Mark Pierce
Biography
Publications
Mark Pierce was a diplomat and is now a writer who has spent years living in France and Germany.
A survival guide for advisers to the powerful
From Nixon’s downfall to Merkel’s success, history offers hard lessons for those behind the throne.
The partition trap awaiting Ukraine’s territorial settlement
History is replete with rushed territorial divisions that have left lasting wounds – a warning for those ending the war.
Postcard from France: A political system in decline?
The ills that plague the Republic seem to lie in its waning agency and authority in a disrupted and contested world.
War stories: Our fascination with the grease and guts of conflict
Long after armies have left the field, the tales of conflict endure.
With friends like these…
In geopolitics, are the benefits of allies overrated?
World, First
Life in the times of an everywhere President opposed to globalisation.
The True North’s, Star-Spangled, March of the Volunteers: How nations shape their own stubborn songs
Stand to attention, citizens, for the anthems of the world
What matters a sense of history
Young and old alike, we need to think harder about how we think about the world.
Zelenskyy might have benefited from a warm-up before talking to Trump
And other hints for a president – or foreign minister – to write their own talking points
