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LCC Middle School receives donation - The Wayne Herald

2 months ago | thewayneherald.com | Mark Leonard

On Jan. 14 the Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Middle School received a phone call from Caelan Debban from News Channel Nebraska/US92 informing them their video had been chosen to receive a $500 "Stretch Across Nebraska"donation.
Trump at Davos - Stabroek News

2 months ago | stabroeknews.com | Mark Leonard

By Mark Leonard DAVOS – It is Donald Trump’s world now. Nowhere was this more obvious than at the World Economic Forum’s latest annual gathering in Davos. Since the 1970s, the WEF has been an integral part of the liberal international order that emerged from the ashes of World War II.
Is this Macron's moment to shine?

May 6, 2024 | japantimes.co.jp | Mark Leonard

The days of Europe buying its energy from Russia, outsourcing its businesses to China and relying on the United States for its security are over. The European Union is only mortal and could very well be vanquished at the hands of Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Donald Trump or its own populist parties. That was French President Emmanuel Macron’s warning at the Sorbonne on April 25. With great flair — and at great length — he issued a wake-up call to French citizens, and indeed to all Europeans.
Davos debates defined by angst, paralysis

Jan 29, 2024 | theasset.com | Mark Leonard

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The global consequences of the Israel-Hamas war

Nov 5, 2023 | japantimes.co.jp | Mark Leonard

War has returned to the Middle East. Nearly a month after Hamas militants carried out their brutal rampage, Israel’s military retaliation continues with an intensifying ground offensive in Hamas-controlled Gaza. For people living, or with family, in Israel — including me — this is a deeply personal crisis. At the same time, many people around the world identify with the thousands of Palestinians who have been killed by Israeli airstrikes.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s idea of a new world order

Apr 19, 2023 | japantimes.co.jp | Mark Leonard

By all accounts, Chinese President Xi Jinping has had a successful run recently. Hot on the heels of the Chinese-brokered restoration of diplomatic ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia, he used a recent visit to Moscow not only to shore up relations with his close (junior) partner, Vladimir Putin, but also to present a “peace plan” for the war in Ukraine.
Mob diplomacy

Mar 5, 2023 | koreatimes.co.kr | Mark Leonard

By Mark LeonardMUNICH ― Is sound, forward-looking foreign policy still possible? Talking to the statesmen, diplomats, intelligence operatives, and scholars gathered at the Munich Security Conference last week, I had my doubts. Consider U.S.-China relations. It was only a month ago that China's vice premier, Liu He, gave a conciliatory speech that some observers saw as part of a charm offensive aimed at the West.
When mob diplomacy rules the day

Mar 1, 2023 | japantimes.co.jp | Mark Leonard

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The West may be more united, but it’s also more isolated

Feb 22, 2023 | politico.eu | Timothy Garton Ash |Mark Leonard

Timothy Garton Ash co-directs Oxford University’s ‘Europe in a Changing World’ project. His book “Homelands: A Personal History of Europe” will be published next week. Mark Leonard is co-founder and director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, and he is the author of ‘The Age of Unpeace’. The West has never been more united — nor has it been more isolated.
The next globalisation | The Strategist

Feb 6, 2023 | aspistrategist.org.au | Mark Leonard

Is globalisation coming back to life? That was the big question at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, where WEF founder Klaus Schwab asked whether it is possible to have cooperation in an era of fragmentation. For the past decade, the steady demise of ‘Davos man’—the avatar of global business and cosmopolitanism—was the big story here, owing to the 2008 financial crisis, Brexit, Donald Trump’s election, democratic backsliding around the world, Covid-19 and Russia’s war in Ukraine.