1/ Ten years on from the Brexit vote, the most interesting thing in British politics isn't that people regret it. It's that "Leaver" and "Remainer" have stopped meaning anything at all. New ECFR/Mandate polling out today, four surveys, fielded in May. A thread. 🧵

The liberal world order isn't wounded. It's dead. And every foreign policy establishment in London, Paris, Brussels, and Berlin is still performing CPR on a corpse. 🧵 Thread: Why the cleverest people in geopolitics are solving the wrong problem—and what actually comes next.

Calling all Londoners! On 30th April I will be in conversation about war and global politics with the amazing @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social at @owlbookshop.bsky.social @theguardian.com @unholypod.bsky.social . You can use this link to register: owlbookshop.co.uk/product/mark...

🌍🎤 NEW PODCAST ALERT!!! 🎤🌍 On the latest episode the UK in a Changing Europe podcast, @anandmenon.bsky.social talks to @markhleonard.bsky.social of @ecfr.eu about how the UK and EU can confront a wide range of shared global challenges. ukandeu.ac.uk/podcasts/how...

How can the UK and Europe face global challenges? - UK in a changing Europe

In recent years, there has been no shortage of crises for Europe to face. From the Covid-19 pandemic, Russia’s full scale invasion...

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It is accompanied by a new @ecfr.eu podcast series, also out today and well worth a listen: bsky.app/profile/ecfr...

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New Podcast Series! 📢 In our first episode, @markhleonard.bsky.social introduced his new book Surviving Chaos: Geopolitics When the Rules Fail and reflected on what it means to navigate a world in which rules have become irrelevant with four other speakers. 🎧 Listen: https://bit.ly/4eG2r7R

Happy publication day to @markhleonard.bsky.social whose book Surviving Chaos is out today and could hardly be more timely... or clarifying as global rules collapse. It will change how you think about the "unorder" of our times, and what to do about it. ⬇️ www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

New Podcast Series! 📢 In our first episode, @markhleonard.bsky.social introduced his new book Surviving Chaos: Geopolitics When the Rules Fail and reflected on what it means to navigate a world in which rules have become irrelevant with four other speakers. 🎧 Listen: https://bit.ly/4eG2r7R

Surviving Chaos – European Council on Foreign Relations

Mark Leonard introduces his new book Surviving Chaos: Geopolitics When the Rules Fail. He is joined by Carl Bildt, Ivan Krastev, Gideon Rachman and Helle Thorni

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New Podcast Series! 📢 In our first episode, @markhleonard.bsky.social introduced his new book Surviving Chaos: Geopolitics When the Rules Fail and reflected on what it means to navigate a world in which rules have become irrelevant with four other speakers. 🎧 Listen: https://bit.ly/4eG2r7R

Surviving Chaos – European Council on Foreign Relations

Mark Leonard introduces his new book Surviving Chaos: Geopolitics When the Rules Fail. He is joined by Carl Bildt, Ivan Krastev, Gideon Rachman and Helle Thorni

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My book is out on 24 April.Incredible to see it in the flesh! Iran shows the new Un-Order w/ energy shortfalls, food insecurity, nuclear proliferation, & global economic shocks all happening simultaneously. This explains the new world & how to survive it. www.amazon.co.uk/Surviving-Ch...

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...

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.

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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...

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

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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/...

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

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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...

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...

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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...

🎙️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

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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".

🎧 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

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

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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...

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...

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

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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 ⬇️ ecfr.eu/publication/...

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.

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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

"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

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

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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

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

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🎧 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

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

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