Victor Mallet



Profile:
Full name: Victor Mallet

Area of interest: Spain; Sailing

Journals/Organisation: Financial Times

Email: [mailto:victor.mallet@ft.com victor.mallet@ft.com]

Personal website:

Website: FT.Com / Victor Mallet

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Representation: The Insight Bureau

Networks: https://twitter.com/#!/vjmallet | http://es.linkedin.com/pub/victor-mallet/12/15/539



Biography:
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Education: Oxford University: English language and literature

Career: Twenty years at the FT, covering Africa, Europe, Middle East and Asia. Escaped from Kuwait in 1990, being one of the few foreign correspondents present as Iraq invaded

Current position/role: Madrid bureau chief


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Other roles/Main role: Has written editorials, columns and feature articles. Also wrote a regular column on sailing and yachting.

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Awards/Honours: Society of Publishers in Asia award for opinion writing, 2005, also 2006

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Books & Debate:

 * The Trouble with Tigers: the rise and fall of South-East Asia OCLC40755272, 1999

(read a review by Philip Bowring, International Herald Tribune)

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Financial Times:
Column name:

Remit/Info: Asia-Pacific: Business, economics, politics, security

Section: Comment

Role: Commentator, Asia Editor - editorial, features, comment

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Email: [mailto:victor.mallet@ft.com victor.mallet@ft.com]

Website: FT.Com / Victor Mallet

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Day published: Thursday

Regularity: Varies

Column format:

Average length: 850 words



Articles: 2016

 * The Islamist threat to Asian statehood - Do not forget the menace of violence and religious bigotry in the east - 14th January
 * A city where the sun doesn’t shine - The air is so bad that readings often surpass the official index of the US - 11th January



Articles: 2015

 * India entangled in bureaucracy and graft - Despite Modi’s reforms, ministers have been outmanoeuvred at every turn - 22nd December
 * Tolerance could heal a divided India - Perhaps it is time for south Asia to revive its faded traditions of multiculturalism - 1st December
 * walking fish and sneezing monkey'' - We have only begun to uncover the diversity of the planet’s animals and plants - 20th October
 * The Patels and the politics of caste - An attempt to deal with the unfair class system has led to further social unrest - 8th September
 * India’s unholy mess is no exception - Superstition abounds in the country — sometimes to lethal effect - 25th August
 * Summer retreats count the cost of success - Hill stations of the subcontinent face the unstoppable forces of demography - 11th August
 * Tributes to empire’s forgotten warriors - In north-east India lie those who fell while world’s attention was on Europe - 28th July
 * Scams, deaths and the Indian civil service - Two thousand people have been arrested in latest corruption scandal - 14th July
 * Paradoxical joys of contradictory nation - India’s colourful language and contrasts reveal a land of extremes - 20th May
 * Hope rises from the rubble in Kathmandu - A cautious optimism emerges through the trauma - 6th May
 * Not common or in the garden - The humble sparrow has been attracting attention in New Delhi - 21st April
 * Bollywood gets bold in an intolerant era - India is producing films that are socially relevant, entertaining and profitable - 13th January



Articles: 2014

 * Wheels of India justice stick - Glacial pace of courts undermines country’s claim it is superior to China - 17th November
 * India needs a trade deal with itself - Moving freight around is a slow process thanks to bureaucratic jams - 4th November
 * Kashmir’s floods leave a watery Doomsday - Agreement centres on the government’s failure to prepare for the damage caused by the deluge - 23rd September
 * Pakistan protesters fail to live up to ideals - Demonstrations aim to topple elected government - 4th September
 * Imran Khan, playboy turned politician - Run out last year, the former cricketer is now marching on Islamabad - 23rd August
 * ''Modi confounds devotees and detractors - India’s prime minister will fulfil neither the hopes of fans nor fears of foes, writes Victor Mallet - 8th August
 * Narendra Modi, outsider set to lead India - The biggest challenge now will be to fulfil the expectations the BJP’s campaign has generated - 15th May
 * Modi would be neither tyrant nor colossus - Off the agenda would be opening of the retail trade to foreign investors - 5th May
 * Unholy pollution in India’s holy waters - The general election could be an opportunity to rescue the Ganges - 30th April
 * Tea, sex and one last cavalry charge - The centenary of the first world war has not gone unnoticed in India - 26th March
 * Holy cows and the politics of beef - In much of India cows are not eaten. They are fed - 29th January
 * Abuses of power threaten Asian democracies - Many Asian democracies have fallen prey to abuses of power and privilege - 13th January



