academic think thank 'UK in a Changing Europe', talks to Paul Adamson about the upcoming EU-UK Summit and how the UK and EU are reacting to the Trump administration.
Patrick Wintour, Diplomatic Editor of The Guardian, talks to Paul Adamson about an emergng new world order.
Daniela Schwarzer, the leading expert on European and International Affairs, talks to Paul Adamson about Germany's new stance on defence and the ramifications for Europe.
Sandro Gozi MEP, co-chair of the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly (and former Under-Secretary for European Affairs in Italy), talks to Paul Adamson about Europe's new defence challenges and the particular role of the UK.
João Vale de Almeida, former EU Ambassador to the US, the UN and the UK, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'The Divorce of Nations: A Diplomat's Inside View as the Global Order Collapses'.
Dame Emily Thornberry, Labour MP and Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, talks to Paul Adamson about how the Labour government is acting to repair Britain's international reputation.
Mujtaba Rahman, Managing Director, Europe and co-head of the London Office of the Eurasia Group, talks to Paul Adamson about the new challenges facing the EU in 2025 and assesses its new leadership.
Marietje Schaake, Fellow at Stanford University's Institute for Human-Centred Artificial Intelligence and the Cyber Policy Center, talks to Paul Adamson about her new book 'The Tech Coup - How To Save Democracy From Silicon Valley'.
Steve Erlanger, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent in Europe of the New York Times, analyses Trump's victory one month on.
Peter Foster, Public Policy Editor at the Financial Times, talks to Paul Adamson about the impact of the Trump victory on EU-UK relations and his assessment of the UK government's 'reset' with the EU.
Timothy Garton Ash, Professor of European Studies at the University of Oxford and the author of 'Homelands: A Personal History of Europe', talks to Paul Adamson about the rise of the hard right in Europe and the impact of Trump's election victory.
Jonathan Powell, Tony Blair's Chief of Staff 1997-2007, and Founder and CEO of the charity Inter-Mediate, talks to Paul Adamson about how No 10 operates, the Labour government's performance to date, and Britain's standing and reputation in the world post Brexit.
Bruce Stokes, Visiting Senior Fellow at the German Marshall Fund, talks to Paul Adamson about the U.S. presidential elections and the future of transatlantic relations.
David McAllister, Chair of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, talks to Paul Adamson about the rise of the AfD, Germany's influence in the EU, new Commissioner parliamentary hearings and the future of EU-UK relations.
Ann Mettler, Vice President, Europe, at Breakthrough Energy, talks to Paul Adamson about the pressing need for the new European Commission to rethink fundamentally its approach to helping the EU's economy become more competitive.
László Andor, Secretary General of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) and former European Commissioner from Hungary talks to Paul Adamson about the rise and influence of Hungary's Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, the new balance of power in the European Parliament and Keir Starmer's potential influence in Europe.
Simon Kuper, author and journalist at the Financial Times, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'Good Chaps: How Corrupt Politicians Broke Our Law and Institutions - And What We Can Do About It'.
Mike Clancy, General Secretary of the UK trade union Prospect, talks to Paul Adamson about modern trade unionism and how a newly elected Labour government should engage with the European Union.
Vĕra Jourová, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for Values, Transparency and the Rule of Law, talks to Paul Adamson about disinformation on the eve of elections to the European Parliament and the challenges in dealing with Hungary.
Sophie Pedder, Paris Bureau Chief at The Economist, talks to Paul Adamson about Emmanuel Macron's position in France and influence in Europe.
Javier Espinoza, Competition and Digital Policy Correspondent in the FT Brussels Bureau, talks to Paul Adamson about the EU's strategy for regulating Big Tech.
Will Hutton, author, journalist and President of the Academy of Social Sciences, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'This Time No Mistakes - How To Remake Britain'.
David O'Sullivan, EU Sanctions Envoy, talks to Paul Adamson about the EU's sanctions strategy following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Tom Baldwin, writer and journalist, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'Keir Starmer - The Biography'.
Robert Gibbs, former senior adviser to Barack Obama and White House Press Secretary, talks to Paul Adamson about this year's presidential elections and the current state of U.S.-EU relations.
James Morrison, a senior diplomat at the European Commission, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book '20 Cars That Defined The 20th Century - The Automobile As A Vehicle For History'.
Simon Hix, Professor of Comparative Politics at the European University Institute in Florence, talks to Paul Adamson about the likely outcome of this June's elections to the European Parliament and the rise of extreme right parties at the expense of the mainstream ones.
