FIRST RATE FOREIGN POLICY ANALYSIS BY NADEZHDA
Dave alerted me to this – it’s so well done that Nadezhda makes me feel like I am mentally asleep at the wheel in comparison. A stellar post.
UPDATE: Good Lord ! Now John Bolton is receiving support from CKR as well !
September 2nd, 2005 at 5:36 pm
Many thanks for the kind remarks. Just one thing — I wrote a follow-up post on the important role the UK has been playing in the original drafting. As was clear at Gleneagles, Mr Blair and Mr Bush don’t see eye to eye on a lot of stuff like development and the environment. The UK is pretty clearly going back over ground where they couldn’t make progress at the G-8.
As the negotiations have continued — and the various objections on a range of topics have emerged from a number of quarters — it’s clear that the US is not the only one raising fundamental issues. I’ll try to write on this over the weekend.
As CKR points out, it’s also quite clear that the disputes aren’t Bolton-driven but rather a reflection of long-standing US policies — some distinctly Bushian, but others that cross political parties and administrations.
September 2nd, 2005 at 5:56 pm
Hey Mark!
Support it ain’t. I’m just trying to set the record straight. A lone wolf couldn’t get away with what Bolton’s doing.
Uh, unless his bosses are looking the other way, buying shoes and riding bicycles with Lance Armstrong.
CKR
September 3rd, 2005 at 2:08 pm
Hi Nad,
Many thanks for your efforts on this issue – your post was also a good illustration on how the NGO/Trans-Prog network is continually trying to grab unaccountable ( if diffuse) power from established institutions and states
CKR
Your caveat of Bolton non-defense is noted and accepted along with your already recognized rep for intellectual honesty.