Mark Leonard

Calling all Londoners! On 30th April I will be in conversation about war and global politics with the amazing Jonathan @Freedland from @guardian and @2jewsonthenews at the @OwlBookshop in Kentish Town. To register, please use this link owlbookshop.co.uk/product/mark-l…

New Podcast Series! 📢 ECFR’s new weekly accompaniment podcast series “Surviving Chaos” will introduce the most interesting and controversial thinkers to explain the current period of chaos. In our first episode, @markhleonard introduced his new book Surviving Chaos: Geopolitics When the Rules Fail and reflected on what it means to navigate a world in which old assumptions about rules-based order, power and international cooperation no longer hold. The conversation brought together Mark and @carlbildt, former prime minister and former foreign minister of Sweden; Ivan Krastev, chair of the Centre for Liberal Strategies; and @HelleThorning_S, former prime minister of Denmark, moderated by @gideonrachman, chief foreign affairs commentator at the Financial Times. Drawing on Mark’s argument that the world is in an age of “unorder”, the speakers discussed the types of political imagination, resilience and practical action Europeans will need. The crucial question: How can Europe navigate chaos? 🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/4eG2r7R

Very sad news. Andrzej Olechowski, an ECFR Council Member and until recently a Board member, has passed away. He was kind and generous man & principled. A co-founder of Civic Platform, Finance Minister and Foreign Minister. He will be much missed. RIP en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrzej_O…

Very exciting. My new book Surviving Chaos: Geopolitics when the rules rail is published today! You can buy it here amazon.co.uk/Surviving-Chao… and listen to the first in a series of podcasts on it below!

@JeremyCliffe Thanks so much Jeremy!

Happy publication day to @markhleonard 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. ⬇️ politybooks.com/bookdetail?boo…

I think @MarkHLeonard is right here about Europeans getting overexcited about @MarkJCarney's call for a global 'alliance of middle powers' to resist Trump. They fail to see their own power. "The European Union is not a middle power. The European Union has the potential to both create an order at a whole continental level and also then to make things happen at a global level." "I think it's really important that we work with Canada, that we work with Japan, that we work with other like minded countries to do what we can. But I don't think that a bunch of middle powers working together is going to sustain a different order because they will all, I think, quite likely, and as we saw with Trump's tariffs, they all went and moved quite fast to make bilateral deals with the US rather than hanging together and stopping that from happening. And they'll do the same when it comes to relations with China. Their geographies, their other things are not close enough for that to be a substitute for the US." "Where we are superpowers within Europe is within the European Union. And actually, there's a lot more that can be done there. The biggest frustration for many Europeans is how little is being done to rise to that challenge. You have all these reports, the Draghi Report, the Letter Report, and the kind of absurdity that Britain and the EU share so much together and we can't even agree something like SAFE, the defence deal. When you have a wolf at the door and a lot of chaos ahead of us. And I think two wolves at the door, exactly. At least.” open.spotify.com/episode/1sUyEb…

New Podcast Series! 📢 ECFR’s new weekly accompaniment podcast series “Surviving Chaos” will introduce the most interesting and controversial thinkers to explain the current period of chaos. In our first episode, @markhleonard introduced his new book Surviving Chaos: Geopolitics When the Rules Fail and reflected on what it means to navigate a world in which old assumptions about rules-based order, power and international cooperation no longer hold. The conversation brought together Mark and @carlbildt, former prime minister and former foreign minister of Sweden; Ivan Krastev, chair of the Centre for Liberal Strategies; and @HelleThorning_S, former prime minister of Denmark, moderated by @gideonrachman, chief foreign affairs commentator at the Financial Times. Drawing on Mark’s argument that the world is in an age of “unorder”, the speakers discussed the types of political imagination, resilience and practical action Europeans will need. The crucial question: How can Europe navigate chaos? 🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/4eG2r7R

On 24th April my new book 'Surviving Chaos' will be published & Amazon is offering pre-orders at 20% off! Yesterday I took part in a wonderful discussion with @gideonrachman @carlbildt @HelleThorning_S and Ivan Krastev. 🧵from @ecfr. Buy the book here: amazon.co.uk/Surviving-Chao…

@PadraigBelton @WestminsterSSG I'd love to do that. Email me at mark.leonard@ecfr.eu and we can work out the details :)

@markhleonard Could you ever be tempted to do a dinner and book signing with an adoring audience? (this one - @WestminsterSSG!!! We’ll feed and water you EXTREMELY well….)

Exciting News. I've just delivered the manuscript for my new book, Surviving Chaos: Geopolitics when the Rules Fail which will be published in April 2026 by Polity Press. Publishers have come up with some ideas for a cover. Which one do you prefer?

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 amazon.co.uk/Surviving-Chao…

How do we define the “new right,” why is it gaining traction and what does it mean for EU foreign policy? Tonight ECFR launches the New Politics Project exploring these questions and mapping their consequences. Join us in the room, no matter where you are. Thread 🧵

Continued the conversations at #AFGG yesterday by moderating a session on “The Reset and the Rest: Xi, Trump, and Global Stability” with former US DepSec Jane Holl Lute and Mark Leonard (@markhleonard). A lively exchange ensued on whether great-power rivalry is redefining the global order, and how the rest of the world navigates a system shaped by Washington, Beijing and an increasingly assertive Europe. Where does India stand in the new world disorder?

@markhleonard discusses the situation in which governments find themselves amid the oil shock in the Middle East in BBC's The World This Weekend: The politics of an oil price shock podcast episode. Listen here: bbc.in/4uvaV7f

🌍 NEW REPORT: Britain is entering a decade of danger. The post-war order is fracturing, US leadership is uncertain, and Europe is re-arming. In this paper, @markhleonard makes the case for a new grand strategy. Read here 👇 ippr.org/articles/brita…

Surviving Chaos is a bold new framework for understanding power in the 21st century and a call for leaders to stop defending yesterday's world and start learning how to thrive in tomorrow's. Get 25% off @markhleonard's new book when you pre-order from @Waterstones with code FEB26. waterstones.com/book/surviving…

Are you trying to understand our crazy world? What lies behind Trump, Putin and Xi? And 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 with a whopping discount at the link below

We are not the Britain of the Brexit years anymore. We must look outwards, and work with our European neighbours to keep our country safe. There is no British security without Europe, and no European security without Britain.

I am at the @MunSecConf and hosted a dialogue with Elbridge Colby, the Undersecretary for policy at the department of War. He is the most senior Pentagon representative here & gives a deep insight in the thinking of the Trump administration. Listen here

🎧@markhleonard & @USWPColby unpack the future of America’s defence strategy, and its implications for Europe and the international order. The episode features a live recording of a conversation which took place during the @MunSecConf 👇 Listen to the episode here: t.co/hWLrYRqO7s

ECFR’s Director, @markhleonard, in conversation with U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Elbridge Colby, to discuss the ambitions and trade-offs shaping current U.S. national security policy, at the @MunSecConf.