Mark Leonard
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Mark Leonard is a British foreign policy thinker and the author of the acclaimed books Why Europe Will Run the 21st Century
a 'Foreign Affairs best-seller' which was published in 2005 and has been translated into 19 languages and What Does China Think? which was published in 2008 and has been translated into 14 languages.
Leonard is co-founder and director of the European Council on Foreign Relations
, the first pan-European foreign policy think-tank which was launched in October 2007. It has offices in Berlin, London, Madrid, Paris, Rome, Sofia and Warsaw and a council chaired by Martti Ahtisaari, Joschka Fischer and Mabel van Oranje. Previously, he was director of foreign policy at the London-based Centre for European Reform
, and director of The Foreign Policy Centre
, a think-tank founded under the patronage of Tony Blair
and the late British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook
in 1998.
He has spent time in Washington
as a Transatlantic fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States
, and in Beijing
as a visiting scholar at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
. In the 1990s Leonard caused waves with the publication of Britain (TM), a report for the think tank Demos which is credited with launching "Cool Britannia". At the Foreign Policy Centre, Leonard wrote the influential report Public Diplomacy and served for many years on the UK government's 'Public Diplomacy Strategy Board'.
Leonard writes, broadcasts and speaks regularly on international affairs. His work has appeared in publications including The Financial Times, The International Herald Tribune, The Wall Street Journal
, The Guardian
, The Independent
, The Daily Telegraph
, Prospect
, The Spectator
, New Statesman
, Foreign Policy
, The Washington Quarterly, Country Life
, Arena
, Daily Mirror, Daily Express
, and The Sun
. He is a former member of the Young Fabians
and co-founded its magazine Anticipations.
in his book Unpeople (published in 2004). In the book, Curtis describes Leonard "one of the most passionate intellectual articulators of this new form of propaganda [public diplomacy]." Curtis also accuses Leonard of not acting or believing in the public's interests. Leonard is quoted to have said that, "the rise of global NGOs and protest movements" are a threat which "have changed the nature of power and put even greater constraints on the freedom of action of national governments."
The most influential protest movements in living memory are the Civil Rights Movements during the sixties. These were grass roots movements that changed public opinion of African Americans from being below white people, to being equal to them. The movement officially started in 1955. The US government created a Civil Rights Act
in 1964, banning discrimination based on "race, color, religion, or national origin".
The government did not have 'freedom of action'. Instead it was forced to act in the public's interest.
a 'Foreign Affairs best-seller' which was published in 2005 and has been translated into 19 languages and What Does China Think? which was published in 2008 and has been translated into 14 languages.
Leonard is co-founder and director of the European Council on Foreign Relations
European Council on Foreign Relations
The ' is the first pan-European think tank. Launched in October 2007, its objective is to conduct research and promote informed debate across Europe on the development of coherent and effective European values based foreign policy....
, the first pan-European foreign policy think-tank which was launched in October 2007. It has offices in Berlin, London, Madrid, Paris, Rome, Sofia and Warsaw and a council chaired by Martti Ahtisaari, Joschka Fischer and Mabel van Oranje. Previously, he was director of foreign policy at the London-based Centre for European Reform
Centre for European Reform
The Centre for European Reform is a London-based think tank which supports European integration while arguing for institutional reform of the European Union...
, and director of The Foreign Policy Centre
Foreign Policy Centre
The Foreign Policy Centre is a British think tank specialising in foreign policy. It was formed in 1998 and launched by Tony Blair with the aim of developing a "vision of a fair and rule-based world order". It is pro-European. It has its origins on the centre-left of British politics, but works...
, a think-tank founded under the patronage of Tony Blair
Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...
and the late British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook
Robin Cook
Robert Finlayson Cook was a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Livingston from 1983 until his death, and notably served in the Cabinet as Foreign Secretary from 1997 to 2001....
in 1998.
He has spent time in Washington
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
as a Transatlantic fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States
German Marshall Fund
The German Marshall Fund of the United States is a nonpartisan American public policy and grantmaking institution dedicated to promoting greater cooperation and understanding between North America and Europe....
, and in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
as a visiting scholar at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences , established in 1977, is the premier and highest academic research organization in the fields of philosophy and social sciences as well as a national center for comprehensive studies in the People's Republic of China. It was described by Foreign Policy...
. In the 1990s Leonard caused waves with the publication of Britain (TM), a report for the think tank Demos which is credited with launching "Cool Britannia". At the Foreign Policy Centre, Leonard wrote the influential report Public Diplomacy and served for many years on the UK government's 'Public Diplomacy Strategy Board'.
Leonard writes, broadcasts and speaks regularly on international affairs. His work has appeared in publications including The Financial Times, The International Herald Tribune, The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
, The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
, The Independent
The Independent
The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...
, The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
, Prospect
Prospect (magazine)
Prospect is a monthly British general interest magazine, specialising in politics and current affairs. Frequent topics include British, European, and US politics, social issues, art, literature, cinema, science, the media, history, philosophy, and psychology...
