David Miliband: A Good Genie Is Afoot

Newsweek, October, 2007

It was a busy week for David Miliband, Great Britain’s youthful new foreign secretary . On Tuesday, the 42-year-old addressed the Labour Party conference, acknowledging the successes and “scars” from 10 years of Labour government and saying that Britain must strengthen its links with the United States and the international community to address the worlds’ problems. Europe, he added,

should avoid institutional navel gazing and look “to the problems beyond its borders that define insecurity within our borders.” Two days later he addressed the U.N. General Assembly, warning that rising inequality is both “morally offensive” and “dangerous” to global stability and prosperity. In a discussion with NEWSWEEK editors, he elaborated on his view that three key issues—inequality,...

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