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.
- 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.
Better Known 