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Director of @ecfr.eu; Presenter 'Mark Leonard's World in 30 Minutes' apple.co/2ACObcj; Columnist; Speaker; Author 'The Age of Unpeace', 'What Does China Think?", "Surviving Chaos: Geopolitics When the Rules Fail" (forthcoming in April)

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Surviving Chaos by Mark Leonard | Waterstones Buy Surviving Chaos by Mark Leonard from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

Are you trying to understand our crazy world? What lies behind Trump, Putin and Xi? How can we survive the Age of "Unorder" where there are no agreed-upon rules, norms, or even truths? I have great news: a short, optimistic book w a whopping discount. Link below: www.waterstones.com/book/survivi...

19.02.2026 08:24 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Live from MSC 2026: Transatlantic turning point – European Council on Foreign Relations Mark Leonard welcomes Jeremy Cliffe, Ulrike Franke, Janka Oertel and Majda Ruge live from the Munich Security Conference to unpack its biggest moments

Enjoyed huddling with @markhleonard.bsky.social, @rikefranke.bsky.social, @jankaoertel.bsky.social & Majda Ruge to record this World in 30 Mins episode at #MSC2026. My take: despite it all, there are grounds to be upbeat about today's more honest(ish) Europe-US relationship.

ecfr.eu/podcasts/epi...

14.02.2026 18:21 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

This episode of @markhleonard.bsky.social's World in 30 Minutes podcast features a live recording of a conversation with US undersecretary of war for policy, Elbridge Colby, which took place during the Munich Security Conference 2026.

ecfr.eu/podcasts/epi... @ecfr.eu

13.02.2026 16:37 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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The new right: Anatomy of a global political revolution – European Council on Foreign Relations The thinkers and ideas of the rising nationalist right merit the political mainstream's attention. Only by understanding them can it build a resilient counter-p

In our inaugural NPP publication, @ecfr.eu's director @markhleonard.bsky.social ventures a comprehensive intellectual anatomy of the "new right" - what distinguishes it, how it does politics and what it wants to achieve.

ecfr.eu/publication/...

11.02.2026 16:25 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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The biggest threat facing Europe is not a Trump invasion. It’s his global political revolution | Mark Leonard I am convinced that Europe’s ‘new right’ is a radically contemporary movement. Defeating it means understanding its critique of liberalism, says Mark Leonard of the European Council on Foreign Relatio...

Why are far right parties leading the opinion polls in so many countries? They aren't nostalgically trying to create a better yesterday but v modern and adapted to our world. Unless mainstream parties understand them they won't be able to resist or defeat them. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

07.02.2026 17:10 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Very Exciting - the galleys for my new book 'Surviving Chaos: Geopolitics when the rules fail" arrived in the post today (look at the video). You can pre-order the book here: www.amazon.co.uk/Surviving-Ch...

29.01.2026 14:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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🎙️Hear from Alexander Stubb, President of Finland, and @markhleonard.bsky.social on today’s shifting geopolitical landscape, drawing on his academic background and frontline diplomatic experience as the liberal world order gives way to power politics and multipolar disorder.
👉 https://bit.ly/4bdPOPU

22.01.2026 16:51 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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In Davos a new world is emerging, a post-western geopolitics. Emmanuel Macron has colourful language and Raybans but even more striking was the plea from the uber-altanticist European Commission President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu for "a new independent Europe".

20.01.2026 17:13 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Live from Davos with Alexander Stubb – European Council on Foreign Relations In this episode,  Mark Leonard  sits down with Finnish president,  Alexander Stubb , in Davos for a conversation about&n

🎧 New Week, New episode!

@markhleonard.bsky.social sits down with Finnish president, Alexander Stubb in Davos for a conversation about Donald Trump’s view of Ukraine, Greenland, the world and Europe’s place in it.

Listen to the live moments from Davos now: https://bit.ly/3LDOCLa

20.01.2026 16:52 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Am in @Davos to talk about geopolitics, global Un-order, AI, China, Europe and Greenland among other things. I recorded a special issue of the World in 30 Minutes podcast with Finnish President Alex Stubb. Very much recommended: ecfr.eu/podcasts/epi...

20.01.2026 16:23 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Arctic hold‘em: Ten European cards in Greenland – European Council on Foreign Relations Europeans have real leverage in the face of Donald Trump’s threats towards Greenland—and time on their side. They must use it to raise the prospective costs of

The Greenland situation could turn into the biggest transtlantic crisis since Suez. Together with colleagues @ecfr we have just published a piece looking at what "cards" European nations hold on Greenland (to use Pres Trump's phrase). There is lots that Europeans can do: ecfr.eu/article/arct...

18.01.2026 15:12 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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How Trump is making China great again—and what it means for Europe – European Council on Foreign Relations A post-Western world is learning to love China, while Europeans are starting to fear America.

So many interesting findings and points of analysis in @ecfr.eu new global opinion survey. @markhleonard.bsky.social & colleagues polled 26k people in 21 countries around the world and found that - on whole range of measures - Trump’s 2nd term is playing into China’s hands ⬇️

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15.01.2026 12:42 👍 27 🔁 18 💬 1 📌 1
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How is Trump making China great again & what does it mean for Europe? New ECFR survey data shows that Trump’s “America First” approach is pushing states closer to China while reducing fear of the US.
✍️ @markhleonard.bsky.social Ivan Krastev & @fromtga.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4qUzHv3

15.01.2026 08:01 👍 7 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
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2026: The year we stop pretending it’s just a phase – European Council on Foreign Relations Ten key foreign policy trends for the year ahead

"The world will not fall apart in 2026, but we will continue to muddle through an illiberal wave which is clearly not just a phase", write @markhleonard.bsky.social, Jeremy Shapiro, and Anand Sundar. Read the ten foreign policy trends that will shape 2026.

https://bit.ly/4qH5mjk

07.01.2026 17:24 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Decision time for Europe – European Council on Foreign Relations Given the Trump administration’s recent statements and policy pronouncements, European leaders no longer have any excuse for failing to map out their own long-t

Rather than only preparing for the next horror show from Steve Witkoff and Kirill Dmitriev, Europeans should be drafting their own plans and making it clear that they are the true party of peace, writes @markhleonard.bsky.social

What should be the Europe's next step?
https://bit.ly/4poPwZM

05.01.2026 12:13 👍 9 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump attacks Venezuela – European Council on Foreign Relations Mark Leonard welcomes Jeremy Shapiro and Nacho Torreblanca to discuss what Donald Trump’s capture of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro means for the world

🎧 New emergency Podcast!

This week, @markhleonard.bsky.social welcomes Jeremy Shapiro and @jitorreblanca.bsky.social. Together, they discover why the US attacked Venezuela and captured President Maduro. What happens next? Could Greenland be next?

Full episode: https://bit.ly/4aMbVwA

06.01.2026 08:17 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0