I was The Multilateralist before it was cool.

I created this blog just under a month ago so I'd have a forum to discuss global politics, U.S. foreign policy, and the question of what kind of global order we're headed towards.

A few days ago while trying to register a twitter account for this blog I made a discovery that the name "Multilateralist" was already taken. I thought this strange. Clicking on it I discovered I had only missed out on the sought after username by a day or two. It was linked to a new blog on Foreign Policy called you guested it: The Multilateralist! Written by a David Bosco. He's apparently written a book on the UN Security Council. He appears to be an egomaniac. But if I had books published or a blog sponsored by Foreign Policy magazine I probably would be one too.

I will freely admit that I felt a little like I'd been stolen from. After all, I thought long and before I came up with this name and (this is the crucial part) did a google search to try and find out if it was already taken. So while I resent the hell out of Bosco for his success and for stealing my name... I'm going to ask you to do something that may seam strange under the circumstances: Read his blog. It's about all the same ideas as mine, but with a tighter focus on international institutions. It's also quite good and as far as I'm concerned there aren't nearly enough people thinking and talking about the international system. His voice is welcome.

We'll see it this here internet is big enough for the both of us. I'm going to continue as The Multilateralist for now. I'll hope that his shadow isn't to big, if I get lost in it I may have to find a new name and I'm already rather fond of this one.