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🎙️Hear from Alexander Stubb, President of Finland, and @markhleonard.bsky.social on today’s shifting geopolitical landscape, drawing on his academic background and frontline diplomatic experience as the liberal world order gives way to power politics and multipolar disorder.
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22.01.2026 16:51 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

In Davos a new world is emerging, a post-western geopolitics. Emmanuel Macron has colourful language and Raybans but even more striking was the plea from the uber-altanticist European Commission President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu for "a new independent Europe".

20.01.2026 17:13 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Live from Davos with Alexander Stubb – European Council on Foreign Relations In this episode,  Mark Leonard  sits down with Finnish president,  Alexander Stubb , in Davos for a conversation about&n

🎧 New Week, New episode!

@markhleonard.bsky.social sits down with Finnish president, Alexander Stubb in Davos for a conversation about Donald Trump’s view of Ukraine, Greenland, the world and Europe’s place in it.

Listen to the live moments from Davos now: https://bit.ly/3LDOCLa

20.01.2026 16:52 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Am in @Davos to talk about geopolitics, global Un-order, AI, China, Europe and Greenland among other things. I recorded a special issue of the World in 30 Minutes podcast with Finnish President Alex Stubb. Very much recommended: ecfr.eu/podcasts/epi...

20.01.2026 16:23 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Arctic hold‘em: Ten European cards in Greenland – European Council on Foreign Relations Europeans have real leverage in the face of Donald Trump’s threats towards Greenland—and time on their side. They must use it to raise the prospective costs of

The Greenland situation could turn into the biggest transtlantic crisis since Suez. Together with colleagues @ecfr we have just published a piece looking at what "cards" European nations hold on Greenland (to use Pres Trump's phrase). There is lots that Europeans can do: ecfr.eu/article/arct...

18.01.2026 15:12 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

How Trump is making China great again—and what it means for Europe – European Council on Foreign Relations A post-Western world is learning to love China, while Europeans are starting to fear America.

So many interesting findings and points of analysis in @ecfr.eu new global opinion survey. @markhleonard.bsky.social & colleagues polled 26k people in 21 countries around the world and found that - on whole range of measures - Trump’s 2nd term is playing into China’s hands ⬇️

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15.01.2026 12:42 — 👍 25    🔁 18    💬 1    📌 1

How is Trump making China great again & what does it mean for Europe? New ECFR survey data shows that Trump’s “America First” approach is pushing states closer to China while reducing fear of the US.
✍️ @markhleonard.bsky.social Ivan Krastev & @fromtga.bsky.social
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15.01.2026 08:01 — 👍 7    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0

2026: The year we stop pretending it’s just a phase – European Council on Foreign Relations Ten key foreign policy trends for the year ahead

"The world will not fall apart in 2026, but we will continue to muddle through an illiberal wave which is clearly not just a phase", write @markhleonard.bsky.social, Jeremy Shapiro, and Anand Sundar. Read the ten foreign policy trends that will shape 2026.

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07.01.2026 17:24 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Decision time for Europe – European Council on Foreign Relations Given the Trump administration’s recent statements and policy pronouncements, European leaders no longer have any excuse for failing to map out their own long-t

Rather than only preparing for the next horror show from Steve Witkoff and Kirill Dmitriev, Europeans should be drafting their own plans and making it clear that they are the true party of peace, writes @markhleonard.bsky.social

What should be the Europe's next step?
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05.01.2026 12:13 — 👍 8    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

Trump attacks Venezuela – European Council on Foreign Relations Mark Leonard welcomes Jeremy Shapiro and Nacho Torreblanca to discuss what Donald Trump’s capture of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro means for the world

🎧 New emergency Podcast!

This week, @markhleonard.bsky.social welcomes Jeremy Shapiro and @jitorreblanca.bsky.social. Together, they discover why the US attacked Venezuela and captured President Maduro. What happens next? Could Greenland be next?

Full episode: https://bit.ly/4aMbVwA

06.01.2026 08:17 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0