{"id":551218,"date":"2026-04-26T06:23:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T06:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/551218\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T06:23:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T06:23:38","slug":"surviving-chaos-europe-charts-its-course-in-a-world-of-un-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/551218\/","title":{"rendered":"Surviving Chaos: Europe charts its course in a world of \u201cun-order\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following a welcome by Ambassador Pedro Serrano, ECFR Director Mark Leonard presented key ideas from his forthcoming book\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ecfr.eu\/podcasts\/episode\/surviving-chaos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Surviving Chaos: Geopolitics When the Rules Fail<\/a>. He was joined by ECFR Board Members Carl Bildt, Ivan Krastev, and Helle Thorning-Schmidt, with the conversation expertly chaired by Gideon Rachman of the Financial Times.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers agreed that the world has moved beyond \u201cdisorder\u201d into a deeper condition of \u201cun-order\u201d, where established rules are no longer simply challenged but increasingly irrelevant. This shift demands a fundamental rethink of Europe\u2019s strategic approach.<\/p>\n<p>Among the key takeaways, speakers highlighted:<\/p>\n<p>The need for greater European agency across security, economic policy, and global influence, including urgent progress on the single market, defence capabilities, and investment in innovation.<br \/>\nThe importance of faster decision-making, stronger internal cohesion, and a willingness to act with greater strategic autonomy.<br \/>\nThe role of the EU\u2013UK relationship, particularly in security and defence, reflecting shared interests in an increasingly unstable international environment.<\/p>\n<p>The event concluded with a clear message: in a world of \u201cun-order\u201d, the answer lies in a more united, agile, and assertive Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following a welcome by Ambassador Pedro Serrano, ECFR Director Mark Leonard presented key ideas from his forthcoming book\u00a0Surviving&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":551219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-551218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/551219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}