Mujtaba Rahman, Managing Director, Europe and co-head of London Office, Eurasia Group, talks to Paul Adamson about the major challenges facing Europe in 2024.
Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies at Kings College London, talks to Paul Adamson about the war in Ukraine as it approaches its third year.
Stella Creasy MP, chair of the Labour Movement for Europe, talks to Paul Adamson about the Labour Party's plans to rebuild trust with the European Union.
Simon McDonald, former Head of the UK Foreign Office, now cross-bench peer and Master of Christ's College, Cambridge, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'Beyond Britannia - Reshaping UK Foreign Policy'.
Emily O'Reilly, the European Ombudsman, talks to Paul Adamson about the challenges in holding the 'geo-political' European Commission to account, Qatargate, access to documents and revolving doors.
Anu Bradford, Henry L. Moses Professor of Law and International Organizations at Columbia Law School, talks to Paul Adamson about her new book 'Digital Empires: The Global Battle To Regulate Technology'.
Peter Kellner, former President of YouGov and a Visiting Scholar at Carnegie Europe, talks to Paul Adamson about the UK Labour Party's prospects in the 2024 General Election, the role of polling and focus groups, and Labour's evolving stance on EU-UK relations.
Richard Gowan, UN Director at the International Crisis Group in New York, talks to Paul Adamson about the UN General Assembly and why it matters.
Peter Foster, Public Policy Editor at the Financial Times, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'What Went Wrong With Brexit - And What We Can Do About It'.
The author and journalist Ben Judah talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'This Is Europe - The Way We Live Now'.
Michael Heseltine, former Deputy Prime Minister of the UK and now President of the European Movement in the UK, talks to Paul Adamson about Britain's future relations with the European Union.
Sir Paul Tucker, Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and former Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, talks to Paul Adamson about his latest book 'Global Discord: Values and Power in a Fractured World Order'.
Sunder Katwala, Director of British Future, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'How to be a Patriot: Why love of country can end our very British culture war'.
Sophia Besch, Europe Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, discusses with Paul Adamson Germany's changing role in domestic, European and global affairs.
Tim Bale, Professor of Politics at Queen Mary University of London, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'The Conservative Party After Brexit: Turmoil and Transformation'.
Stefaan De Rynck, former adviser to EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'Inside The Deal: How The EU Got Brexit Done'.
Rafael Behr, writer, broadcaster and columnist at The Guardian, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'Politics: A Survivor's Guide - How To Stay Engaged Without Getting Enraged'.
Brian Cox, scientist, broadcaster and Professor of Particle Physics at the University of Manchester, talks to Paul Adamson about the UK's science base, participation in Horizon Europe and speaking out about Brexit.
Stefanie Bolzen, North America Editor at WELT and WELT am Sonntag, talks to Paul Adamson about her ten years covering UK politics in London and her first impressions of US politics having recenty arrived in Washington DC.
Michiel van Hulten, Director of Transparency International EU, talks to Paul Adamson about 'Qatargate' and its impact on the reputation of the European Parliament.
Cathy Ashton, the EU's first High Representative for Foreign and Policy Security, 2009-2014, talks to Paul Adamson about her new memoir 'And Then What?: Inside Stories of 21st-Century Diplomacy'.
Anton Spisak, Senior Fellow at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, talks to Paul Adamson about his recent paper "Fixing Brexit: A New Agenda for a New Partnership with the European Union".
Marina Hyde, columnist at The Guardian, talks to Paul Adamson about her new collection "What Just Happened? Despatches from Turbulent Times".
Dominic Grieve, former Attorney General of England and Wales and former MP, talks to Paul Adamson about the UK Conservative Party's euroscepticism, UK-EU relations and Britain's place in the world.
Ditte Juul Jørgensen, Director General of the Directorate-General for Energy at the European Commission, talks to Paul Adamson about the new urgency in EU energy policy following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Stanley Pignal, who writes the 'Charlemagne' column at 'The Economist', reflects on the changing EU scene after a ten-year career absence from Brussels.
Michael Cockerell, the distinguished political documentary-maker and journalist, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'Unmasking our Leaders - Confessions of a Political Documentary-Maker'.
Howard Goodall, the award-winning composer, music historian, writer and broadcaster, talks to Paul Adamson about the catastrophic impact of Brexit on the creative sector.
Dr Hannah White, Director of the Institute for Government think tank, talks to Paul Adamson about how the British Prime Minister Liz Truss has lost trust.
Brendan Carr, Senior Republican on the US Federal Communications Commission, talks to Paul Adamson about making US tech companies pay for 5G roll out and curbing Chinese tech industry influence.
