Those who believe Europe to be weak and ineffectual are wrong. Turning conventional wisdom on its head Why Europe Will Run the 21st Century sets out a vision for a century in which Europe will dominate, not America. This is the book that will make your mind up about Europe. Those who believe Europe is weak and ineffectual are wrong. Turning conventional wisdom on its head, Mark Leonard, one of the UK's most visionary thinkers, argues that Europe is remaking the world in its own image. Europe only looks dead because it is seen through American eyes. But America's reach is shallow and narrow. It can bribe, bully or impose its will anywhere in the world, but when its back is turned its potency wanes. Europe's reach is broad and deep, spreading its values from Albania to Zambia. It brings other countries into its orbit rather than defining itself against them, and once countries come under the influence of its laws and customs they are changed for ever. This book sets up a challenge: to regard Europe not as a tangle of bureaucracy and regulation, but as a revolutionary model for the future. We cannot afford to forget that Europe was founded to protect us against war and that it is now key to the spread of democracy. 'Why Europe Will Run the 21st Century' addresses Europe's place in the world, looks to the past and the future and argues, provocatively, that it can and will shape a new and better world order.

马克·伦纳德 欧洲改革研究中心外交政策研究部主任，第一个泛欧思想库“欧洲外交关系委员会”的执行主任，致力于跨大西洋关系、中东问题以及欧盟与中国关系的研究。

马克·伦纳德是最活跃的全球问题专家之一，时常旅行于美国、中东、中国、前苏联和欧盟之间，文章则频繁见诸《金融时报》、《华尔街时报》、《卫报》、《每日电讯》、《新政治家》、《华盛顿季刊》、《新闻周刊》等。

《为什么欧洲会领跑21世纪？》是他的第一部著作，被译为17种语言在全世界出版。

他和妻子加布里埃尔·克莱芙住在伦敦康登镇乔芳路。

电子邮件：mark.leonard@ecfr.eu

个人主页：http://markleonard.net/

译者简介：华东政法大学硕士研究生，上海金融与法律研究院研究员