Marta Pellón Brussosa is the Programme Coordinator of the Paris Office of the European Council on Foreign Relations.
She joined ECFR in August 2018. Prior to that, she worked as Research and Program Assistant at the Paris Office of the German Marshall Fund of the US. She also interned at the Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations in New York and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Madrid, dealing with North and West Africa relations.
She holds an MA in International Security from Sciences Po Paris and a BA with First Class Honours in International Relations from Queen Mary University of London.
Flash Scorecard
by Ulrike Esther Franke & Tara Varma - 18th July, 2019
To fulfil its true potential, the EU needs to end its strategic cacophony and focus on capability building
Policy Brief
by Mark Leonard & Jeremy Shapiro - 25th June, 2019
The EU needs to learn to think like a geopolitical power.
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Jonathan Hackenbroich & Mark Leonard - 15 August 2019
The European Union needs an Office for Financial Asset Control to defend its home industry against sanctions
In the final episode of ECFR’s special summer series on European strategic sovereignty, Mark Leonard talks to Ulrike Franke, ECFR Policy Fellow, about artificial intelligence (AI). Mark asks Ulrike, who is currently on leave at the University of Oxford studying AI, where Europe stands compared to the United States and China in harnessing this promising new technology. More specifically, they look at the ingredients needed to develop good AI (talent, data and hardware) and ask to what extent Europe has them. The two end with a number of recommendations for Europe’s leaders as to what it can do to catch up with frontrunners US and China.
The podcast was recorded Monday, July 15, 2019.
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Joanna Hosa - 14 August 2019
Zelensky's visit to Turkey signals the growing importance of Turkish-Ukrainian relations
Norbert Röttgen - 12 August 2019
Europe needs to ensure freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz independently of the US - and avoid escalating conflict
Kadri Liik - 09 August 2019
Two decades on from his ascent to power, Putin cuts a lonely figure in a political desert
by Mark Leonard, Jeremy Shapiro - 25th June, 2019
The EU needs to learn to think like a geopolitical power.
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by Richard Giragosian - 07th August, 2019
by Ulrike Franke & Paola Sartori - 11th July, 2019
by Anthony Dworkin, Richard Gowan - 25th June, 2019
The turmoil in the current system represents an opportunity for Europeans to shape a new order that meets their strategic needs.
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Jonathan Hackenbroich & Mark Leonard - 15 August 2019
The European Union needs an Office for Financial Asset Control to defend its home industry against sanctions
Joanna Hosa - 14 August 2019
Zelensky's visit to Turkey signals the growing importance of Turkish-Ukrainian relations
Norbert Röttgen - 12 August 2019
Europe needs to ensure freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz independently of the US - and avoid escalating conflict
Kadri Liik - 09 August 2019
Two decades on from his ascent to power, Putin cuts a lonely figure in a political desert
Jeremy Shapiro - 09 August 2019
With Brexit approaching, Boris Johnson will be keen to capitalise on access to Washington. But don't expect much from Trump.
Petrit Selimi - 09 August 2019
Borrell will need to add depth to his dialogue team to ensure a comprehensive deal between Kosovo and Serbia
Vessela Tcherneva - 07 August 2019
The main message for the Western Balkans is clear: countries in the region need to demonstrate a sufficient level of political governance before any technical process of EU accession can begin.
Nick Witney - 05 August 2019
Europeans have responded to the death of the INF treaty with seeming indifference - and are expressing their reluctance to accept that nuclear issues are back on the agenda
In the final episode of ECFR’s special summer series on European strategic sovereignty, Mark Leonard talks to Ulrike Franke, ECFR Policy Fellow, about artificial intelligence (AI). Mark asks Ulrike, who is currently on leave at the University of Oxford studying AI, where Europe stands compared to the United States and China in harnessing this promising new technology. More specifically, they look at the ingredients needed to develop good AI (talent, data and hardware) and ask to what extent Europe has them. The two end with a number of recommendations for Europe’s leaders as to what it can do to catch up with frontrunners US and China.
The podcast was recorded Monday, July 15, 2019.
Picture retrieved from pixabay: https://pixabay.com/illustrations/artificial-intelligence-brain-think-4389372/.
In the third episode of ECFR’s summer series on strategic sovereignty, Mark Leonard talks to Gustav Gressel, Acting Director of the Wider Europe programme and Senior Policy Fellow at ECFR, about hybrid threats. Using Gressel’s recent paper on hybrid threats as a starting point, they discuss all elements of hybrid warfare: from sponsored proxy groups to propaganda war, and from economic pressure to cyber attacks. Importantly, they ask what impact hybrid warfare might have on European sovereignty.
This podcast was recorded on Friday, 12 July, 2019.
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Cyber warfare specialists serving with the Maryland Air National Guard’s 175th Cyberspace Operations Group engage in weekend training at Warfield Air National Guard Base in Middle River, Md., June 3, 2017. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.