Brendan Carr, Senior Republican on the US Federal Communications Commission, talks to Paul Adamson about making US tech companies pay for 5G roll out and curbing Chinese tech industry influence.
Brendan Carr, Senior Republican on the US Federal Communications Commission, talks to Paul Adamson about making US tech companies pay for 5G roll out and curbing Chinese tech industry influence.
Jonathan Freedland, columnist at The Guardian and presenter of BBC Radio 4's 'The Long View', talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'The Escape Artist - The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World'.
Jonathan Freedland, columnist at The Guardian and presenter of BBC Radio 4's 'The Long View', talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'The Escape Artist - The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World'.
Jonathan Freedland, columnist at The Guardian and presenter of BBC Radio 4's 'The Long View', talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'The Escape Artist - The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World'.
Simon Kuper, columnist at the Financial Times, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'Chums: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the UK'.
Lord (David) Hannay of Chiswick talks to Paul Adamson about his time as a negotiator in pre-accession talks with the EEC, chief of staff to the first British Conservative Commissioner and Permanent Representative to the EU and how Britain should position itself on the world stage post Brexit.
Catherine Barnard, Professor of EU Law and Employment Law at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, talks to Paul Adamson about the UK government's plans to significantly redraft the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Thomas Boué, Director General, Policy - EMEA at BSA I The Software Alliance, talks to Paul Adamson about developments in global collaboration in the digital sphere.
Philippe Etienne, France's Ambassador to the United States, talks to Paul Adamson about the France-US relationship after the AUKUS episode, the West's response to the war in Ukraine and President Macron's vision of the future of Europe.
George Parker, Political Editor of the Financial Times, talks to Paul Adamson about the current state of UK-EU relations.
Neil Kinnock, Leader of the British Labour Party 1983-1992, European Commissioner 1994-2004 and member of the House of Lords, talks to Paul Adamson about the British Labour Party's historical positions on the EU and its current positioning in 'post-Brexit' UK politics.
Neil Kinnock, Leader of the British Labour Party 1983-1992, European Commissioner 1994-2004 and member of the House of Lords, talks to Paul Adamson about the British Labour Party's historical positions on the EU and its current positioning in 'post-Brexit' UK politics.
Joakim Reiter, Vodafone's Chief External and Corporate Affairs Officer, talks to Paul Adamson about the EU's Digital Decade strategy, the Recovery and Resilience Facility and the impact of technology on the war in Ukraine.
Joakim Reiter, Vodafone's Chief External and Corporate Affairs Officer, talks to Paul Adamson about the EU's Digital Decade strategy, the Recovery and Resilience Facility and the impact of technology on the war in Ukraine.
Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, Director General of Digital Europe, talks to Paul Adamson, about the role technology companies are playing in the war in Ukraine, and how the sector is increasingly working alongside NATO and the EU.
Christopher (Lord) Tugendhat talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'The Worm in the Apple: A History of the Conservative Party and Europe from Churchill to Cameron' and his life as a former European Commissioner.
Lionel Barber, writer and broadcaster and editor of the Financial Times 2005 - 2020, talks to Paul Adamson about the future of media, the relationship between journalists and politicians, and life after the FT.
Justin Webb, Presenter of BBC Radio 4's 'Today' Programme, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'The Gift of a Radio: My Childhood and other Train Wrecks'.
Justin Webb, Presenter of BBC Radio 4's 'Today' Programme, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'The Gift of a Radio: My Childhood and other Train Wrecks'.
Mark Leonard, Director and Co-founder of the European Council on Foreign Relations, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'The Age of Unpeace - How Connectivity Causes Conflict'.
Benjamin Haddad, Senior Director of the Europe Center at the Atlantic Council, talks to Paul Adamson about the French presidential elections, France's influence in the EU, and the current state of transatlantic relations.
Alec Ross, Distinguished Visiting Professor at Bologna Business School of l'Università di Bologna and former Senior Adviser for Innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'The Raging 2020s : Companies, Countries, People - and the Fight for our Future'.
Radek Sikorski, the former Foreign Minister and Defence Minister of Poland, and Chairman of the European Parliament's Delegation for Relations with the United States, talks to Paul Adamson about Poland's regime, transatlantic relations and how the EU should deal with China.
Dr Daniela Schwarzer, Executive Director, Europe and Eurasia, at the Open Society Foundations, talks to Paul Adamson about Germany and the EU after Angela Merkel's 16 years as Chancellor.
