Mandy for the IMF? Seriously?
by David Steven | May 19, 2011
From Martin Kettle in the Guardian, the eye-catching – and bizarre – idea that the Chinese are rooting for Peter Mandelson to take over at the IMF:
A more intriguing UK outsider [than Gordon Brown], in every sense – and absolutely guaranteed to have Brown chewing the carpet – is Peter Mandelson. China has asked if the former business secretary and EU trade commissioner would take the job. Mandelson is definitely interested. The coalition might be open to it too. Germany and France are another matter. Mandelson nevertheless ticks a lot of boxes.
Martin – please tell us more. After all, it’s hard to imagine a source for this story other than Mandelson himself.
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David Steven is a senior fellow at the UN Foundation and at New York University, where he founded the Global Partnership to End Violence against Children and the Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies, a multi-stakeholder partnership to deliver the SDG targets for preventing all forms of violence, strengthening governance, and promoting justice and inclusion. He was lead author for the ministerial Task Force on Justice for All and senior external adviser for the UN-World Bank flagship study on prevention, Pathways for Peace. He is a former senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and co-author of The Risk Pivot: Great Powers, International Security, and the Energy Revolution (Brookings Institution Press, 2014). In 2001, he helped develop and launch the UK’s network of climate diplomats. David lives in and works from Pisa, Italy.
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