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Mark Leonard

Mark Leonard

Writing for PS since 2004
84 commentaries
6 videos & podcasts

Mark Leonard, Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, is the author of The Age of Unpeace: How Connectivity Causes Conflict (Bantam Press, 2021).

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  1. Mob Diplomacy
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    Mob Diplomacy

    Feb 24, 2023 Mark Leonard worries that public opinion is increasingly overriding traditional foreign-policy channels.

  2. The Next Globalization
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    The Next Globalization

    Jan 25, 2023 Mark Leonard explains how the next phase of economic interconnectivity will differ from the last one.

  3. Russia-Proofing Europe
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    Russia-Proofing Europe

    Dec 21, 2022 Mark Leonard thinks the European Union needs a comprehensive plan to fend off the Kremlin’s “omni-conflict.”

  4. Peak Atlantic Unity?
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    Peak Atlantic Unity?

    Nov 16, 2022 Mark Leonard urges European leaders to reduce their dependence on the United States while there is still time.

  5. Preparing for the Long War
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    Preparing for the Long War

    Sep 26, 2022 Mark Leonard thinks Europeans should plan for a prolonged conflict despite Ukraine’s recent gains.

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    Tick TikTok Goes Globalization

    Kenneth Rogoff

    The bipartisan push to ban TikTok in the US reflects both the growing distrust of China and lawmakers’ limited understanding of the tech world. While there are legitimate national-security concerns associated with the platform, a US ban could end up accelerating deglobalization.

    thinks efforts to restrict American users’ access to the app are hypocritical and counterproductive.
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    To Reconstruct Turkey, Rebuild Its Democracy

    Daron Acemoglu & Cihat Tokgöz

    Turkey's massive death toll from the earthquakes in February attests to a much larger problem. From an overly powerful construction lobby and endemic corruption to the steady erosion of democratic institutions, it is clear that the country now needs a thorough political and economic transformation.

    think the country needs not just a new government but a broader economic and political transformation.
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    India’s Boom Is a Dangerous Myth

    Ashoka Mody dismantles the hype around a rosy economic narrative that is actually becoming bleaker by the day.
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    Halting the Authoritarian Drift

    Kaushik Basu considers the dynamics that lead political leaders down the road to tyranny, paranoia, and aggression.
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    Xi’s the Boss

    Nina L. Khrushcheva says the Chinese leader's recent visit to Moscow was intended, first and foremost, to show who is in charge.
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    Can “Cooperative Rivalry” Work?

    Jean Pisani-Ferry worries that America and China will be unable to find common ground on preserving the global commons.
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    The Fed’s Role in the Bank Failures

    Raghuram G. Rajan & Viral V. Acharya show how the US central bank's liquidity policies created the conditions for runs on uninsured deposits.
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    Policymakers Keep Solving the Wrong Banking Problem

    Andrés Velasco argues that recent market turmoil has revealed that the sector’s main vulnerability is unavoidable.
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    An Insolvency Iceberg?

    Takatoshi Ito considers the risk that other banks will experience liquidity problems as interest rates continue to rise.

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