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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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    Hell in the Holy Land

    Carl Bildt fears that the stage is set for another major violent conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.
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    The Fed Must Not Flinch

    Michael R. Strain urges the US central bank to continue raising interest rates, despite signs of financial-sector fragility.
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    Reimagining Development

    Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng argue that grassroots engagement and social enterprise are crucial to achieving countries' aspirations.
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    What the World Bank Can Do About Climate Change

    Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg explains how the institution can maximize its contribution to the global net-zero agenda.
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    Richard Haass on Russia, Taiwan, and US democracy

    Richard Haass explains what caused the Ukraine war, urges the West to scrutinize its economic dependence on China, proposes ways to reverse the dangerous deterioration of democracy in America, and more.
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    Price Stability vs. Financial Stability?

    Willem H. Buiter

    If the US Federal Reserve raises its policy interest rate by as much as is necessary to rein in inflation, it will most likely further depress the market value of the long-duration securities parked on many banks' balance sheets. So be it.

    thinks central banks can achieve both, despite the occurrence of a liquidity crisis amid high inflation.
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    Fifty Years of Floating Currencies

    Jeffrey Frankel

    The half-century since the official demise of the Bretton Woods system of fixed exchange rates has shown the benefits of what replaced it. While some may feel nostalgic for the postwar monetary system, its collapse was inevitable, and what looked like failure has given rise to a remarkably resilient regime.

    explains why the shift toward exchange-rate flexibility after 1973 was not a policy failure, as many believed.
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    What Do America’s Spies Really Think About China?

    Kent Harrington thinks the intelligence community’s annual threat assessment should have delved deeper on the issue.
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    Waking Up to the World’s Water Crisis

    Quentin Grafton, et al. see three overarching priorities for the first global water conference in almost a half-century.

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