Luuk van Middelaar, historian and political theorist, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'Pandemonium - Saving Europe'.
Fiona Hill, Robert Bosch senior fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings and former deputy assistant to the president and senior director for European and Russian affairs on the National Security Council from 2017 to 2019, talks to Paul Adamson about her now book 'There is Nothing for you Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century'.
Bobby Duffy, Director of the Policy Institute at King's College, London, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book "Generations: Does When You're Born Shape Who You Are"?
Ian Dunt, columnist at the i newspaper, talks to Paul Adamson about his book "How to be a Liberal"
Author and columnist Steve Richards talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'The Prime Ministers We Never Had: Success and Failure from Butler to Corbyn'.
Gillian Tett, Chairman of the US Editorial Board and Editor-at-Large at the Financial Times, talks to Paul Adamson about her new book "Anthro-Vision - How Anthropology Can Explain Business and Life"
Dario Nardella, Mayor of Florence since 2014 and President of Eurocities, talks to Paul Adamson about the growing influence of cities, tensions between local and central government in Italy, and spending priorities for the new EU Recovery Fund.
Lord Ricketts, former Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee, Ambassador to NATO, head of the Foreign Office, National Security Advisor and Ambassador to France, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book "Hard Choices - What Britain Does Next".
Stefano Sannino, Secretary General of the European External Action Service, talks to Paul Adamson about the EEAS's performance and how it is responding to new foreign and security policy challenges.
Anu Bradford, Henry L. Moses Professor of Law and International Organization at the Columbia Law School, talks to Paul Adamson about her book 'The Brussels Effect - How the European Union Rules the World'.
Terry Reintke MEP, Vice-President of the Green group in the European Parliament, talks to Paul Adamson about EU-UK relations post Brexit, the rise of the Green Party in Germany and the Conference on the Future of Europe.
Dr Shann Hulme, Research Leader, Home Affairs and Social Policy at RAND Europe, talks to Paul Adamson about the growth of serious and organised crime in Europe and its infiltration of legitimate businesses.
Mujtaba Rahman, Managing Director and Practice Head, Europe, at the Eurasia Grouup, talks to Paul Adamson about the execution of the EU Recovery Plan and the implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Rosa Balfour, director of Carnegie Europe, talks to Paul Adamson about the tensions in creating a EU foreign and security policy and the UK's new Integrated Review ('Global Britain in a competitive age').
Michael Cashman, member of the House of Lords, activist, actor and author of the memoir "One of Them - From Albert Square to Parliament Square", talks to Paul Adamson about his role in co-founding Stonewall UK, his acting career, his fifteen years as a Member of the European Parliament, and his ongoing campaigning for equality.
Timothy Garton Ash, Professor of European Studies at Oxford University and author of a new edition of 'The Magic Lantern', talks to Paul Adamson about the EU's dealings with Russia, Hungary, Poland and a post Brexit UK.
Steve Erlanger, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent in Europe for the New York Times, talks to Paul Adamson about the likely future shape of transatlantic relations in a Biden administration.
Philip Stephens, Chief Political Commentator at the Financial Times, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'Britain Alone'.
Charles Grant, Director of the Centre for European Reform, talks to Paul Adamson about developments in geopolitics to look out for in 2021.
The humourist and former Europe editor of the Press Association, Geoff Meade, looks back on 2020 and has some ideas on the Future of Europe.
Matthew Kirk, former diplomat and international affairs adviser at Squire Patton Boggs, interviews Encompass founder Paul Adamson for a Brexit stock take - past, present and future.
Philippe Legrain, author of 'Them and Us: How Immigrants and Locals Can Thrive Together' talks to Paul Adamson about his new book.
Christian van Stolk, Executive Vice President at RAND Europe, talks to Paul Adamson about a new RAND study "Covid-19 and the cost of vaccine nationalism'.
Rob Ford, Professor of Political Science at the University of Manchester and co-author with Maria Sobolewska of 'Brexitland: Identity, Diversity and the Reshaping of British Politics' talks to Paul Adamson about their new book and changing attitudes towards immigration in the UK.
Simon Anholt, author of 'The Good Country Equation', talks to Paul Adamson about harnessing globalisation and international collaboration for the greater good.
Matt Forde, stand-up comedian, broadcaster and writer/performer on 'Spitting Image', talks to Paul Adamson about positioning the Labour Party as a government in waiting and the challenges in writing for and voicing Donald Trump, Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer.
