Mark Leonard

Mark Leonard, director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, is the author of "The Age of Unpeace: How Connectivity Causes Conflict."

The Trump Effect Takes Europe

Perhaps Trump’s biggest contribution has been to Europe’s political unity.

9m ago

Has the ‘polycrisis’ overwhelmed us?

Just as social media competes for individuals’ attention, so do global crises.

9m ago

This Cold War is different

While China cannot win a battle against a US-led bloc, President Xi Jinping seems convinced that it can take its place as a great power in a fragmented global order. 

1y ago

Governing a post-Western world

The West’s problems are no longer the world’s problems

1y ago

Xi Jinping’s Idea of World Order

While the United States is betting on a polarised world, China is doing everything it can to advance a more fragmented one.

1y ago

The Next Globalisation

Developments in three areas – telework, renewables, and AI – will bind countries together in new networks of interdependence.

1y ago

Peak Atlantic Unity?

European leaders are breathing a huge sigh of relief following the Republicans’ failure to achieve a 'red wave' in the US midterm elections.

2y ago

Europe’s soft-power problem

The Ukraine crisis shows that the European Union (EU) has a problem with power.

2y ago
February 20, 2024
February 20, 2024

The Trump Effect Takes Europe

Perhaps Trump’s biggest contribution has been to Europe’s political unity.

January 28, 2024
January 28, 2024

Has the ‘polycrisis’ overwhelmed us?

Just as social media competes for individuals’ attention, so do global crises.

September 10, 2023
September 10, 2023

This Cold War is different

While China cannot win a battle against a US-led bloc, President Xi Jinping seems convinced that it can take its place as a great power in a fragmented global order. 

July 9, 2023
July 9, 2023

Governing a post-Western world

The West’s problems are no longer the world’s problems

April 3, 2023
April 3, 2023

Xi Jinping’s Idea of World Order

While the United States is betting on a polarised world, China is doing everything it can to advance a more fragmented one.

January 27, 2023
January 27, 2023

The Next Globalisation

Developments in three areas – telework, renewables, and AI – will bind countries together in new networks of interdependence.

November 18, 2022
November 18, 2022

Peak Atlantic Unity?

European leaders are breathing a huge sigh of relief following the Republicans’ failure to achieve a 'red wave' in the US midterm elections.

May 6, 2022
May 6, 2022

Europe’s soft-power problem

The Ukraine crisis shows that the European Union (EU) has a problem with power.

November 7, 2021
November 7, 2021

Why COP26 will fail

The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) now underway in Glasgow might conclude with a big international agreement.

October 5, 2021
October 5, 2021

The false promise of AUKUS

The geopolitical story of the last few years has featured Western democracies’ gradual awakening to the realities of an increasingly ambitious and authoritarian China.