Sharp Talk

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.