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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.
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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'.
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Informative podcast. 5/5.