Sharp Talk

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.