Mark Leonard is director of the European Council on Foreign Relations. Honored as a "Young Global Leader" of the World Economic Forum, he was Chairman of their Global Agenda Council on Geo-economics. He is a regular speaker and a prolific writer and commentator on global issues, the future of Europe, China's internal politics, and the practice of diplomacy and business in a networked world. His essays appear regularly in publications including Financial Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Le Monde, Süddeutsche Zeitung, El País, Gazeta Wyborcza, Foreign Policy, New Statesman, Economist, Time and Newsweek. He is also the author of two best-selling books: "Why Europe will run the 21st Century" and “What does China think?” He has also edited two books, China 3.0 and Connectivity Wars .