Dagens Wolfowitz
Det har varit relativt lugnt på Wolfowitz-fronten nu vid påsk. Men jag förmodar att det blir mer framåt torsdag när omröstningen sker.
Sebastian Mallaby har en artikel i Washington Post om Paul Wolfowitz och Världsbanken. Jag är inte så säker på att jag håller med, men ändå intressant.
The nomination of Paul Wolfowitz as World Bank president has created two opposing camps. One group stresses his gravitas, experience and listening skills, and it seems to include most people who know the man. The other group recoils from his role as architect of the Iraq war, and it declares that the World Bank will be tarnished by association with American foreign policy and ill-served by a president-ideologue.
But consider another interpretation. Despite the unpopularity of the Iraq war, Wolfowitz’s strength is that he’ll make the bank a tool of U.S. policy. And if you’re going to have an ideology, Wolfowitz has the right one.
Mallaby har förresten skrivit en bok om Världsbanken och dess avgående president, James Wolfensohn, som jag har hört ska vara bra. The World’s Banker heter den.
