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Surviving Chaos
Geopolitics When the Rules Fail
Book • 2026
In 'Surviving Chaos,' Mark Leonard reveals how geopolitics is being rewritten in an age of 'Un-Order,' where no one agrees on the rules and the concept of order itself is up for debate.
Drawing on conversations with leaders and thinkers from Beijing to Washington, Leonard distinguishes between two approaches to global power: the 'architects' who attempt to build stable global systems, and the 'artisans' who adapt and improvise amidst disruption.
The book argues that China has embraced the artisan's mindset while Europe and the West cling to fading certainties, offering a bold new framework for understanding twenty-first century power dynamics and calling for leaders to learn how to thrive in tomorrow's world rather than defend yesterday's.
Drawing on conversations with leaders and thinkers from Beijing to Washington, Leonard distinguishes between two approaches to global power: the 'architects' who attempt to build stable global systems, and the 'artisans' who adapt and improvise amidst disruption.
The book argues that China has embraced the artisan's mindset while Europe and the West cling to fading certainties, offering a bold new framework for understanding twenty-first century power dynamics and calling for leaders to learn how to thrive in tomorrow's world rather than defend yesterday's.
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in discussion and promoted as his new book about geopolitics amid failing rules-based order.


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