[governance] Nitin Desai's two groups

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 04/12/2008, at 5:47 AM, Ian Peter wrote:

> I too though Desai's quote was excellent - but I do interpret it a bit
> differently, in that governments as I see it sit in the second group  
> who
> want more say and/or more power. That's an interesting dynamic.


Well, it's both IMHO; largely southern governments such as Brazil and  
China, so yes we do have some interesting bedfellows.   That leaves in  
the first group the technical community, private sector and the US and  
its close allies.  All of this was obvious to us from (even before)  
Athens, but I don't think Desai has come out and acknowledged it until  
now.

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