Carl Bildt has a blog Posted by Heather Hurlburt

Well, this is fun -- the kind of random thing you find while tooling around the web on a Friday night.

Carl Bildt, former Prime Minister of Sweden, former UN High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, a very smart guy who had a real knack for rubbing American officials the wrong way, has a blog.  I happened upon it because of his comments on the UN Secretary-General race that Suzanne also posted on.

It's mildly interesting but not earth-shattering to read -- a useful barometer of one strand of European thought, I suspect.  But imagine the possibilities.  What if Bill Clinton had a blog?  Come to think of it, why doesn't he?  What if Clinton and George H.W. Bush had a blog together?  What if Bob Dole had a blog?  What if Tony Blair blogs in retirement?  What if Kofi Annan did?

If readers know of other former heads of state/government who blog, let me know.  I think a list would be fun.  (I notice Bildt doesn't have a blogroll yet...) 

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[Nicholas Whyte]

Vladimir Spidla, former Czech Prime Minister now a European Commissioner, has a blog here. It was last updated in June and is not very exciting.

Margot Wallstrom, like Bildt a Swede and like Spidla a European Commissioner, has a blog here. Unlike the other two, she has enabled comments; after looking at hers you can se why the other two have chosen not to go down that road.

You may find you know others who have taken the plunge!

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And as of today, Carl Bildt is back in the Swedish government. Newly-elected prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt this morning appointed Bildt to Sweden´s foreign minister.

The expectations rises on Sweden´s role in the world.

[Tony Fleming]

Hi Heather -

yes, I also found it fascinating that Bildt has his own blog, and was pleased that he linked to UNSG.org in discussing the SG race.

As for another politician with a blog, did you know that Dennis Hastert has one?

http://speaker.house.gov/journal/index.shtml

It appears to not be updated very often (nothing since the Foley scandal broke).

[Tony]

Just out of curiousity, I did a google search for "politicians with blogs." Most of the results are articles about the value of blogging to politicians, with a handful of links to and reviews of some. Mostly American politicians, but a handful of other world leaders.

Tony

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