Hello, I'm Rory Stewart, and I'd like to tell you about an Intelligence Square event I'm doing with the classicist, author and broadcaster Mary Beard.

Together we'll be discussing politics and power from the Caesars to Sunak who gets to win power who is excluded does

power always corrupt or are there examples of leaders who've maintained their integrity

while an authority and how does the nature of power vary across different times and cultures?

These are just some of the questions that Mary and I will be trying to answer.

In-person tickets are now sold out, but you can still watch online on the 13th

November at 7 PM BST. Put your questions to us live as we discuss power and

politics down the ages. Hello podcast listeners I'm Connor and welcome to this week's episode of Intelligence

Squared.

Today we're featuring another debate from our friends at Intelligence Square Germany and in partnership

with the European Council on Foreign Relations they staged a debate on the motion,

Joe Biden won't fix the transatlantic relationship.

It's a fascinating and very timely discussion

as Biden announced a number of members of his cabinet this week

and it featured Matt Carniching, Chief Europe

editor at Politico going up against suited David Wilp, deputy director of the

German Marshall Fund and the debate was chaired by Janap Pularine Senior Policy

Fellow and Head of the Berlin Office at the European Council

and Foreign Relations. We hope you enjoy it and now let's go to the episode.

Hello and welcome, my name is Janapulierin and I'm the head of ECFR's burden office.

It's my great pleasure to welcome you today to a first.

This is our first ECFR and Intelligence Squared online event.

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