“The old West is dead.” Mark Leonard argues that Europe must prepare for a lasting change in its relationship with America — and recognise that it has more power to shape its future than it often believes.
The director and co-founder of the European Council on Foreign Relations joins Pyotr Kurzin to discuss how Europe can sustain Ukraine’s defence, use its leverage over Russia and take responsibility for negotiations over its own security. What would a settlement need to protect Ukraine’s independence, and why does Leonard consider Europe’s failure to maintain direct channels with Putin a “catastrophic dereliction of duty”?
We also explore the political upheaval reshaping France and the wider continent, why Putin could benefit from Europe’s electoral divisions, and how European investment and a stronger single market could help resist economic pressure from Washington, Beijing and Moscow.
Mark Leonard is the author of Surviving Chaos: Geopolitics When the Rules Fail.
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