, The Spectator
The Spectator
The Spectator is a weekly British magazine first published on 6 July 1828. It is currently owned by David and Frederick Barclay, who also owns The Daily Telegraph. Its principal subject areas are politics and culture...
, New Statesman
New Statesman
New Statesman is a British centre-left political and cultural magazine published weekly in London. Founded in 1913, and connected with leading members of the Fabian Society, the magazine reached a circulation peak in the late 1960s....
, Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy is a bimonthly American magazine founded in 1970 by Samuel P. Huntington and Warren Demian Manshel.Originally, the magazine was a quarterly...
, The Washington Quarterly, Country Life
Country Life (magazine)
Country Life is a British weekly magazine, based in London at 110 Southwark Street, and owned by IPC Media, a Time Warner subsidiary.- Topics :The magazine covers the pleasures and joys of rural life, as well as the concerns of rural people...
, Arena
Arena (magazine)
Arena was a British monthly men's magazine. The magazine was created in 1986 by Nick Logan, who had started The Face in 1980, to focus on trends in fashion and entertainment. British graphic designer Neville Brody, who had designed The Face, designed Arena's launch appearance.The magazine featured...
, Daily Mirror, Daily Express
Daily Express
The Daily Express switched from broadsheet to tabloid in 1977 and was bought by the construction company Trafalgar House in the same year. Its publishing company, Beaverbrook Newspapers, was renamed Express Newspapers...
, and The Sun
The Sun (newspaper)
The Sun is a daily national tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and owned by News Corporation. Sister editions are published in Glasgow and Dublin...
. He is a former member of the Young Fabians
Young Fabians
The Young Fabians is the under 31 years of age section of the Fabian Society, a socialist society in the United Kingdom.- History :The Fabian Society was founded by a group of young idealists in the late 19th century . For example HG Wells was 27 when he joined the Committee as was George Bernard...
and co-founded its magazine Anticipations.
Published works
His publications include:- The Spectre of a Multipolar Europe, ECFR Security Report, by Mark Leonard and Ivan Krastev, with Jana Kobzova, Dimitar Bechev and Andrew Wilson, October 2010
- Re-wiring the US-EU relationship, ECFR memo, by Mark Leonard, Ulrike Guérot and Daniel Korski, 8 December 2008
- Can the EU win the peace in Georgia?, ECFR policy brief, by Mark Leonard, Andrew Wilson and Nicu Popescu, 25 August 2008
- A Power Audit of EU-Russia relations, ECFR report, by Mark Leonard and Nicu Popescu, 7 November 2007
- New World Order: The balance of soft power and the rise of herbivorous powers, ECFR policy brief, by Mark Leonard Ivan Krastev, 24 October 2007
- Divided World: The struggle for supremacy in 2020, Centre for European Reform, January 2007
- The EUs Awkward Neighbour: time for a new policy on Belarus, Centre for European Reform, April 2006
- Georgia and the EU: can Europes neighbourhood policy deliver?, Centre for European Reform, September 2005
- Crunch-time on Iran: Five ways out of a nuclear crisis, Centre for European Reform, July 2005
- Democracy and Human Development in the Broader Middle East: A Transatlantic Strategy for Partnership, Istanbul Papers, July 2004
- Re-ordering the World: The long-term implications of September 11th, Foreign Policy Centre 2002
- The Pro-European Reader (edited with Dick Leonard, Palgrave-Macmillan, 2002
- Public Diplomacy, Foreign Policy Centre,2002
- Network Europe, Foreign Policy Centre, 1999
- Britain (TM), Demos, 1997
- Politics without Frontiers, Demos 1997
Public Diplomacy
Mark Leonard was accused of spreading propaganda by Mark CurtisMark Curtis (British author)
Mark Curtis is a British journalist, writer, and historian specialising in investigative journalism. He has written numerous books on the foreign policy of the United Kingdom and the United States during the twentieth century.-Biography:...
in his book Unpeople (published in 2004). In the book, Curtis describes Leonard "one of the most passionate intellectual articulators of this new form of propaganda [public diplomacy]." Curtis also accuses Leonard of not acting or believing in the public's interests. Leonard is quoted to have said that, "the rise of global NGOs and protest movements" are a threat which "have changed the nature of power and put even greater constraints on the freedom of action of national governments."
The most influential protest movements in living memory are the Civil Rights Movements during the sixties. These were grass roots movements that changed public opinion of African Americans from being below white people, to being equal to them. The movement officially started in 1955. The US government created a Civil Rights Act
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a landmark piece of legislation in the United States that outlawed major forms of discrimination against African Americans and women, including racial segregation...
in 1964, banning discrimination based on "race, color, religion, or national origin".
The government did not have 'freedom of action'. Instead it was forced to act in the public's interest.
External links
- Mark Leonard's website
- European Council on Foreign Relations' website
- Times Online review of "Why Europe Will Run the 21st Century"
- Critical review of Leonard's book from Times Literary Supplement
- Mark Leonard's articles for Prospect Magazine
- What Does China Think? - AmazonAmazon.comAmazon.com, Inc. is a multinational electronic commerce company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the world's largest online retailer. Amazon has separate websites for the following countries: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, and...