When European Politics Becomes Personal

ATHENS – More often than not, Europe is invoked in abstract terms, such as when politicians argue that European sovereignty is the only path to...

Mark Leonard

10 29.03.2019

The accidental Atlanticist

MUNICH - Two Americas were represented by two different vice presidents at the Munich Security Conference this year. Between them, former U.S. Vice...

Mark Leonard

20 26.02.2019

The Accidental Atlanticist

MUNICH – Two Americas were represented by two different vice presidents at the Munich Security Conference this year. Between them, former Vice...

Mark Leonard

40 25.02.2019

How Europe’s Populists Can Win by Losing

BERLIN – Will the European Parliament elections this May result in a political revolution? Populist and nationalist parties certainly hope so. They...

Mark Leonard

20 28.01.2019

The Coming Franco-German Bust-Up

BERLIN – The politics of Brexit is descending into chaos. The European Union is fragmenting into northern, southern, eastern, and western tribes....

Mark Leonard

20 21.12.2018

The U.S. and China are the closest of enemies

BERLIN – There has long been talk that the strategic rivalry emerging between the United States and China in recent years could one day give way to...

Mark Leonard

10 05.12.2018

The US and China Are the Closest of Enemies

BERLIN – There has long been talk that the strategic rivalry emerging between the United States and China in recent years could one day give way to...