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Better Known · June 14 · 29 min

Mark Leonard

Mark Leonard discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Mark Leonard is Co-Founder and Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, the first pan-European think-tank. His new book is Surviving Chaos: Geopolitics When The Rules Fail, which is available at https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=surviving-chaos-geopolitics-when-the-rules-fail--9781509575220. Xi Jinping’s “Great Changes Unseen in a Century”, an understanding that the next few years will be characterized by the need to survive chaos rather than preserving or building order. Bicycling through big cities - London, New York, Paris, Berlin Zaho de Sagazan - a brilliant singer-songwriter and performer who is bringing French chanson into the electronic age George Soros’s philosophy - the billionaire investor and philanthropist is best known for making money but just as important is his understanding of how to live in a world that is out of balance Drummond Street in North London, the home of the best South Indian restaurants in Europe Neil Kinnock - the greatest political orator of my life-time who reinvented the Labour Party and is now campaigning for Britain to join the EU. This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

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Mark Leonard discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

Mark Leonard is Co-Founder and Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, the first pan-European think-tank. His new book is Surviving Chaos: Geopolitics When The Rules Fail, which is available at https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=surviving-chaos-geopolitics-when-the-rules-fail--9781509575220.

  1. Xi Jinping’s “Great Changes Unseen in a Century”, an understanding that the next few years will be characterized by the need to survive chaos rather than preserving or building order.
  2. Bicycling through big cities - London, New York, Paris, Berlin
  3. Zaho de Sagazan - a brilliant singer-songwriter and performer who is bringing French chanson into the electronic age
  4. George Soros’s philosophy - the billionaire investor and philanthropist is best known for making money but just as important is his understanding of how to live in a world that is out of balance
  5. Drummond Street in North London, the home of the best South Indian restaurants in Europe
  6. Neil Kinnock - the greatest political orator of my life-time who reinvented the Labour Party and is now campaigning for Britain to join the EU.

This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

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