The first part of the series outlines how the race is run, who is agitating, and what their interests are. Part 2 will handicap the field of early secretary-general contenders, from a 39 year-old Montenegrin wunderkind to Australia’s own Kevin Rudd.
Eurasia Group’s Ian Bremmer recently warned about the absence of global leadership, claiming that we’ve reached a ‘G-zero world’ in which global caucus members don’t share political or economic values or a common vision for the future. It’s against this backdrop that world leaders will this year select the next UN Secretary-General (SG) to replace Ban Ki-moon when his second …read more
Everything you need to know about the UN secretary-general race (part 1)
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