Public domain. Retrieved from: www.defense.gov/Newsroom/News/Art…-on-capitol-hill/
The second episode of ECFR’s summer series on strategic sovereignty explores the critical challenge that secondary sanctions pose for Europe, due to the Trump administration’s maximalist position on Iran. Joining Mark Leonard for a lively discussion of economic statecraft are Ellie Geranmayeh, a senior policy fellow at ECFR, Henry Farrell, a professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University and Elizabeth Rosenberg, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. They discuss how Europe could reduce its vulnerabilities to U.S. secondary sections, which – in the future - could target countries that are more important to the European economy, such as China and Russia.
This podcast was recorded on Tuesday, 23 July 2019.
Mark Leonard launches ECFR’s special summer series on European sovereignty with a discussion of the continent’s security and defence policy. He is joined by Nick Witney, a senior policy fellow at ECFR with a wealth of experience in diplomacy and defence strategy. Witney discusses how today’s strategically-divergent Europeans can collectively bolster their defence capabilities to offset new pressures from Russia and the southern border as well as reduce their reliance on the Americans.
This podcast was recorded on Friday, 12 July 2019.
Standing in for regular host Mark Leonard, Anthony Dworkin, senior policy fellow at ECFR, looks at Europe's Eastern neighbourhood and interaction with Russia. He is joined by Kurt Volker, executive director of the McCain Institute and US special representative for the Ukraine negotiations, and Nicu Popescu, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Moldova and former head of the Wider Europe program at ECFR. They look at the conflicts in Ukraine and Moldova, what the Ukrainians might learn from the Moldovans, and what role there is for Europe in the region.
The podcast was recorded on Tuesday, 25 June, 2019, at the side-lines of ECFR’s Annual Council Meeting in Lisbon.
Bookshelf
• The Perfect Kill: 21 Laws for Assassins by Robert Baer
• A Little War That Shook the World by Ronald Asmus
• 1984 by George Orwell
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US Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker at President Zelensky's inauguration, on May 20th 2019. Photo by the Presidential Administration of Ukraine. Retrieved from www.president.gov.ua/photos/urochis…dentom-uk-2905. [CCA 4.0 international]
In the latest edition of the World in 30 Minutes, regular host Mark Leonard discusses the state of the transatlantic relationship with Ben Rhodes, former speechwriter and advisor to President Obama, Jake Sullivan, former National Security Advisor to Vice-President Biden and Head of Policy Planning to then-Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, and Amanda Sloat, senior fellow at Brookings and former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Southern Europe and Eastern Mediterranean Affairs in the State Department, among other roles, under the Obama administration. They try to look beyond Trump and into the future, asking what the ingredients are for a sustainable transatlantic relationship.
The podcast was recorded on Wednesday, 26 June, 2019, at the side-lines of ECFR’s Annual Council Meeting in Lisbon.
Bookshelf
• The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt
• Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World by Tom Wright & Bradley Hope
• How To Lose A Country: the 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship by Ece Temelkuran
Picture: President Trump’s Trip Abroad via Flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/34502607780
Taken on 25 May 2017
Public domain
Le podcast de notre discussion du mardi 9 juillet « Vers un nouvel hyper-nationalisme saoudien ? », en présence de Eman Al-Hussein, chercheuse associée à l’ECFR, de Fatiha Dazi-Heni, chercheuse à l'Institut de recherche stratégique de l'École militaire (IRSEM)et de Camille Lons coordinatrice du programme Moyen-Orient Afrique du Nord de l’ECFR.
This week, ECFR director Mark Leonard discusses the new faces of the European Council: from Ursula von der Leyen to Josep Borrell, these are the figures who will lead Europe over the coming years. Mark is joined by an all-star cast from four ECFR offices across Europe.
Bookshelf:
Wes Mitchell: Perhapsburg (American Interest)
Francis Fukuyama: Identity
John Mearsheimer: The Great Dillusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities
Alexandros Yannis: Chimera: A Novel
Luuk von Middelaar: Alarums and Excursions – Improving Politics on the European Stage
Parag Khanna: The Future is Asian
German philosophy about Europe from Immanuel Kant to Jürgen Habermas
Robert Menasse: Die Hauptstadt
ECFR: Strategic sovereignty: How Europe can regain the capacity to act
The podcast was recorded on 5 July 2019
Der Tagesspiegel publishes Council Member Carl Bildt and ECFR Director Mark Leonard's essay on how Europe can become a global player.
In a guest column Jonathan Hackenbroich and Mark Leonard advise on how the EU could protect its industries from secondary sanctions.
Eman Alhussein, Visiting Fellow, ECFR, quoted about the situation of women in Saudi Arabia.
Hugh Lovatt, Policy Fellow, ECFR, quoted in an article about the forthcoming Israeli elections.
Ellie Geranmayeh, Senior Policy Fellow, ECFR, quoted by Haaretz about the Revolutionary Guard's deepened role in Iran's economy and politics.
Julien Barnes-Dacey, Director, ECFR Mena, spoke to Al Jazeera about the tanker standoff and how it can help Boris Johnson influence US policy.
Mark Leonard is quoted in Le Soir about a redesign of the European Union's foreign policy
Asli Aydintasbas, Senior Policy Fellow, ECFR, quoted about Turkish Cyprus.