Alan Compton, photo journalist/curator of the NLO Point of View exhibition, Denis Onyango, African Advocacy Foundation, Alyna Smith, Platform for Int’l Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants & Roberto Pérez Gayo, Correlation-European Harm Reduction Network
Tatjana Buzeti, Policy Officer, European Office for Investment for Health and Development, WHO EUROPE, Ann Isabelle von Lingen & Mario Cascio, EATG (European AIDS Treatment Group) and Roberto Pérez Gayo, Correlation – European Harm Reduction Network
Maria-Anna Paraskeva, Senior Policy Officer, DG EMPL, European Commission, Michele LeVoy, Director, Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) and Luca Stevenson, Coordinator, International Committee on the Rights of Sex Workers in Europe (ICRSE).
Francesca Colombo, Head of Health Division, OECD, Freek Spinnewijn, Director, European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless (FEANTSA) and Jeffrey V. Lazarus Head, Health Systems Research Group, Barcelona Institute for Global Health
Kim Darroch, former UK Ambassador to the US, National Security Adviser and Permanent Representative to the EU, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'Collateral Damage: Britain, America and Europe in the Age of Trump'.
Fiona Hill, Senior Fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings and former Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for European and Russian affairs at the National Security Council, talks to Paul Adamson about US foreign and security policy priorities after the presidential elections, the future of NATO and the European External Action Service and the UK's position on the world stage after Brexit.
Martin Sandbu, European Economics Commentator at the FT and author of "The Economics of Belonging", talks to Paul Adamson about his new book and the prospects for a new radicalism post Covid-19.
Duncan Robinson, Brussels bureau chief of 'The Economist' and 'Charlemagne' columnist, talks to Paul Adamson about his approach to his work and analyses the EU's current challenges.
Bojan Pancevski, Germany correspondent of the Wall Street Journal, talks to Paul Adamson about Angela Merkel's long reign and Germany's leadership in the EU as it assumes the EU presidency.
Jonathan Portes, Professor of Economics and Public Policy at King's College, London, talks to Paul Adamson about changing British attitudes towards immigration since the June 2016 referendum and the challenges the UK government faces in crafting a post Brexit immigration policy.
Enrico Letta, former Prime Minister of Italy; Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs at Sciences Po in Paris, talks to Paul Adamson about Italian attitudes towards Europe, Italy's influence in the EU and the potential of the EU Recovery Fund.
Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State in the Clinton administration, talks to Paul Adamson about Europe's place in the world, the transatlantic relationship and the upcoming US presidential elections.
Eric Lonergan, co-author (with Mark Blyth) of "Angrynomics", talks to Paul Adamson about the growing anger in our societies and how positive anger - moral outrage - can be harnessed to address inequality.
Anand Menon, director of the 'UK in a Changing Europe' project, talks to Paul Adamson about the UK's stance 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The physicist and science journalist, Ranga Yogeshwar, talks to Paul Adamson about the societal impact of 5G.
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.
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.
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'.
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'.
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.
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.
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.
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?'
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.
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.
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?'
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.
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.
Marietje Schaake, who recently stood down from the European Parliament, talks to Paul Adamson about her ten years as an MEP, her analysis of the European Parliament elections and how there should be more women occupying the European Unions's tob jobs.
Benjamin Haddad, director of the Europe programme at the Atlantic Council in Washington DC, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book and the need for the European Union to show more unity of purpose in dealing with the United States.
Susannah Wellford, CEO and Founder of Running Start, a non partisan non profit organisation training young women to run for political office, talks to Paul Adamson about the barriers women face when seeking a career in politics and how these can be surmounted.
Brigid Laffan, Director of the Robert Schuman Centre at the European University Institute in Florence, talks to Paul Adamson about the EU's need to confront new realities.
Luuk van Middelaar, author of 'Alarums and Excursions: Improvising Politics on the European Stage', talks to Paul Adamson about the European Union's political awakening in dealing with crises.
Tony Connelly, Europe Editor of RTE, talks to Paul Adamson about Ireland's handling of Brexit from the result of the referendum to the present day.
Jennifer Rankin, Brussels correspondent of The Guardian, talks to Paul Adamson about the EU27's reaction to the latest Brexit developments in the UK.
Brad Smith, President of Microsoft, talks to Paul Adamson about the growing backlash to the tech sector ('techlash') and gives his thoughts on data privacy, election interference, artificial intelligence and the transatlantic relationship.
Mujtaba Rahman, Managing Director and Practice Head, Europe at the Eurasia Group, talks to Paul Adamson about the likelihood of Article 50 being extended to enable a deal to be struck on the Withdrawal Agreement between the UK and EU27.
