Mark Leonard

Boris Johnson the Counter-Revolutionary

Johnson did more than anyone to bury Britain’s European future; but his ultra-flexibility may yet prove to be its salvation

Europe seen from the outside – the British view

The next phase of European integration must engage with – and provide safeguards against – the dark side of interdependence. Otherwise Brexit will be just the beginning

Brexit: The foreign policy implications

The people have spoken. But yesterday’s vote to leave the European Union is only the beginning of what will be a long and uncertain process of divorce. 

The referendum rollercoaster

The uncertainty is stress-testing the British elite and the rest of the world, which is looking on helplessly at the results

The migration superpowers

As control over population flows becomes a currency of power, states that follow the M-7’s lead will have the opportunity to boost their geopolitical heft

The drawbridge fallacy

Terrorist attacks in Brussels were quickly pounced on by Brexit supporters, but is Britain's security is strengthened by EU cooperation?

The German problem

How Angela Merkel’s handling of the refugee crisis emboldened the far right and led to troubling questions about her future as chancellor

The New Interventionists

As a new order takes shape, the roles countries have played for the last 25 years are likely to be reversed