Brussels Playbook Podcast How Europe survives when there are no rules
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Mar 6, 2026 
Rym Momtaz, editor-in-chief at Carnegie Europe and Middle East analyst. Mark Leonard, director of the European Council on Foreign Relations and author on geopolitics when rules fail. They discuss how a rising Iran war exposes a world of 'un-order'. Short takes on global ripple effects, energy and defense strains in Europe, shifting strategic mindsets, and what resilience-minded policy looks like.
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Raisina Dialogue Revealed Absent Global Leadership
- The Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi showed missing international delegates and people stranded in the Gulf.
- Mark Leonard described it as a metaphor for absent global leadership and the direct, personal economic effects on Indians tied to Gulf relations.
Un-Order Replaces The Rules-Based World
- The world is shifting from 'disorder' to 'un-order' where old rules and agreed facts no longer hold.
- Mark Leonard argues the US no longer believes in the postwar order, undermining sovereign equality and non-violence as shared norms.
Globalization Infrastructure Has Become Battle Space
- Modern conflicts weaponize globalization's infrastructure across trade, information, and energy.
- Leonard notes threats range from cutting trade and communications to attacks on energy and chokepoints like the Gulf of Hormuz.