David Wasserman, House Editor of The Cook Political Report, talks to Paul Adamson about the impact of the US mid-term elections in November 2018 on the Trump administration and predictions for the 2020 presidential election.
Deepak Kanna, SVP and Regional President for Oncology for Europe, Middle East, Africa and Canada at the pharmaceutical firm MSD, talks to Paul Adamson about advances in tackling cancers given increasing life expectancy.
Giovanni Buttarelli, the European Data Protection Supervisor, talks to Paul Adamson about compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation, UK-EU data flows post Brexit, and the growing debate around digital ethics.
Stephen Fidler, UK and Brexit editor of the Wall Street Journal, talks to Paul Adamson about the still unresolved issues in the Brexit negotiations as they enter their final stages.
Bruce Stokes, Director, Global Economic Attitudes at the Pew Research Center, talks to Paul Adamson about latest polling on European attitudes to President Trump and the United States and their impact on the upcoming mid-term elections.
Peter Foster, Europe editor of The Daily Telegraph, talks to Paul Adamson about the growing dangers of a stalemate in the Brexit negotiations in the coming weeks.
George Parker, Political Editor of the Financial Times, talks to Paul Adamson about the current state of Brexit in the run up to the summer hiatus.
Carlos Moedas, the European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, talks to Paul Adamson about the current Horizon 2020 programme and its 2021-2027 successor, Horizon Europe.
Eirik Wærness, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist at the energy company Equinor, talks to Paul Adamson about the likely trends in energy consumption and production in the period 2018-2050.
Sir Paul Tucker, chair of the Systemic Risk Council and former deputy governor of the Bank of England, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'Unelected Power: the Quest for Legitimacy in Central Banking and the Regulatory State'.
Michael Rich, President and CEO of the RAND Corporation, talks to Paul Adamson about the growing phenomenon of 'truth decay' in the United States and Europe.
David Ignatius, associate editor and columnist at the Washington Post, talks to Paul Adamson about President Trump, transatlantic relations and his latest novel 'The Quantum Spy'.
Phil Hogan, member of the European Commission responsible for Agriculture and Rural Development, talks to Paul Adamson about the the future of farming in Europe, the upcoming EU budget round, Brexit and the importance of the Good Friday Agreement.
Femi Oluwole, co-founder of the campaigning group 'Our Future Our Choice', talks to Paul Adamson about the growing mobilisation of young Britons who are fighting Brexit.
Karen Donfried, president of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, talks to Paul Adamson about the challenges facing the transatlantic relationship in security, defence and trade.
Former prime minister of Italy and two term European Commissioner, Mario Monti, talks to Paul Adamson about the recent Italian elections and their potential impact on the rest of the European Union.
Michelle Thew, CEO of Cruelty Free International, talks to Paul Adamson about the fifth anniversary of the EU ban on animal testing for cosmetics and the new campaign for a global ban.
Ryan Heath, political editor of Politico Europe (and former speechwriter and spokesman in the European Commission), gives his assessment to Paul Adamson about how well the EU institutions communicate with the outside world and the impact of Politico Europe on the Brussels media landscape three years after its launch.
Robert Peston, ITV's political editor and host of 'Peston Sunday', talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'WTF' and the impact of rising inequality and decreasing social mobility on Brexit.
Andrew Adonis, a Labour member of the UK House of Lords and leading Remain campaigner, talks to Paul Adamson about stopping Brexit and preparing for a second referendum.
Sir Ciarán Devane, Chief Executive of the British Council, talks to Paul Adamson about defending values and the UK promoting partnerships in the current Brexit climate.
David Rennie, Washington bureau chief of 'The Economist' and previous 'Lexington', 'Bagehot' and 'Charlemagne' correspondent, talks to Paul Adamson about how Europeans can better understand Donald Trump and how the UK government is seriously misunderstanding the feasibility of a US-UK trade deal.
Charles Ries, Vice-President, International, RAND Corporation, talks to Paul Adamson about alternate forms of Brexit and their implications for the UK, the EU and the US.
Mujtaba Rahman, Managing Director and Practice Head, Europe at the Eurasia Group, talks to Paul Adamson about the major new challenges that will face the UK as it embarks on Phase 2 of the Brexit talks.
Peter Mandelson talks to Paul Adamson about the urgency of solving the border issue between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in the Brexit talks and how a renewed Remain campaign has to focus its energies.
Jason Descamps, founder and managing director of the executive search firm European Affairs Recruitment Specialists, talks to Paul Adamson about the changing world of European Union public affairs.
Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff, vice president at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and director of its Europe program, talks to Paul Adamson about German politics after last month's elections, Germany's influence in the European Union, and its re-assessment of transatlantic relations in the Trump era.
Bill Drozdiak, former editor and chief European correspondent of 'The Washington Post', talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'Fractured Continent: Europe's Crises and the Fate of the West'.
Nick Clegg, former deputy prime minister of the UK and leader of the Liberal Democrat party, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'How to Stop Brexit'.
Tony Connelly, Europe editor of the Irish national broadcaster RTE, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book, 'Brexit and Ireland: the Dangers, the Opportunities, and the Inside Story of the Irish Response'.
Kaja Tael, Permanent Representative of Estonia to the European Union, talks to Paul Adamson about the challenges and opportunities of the current Estonian presidency of the EU.
Will Hutton, columnist for The Observer and The Guardian, principal of Hertford College, Oxford and chair of the Big Innovation Centre, talks to Paul Adamson, about the UK economy, the eurozone and the Labour Party's evolving stance on the EU and Brexit.
Alberto Alemanno, author of "Lobbying for Change" and co-founder of the Good Lobby, talks to Paul Adamson about citizen's lobbying.
Stephen Fidler, UK and Brexit editor of the The Wall Street Journal, talks to Paul Adamson about the current state of the Brexit negotiations as the third round of talks come to an end.
Jean-Claude Piris, former head of the Legal Service of the Council of Ministers and acknowledged expert on EU Treaties, talks to Paul Adamson about the EU27’s growing impatience with the UK over the Brexit negotiations.
Pierre Vimont, former senior French diplomat and senior fellow at Carnegie Europe, talks to Paul Adamson about the impact of the election of Emmanuel Macron on the future direction of the European Union.
Bruce Stokes, Director of Global Economic Attitudes at the Pew Research Center, talks to Paul Adamson about post-Brexit public opinion in Europe.
Jonathan Powell, chief of staff to prime minister of Tony Blair and chief British government negotiator on Northern Ireland 1997-2007, talks to Paul Adamson about the impact of Brexit on the border arrangements between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and the impact of the new political deal between the UK government and the Democratic Unionist Party.
Carl Bildt, the former prime minister of Sweden, talks to Paul Adamson about the influence of the UK in the European Union and the future of the EU post Brexit.
George Parker, political editor of the Financial Times, talks to Paul Adamson about the new politics and prognostics of Brexit following the 8 June British General Election.
The humourist and writer Geoff Meade, who was Europe Editor of the Press Association, talks to Paul Adamson about humour and EU politics.
Professor Jonathan Portes, senior fellow at 'UK in a Changing Europe', talks to Paul Adamson about the contribution of EU immigration to the British economy.
John Kerr, Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, one of the architects of Article 50, talks to Paul Adamson about the conduct of the Article 50 negotiations.
Alex Barker, Brussels bureau chief of the Financial Times, talks to Paul Adamson about the heated negotiations about to start about the UK's EU budget liabilities.
Paul Adamson talks to Peter Mandelson about lessons learned from the Remain campaign, the Labour Party's stance on immigration and Theresa May's hardening position on the Brexit negotiations.
Alexandra Hall, Research Group Director, Defence, Security and Infrastructure, RAND Europe, talks to Paul Adamson about defence and security after Brexit.
Sir Craig Oliver, former head of communications for David Cameron and now Senior Managing Director, Teneo Blue Rubicon, talks to Paul Adamson about the challenges fighting the UK-EU referendum campaign and the lessons learned.
Anthony Gardner, former US ambassador to the European Union, talks to Paul Adamson about Trump, trade and a new transatlantic agenda.
Markus Beyrer, Director General of the leading European business association BusinessEurope, talks to Paul Adamson about growth, Brexit, trade and inequality.
Emily O'Reilly, the European Ombudsman, talks to Paul Adamson about transparency in decision making and the Brexit negotiations.
Jonathan Faull, former head of the European Commission's "UK referendum task force", talks to Paul Adamson about the UK's negotiation for a new settlement in its EU membership ahead of the referendum.
Jean-Claude Piris, former head of the Legal Service of the Council of Ministers and acknowledged expert on EU Treaties, talks to Paul Adamson about the UK's need for a Brexit transitional deal.
Giovanni Buttarelli, the European Data Protection Supervisor, talks to Paul Adamson about how to prepare for the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation by May 2018.
Sir Julian Priestley, former Secretary General of the European Parliament and now writer and commentator, talks to Paul Adamson about the inconsistencies of Brexit.
Monique Goyens, Director General of the European Consumers Organisation, BEUC, talks to Paul Adamson about the future of EU trade deals and the prospects of a new EU-US dialogue on trade and regulatory convergence.
Fredrik Erixon, director of the European Centre for International Political Economy, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'The Innovation Illusion - why so little is being created by so many working so hard'
Archana Vemulapalli, Chief Technology Officer of the City of Washington DC, talks to Paul Adamson about the future of smart cities in the U.S. and Europe
Mark Leonard, director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, talks to Paul Adamson about the growing fragmentation in the European Union.
Norbert Röttgen, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Bundestag, talks to Paul Adamson about a new proposal he has co-authored on a continental partnership between the UK and the rest of the EU.
Stephen Castle, London correspondent of The New York Times, talks to Paul Adamson about the challenges in identifying the UK government's strategy post Brexit.
Jonathan Grant, director of the Policy Institute at King's College London, talks to Paul Adamson about the roile of experts in society after the UK-EU referendum
Karen Donfried, president of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, talks to Paul Adamson about the impact of Brexit on transatlantic relations and the future of NATO-EU cooperation.
Jean-Claude Piris, the former head of the EU Council's Legal Service and renowned expert on the EU treaties, talks to Paul Adamson about Brexit, Article 50 and the UK's future relations with the EU
Professor Anand Menon, director of the UK in a changing Europe project, based at King's College London, talks to Paul Adamson about why the UK voted the way it did on its membership of the European Union
Carlos Moedas, the European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, talks to Paul Adamson about accessing EU research funding, the role of science in policy making and encouraging disruptive innovation.
Peter Foster, Europe editor of The Daily Telegraph, talks to Paul Adamson about about media coverage of the UK referendum campaigns.
Martin Selmayr, chief of staff of Jean-Claude Juncker, talks to Paul Adamson about the new political nature of the European Commission.
Rob Wainwright, director of Europol, talks to Paul Adamson about the role of technology in the security challenges facing Europe and the impact of "Brexit" on counter-terrorism cooperation.
British Labour MEP Claude Moraes, chair of the Civil Liberties committee, talks to Paul Adamson about the changing role of the European Parliament and how the EU has handled the refugee crisis.
The Financial Times Brussels bureau chief, Peter Spiegel, talks to Paul Adamson about how the EU handles its media relations and assesses some of the EU's key players.
The head of Transparency International's EU office, Carl Dolan, talks to Paul Adamson about the Panama papers and anti-corruption
Oxfam International's Migration Policy lead, Sara Tesorieri, talks to Paul Adamson about the recent deal struck by the EU and Turkey to address the migration crisis
Fran Burwell of the Atlantic Council talks to Paul Adamson about EU-US challenges and tensions
Nick Clegg, former UK deputy prime minister, talks to Paul Adamson about life after front line politics and strategies for winning the EU referendum.
Sunder Katwala, head of the think tank British Future, talks to Paul Adamson about their recent report on how (not) to talk about Europe to British audiences.
Jan Techau, director of Carnegie Europe, talks to Paul Adamson about the influence of Germany and Angela Merkel in EU decision making
Steve Fidler, Brussels bureau chief of the Wall Street Journal, talks to Paul Adamson about the economic and political challenges currently facing the European Union.
Peter Kellner, president of YouGov, talks to Paul Adamson about the latest polling on British attitudes towards the European Union.
Elizabeth Collett, founding director of the Migration Policy Institute Europe, talks to Paul Adamson about Europe's migration and refugee crisis
Jyrki Katainen, vice-president at the European Commission responsible for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness, talks to Paul Adamson about the new European Fund for Strategic Investment.
John Peet, UK political editor of The Economist, talks to Paul Adamson about David Cameron's options for negotiating a "new deal" for the UK within the EU
Robert Madelin, senior innovation adviser at the European Commission, talks to Paul Adamson about the role of innovation in building a more competitive Europe
Emma Reynolds, former Labour shadow spokesperson on Europe, talks to Paul Adamson about the Labour Party's stance on Europe under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership
John Higgins, Director General of Digital Europe, talks to Paul Adamson about the European Commission's digital single market strategy.
Bill Kennard, former US ambassador to the EU, talks to Paul Adamson about transatlantic relations and building a competitive Europe,
Jean-Claude Piris, former head of the EU Council's legal service, talks to Paul Adamson about the legal options in David Cameron's re-negotiation with the EU
Peter Kellner, president of YouGov, talks to Paul Adamson about British attitudes towards the European Union.