Articles: 2013

 * What price happiness? - The pursuit of happiness has not stopped Bhutan from frantic urbanisation - 5th December
 * Modi tempers Hindu stance to woo India - Polarising figure has a sense of purpose and ‘rock star appeal’ - 18th September
 * Remembrance of things past - Only Bengali filmmakers hold any hope for Kolkata’s cultural future - 28th August
 * Currency sell-off: Tragedy in three acts - Emerging market darlings have lost their lustre as investors ponder life without US quantitative easing - 24th August
 * A primer in how corruption works - A young magistrate and illegal sand mining have New Delhi in a spin - 14th August
 * Pinned back by politics - The toxic political culture harms efforts to lift Bangladesh out of poverty - 7th August
 * India’s election phoney war gathers pace - Parties strive for unity before national polls expected next year - 25th July
 * Indian economy: An unfinished project - New Delhi has introduced reforms to revitalise business. But many disillusioned investors are not convinced - 16th May
 * Peace based on a wing and a prayer - The Afghan fascination with birds continues despite continuing violence - 19th April
 * Democracy wins if Pakistan shuns Musharraf - Good government is more important than political theatrics - 26th March
 * Defence: India’s slow march - Overshadowed by China, the country is struggling to modernise its armed forces - 20th February
 * Hindi lessons: the pain and the politics - Clues to the next twist in a soap or parliament make it all worthwhile - 13th February
 * Exasperated India reacts to a tragedy - Middle-class India is agonising over the cultural contraditions exposed by the fatal gang-rape - 16th January



Articles: 2012

 * Asian jitters drive race for strategic ties - India and Asean are bolstering relations amid concerns over China - 27th December
 * Pakistan: A fragile transition - with Farhan Bokhari The country is forging a stronger democratic foothold despite the threat of political, religious and economic unrest - 20th December
 * The road ahead - India needs to be more than a match for its peers because the existential challenges it faces are more severe - 23rd November
 * Capitalism: red in tooth and claw - Extremism in business and politics fosters a yearning for the rule of law - 20th November
 * The road ahead - India needs to be more than a match for its peers because the existential challenges it faces are more severe - 17th November
 * Flora and fauna of an Asian megacity - Cohabitation is a tribute to Indian tradition - 3rd October
 * India: Big bang, or parting shot? - Manmohan Singh has rediscovered his zeal for reform but faces a test of strength - 28th September
 * Spain should listen to the outside world - Policy makers need to do some self-examination before crying foul - 9th June
 * rainy days in Spain'' - Bad news keeps coming in from the regions - 6th April



Articles: 2011

 * Spain’s new government will ‘have to act quickly’ - In a nation likely to become the next to eject an administration tainted by the debt crisis, a new leader must convince sceptics it can manage mounting problems - 15th November
 * Eta ends its war, but nationalism lives on - Violence seen to block more political gains - 31st October
 * Beastly Brits now inhale Spain dry - It can sometimes be awkward being British in Spain due to that most dangerous of beasts, the tourist - 31st August
 * election unlikely to calm investors'' - Madrid edges closer to sovereign debt whirlpool - 1st August
 * blame game hides dual culpability'' - Alarming deficits have bulged out in particular regions - 10th June
 * poised for kill as Spain fights for future'' - The danger extends to the rest of the eurozone and even to the broader world economy - 25th May
 * €9bn stake in Spain lost in translation'' - Both sides learn from embarrassing episode - 20th April
 * monarchs nervously watch Morocco'' - Royal families in the region, like its dictators, face the combination of an urban underclass of jobless youths and of dissatisfied middle-class professionals - 3rd March



Articles: 2009

 * Cup: two billionaire yachting enthusiasts do high-tec battle on the high seas'' - 7th February
 * in position'' - Banks: Santander has emerged from the crisis ahead of many of its rivals, leaving them wondering how it has grown into a global force despite the economic troubles of its home country - 21st October
 * casts shadow over banks'' - Financial conferences tend to be uncontroversial affairs, but there was a subtle shift in tone at a forum in Hong Kong, where the usual business of discussing the intricacies of the world’s financial plumbing gave way to soul-searching about the darker side of the industry - 18th September (with Robert Cookson)
 * footings'' - Devolution: Long a European object lesson in passing power from the centre to the regions, Spain faces demands for further autonomy just as recession is highlighting the cost of this approach - 19th August
 * and France call for summit on Somalia'' - The two European countries step up their joint struggle against terrorism, piracy and drug smuggling by campaigning for an international conference on the African nation - 30th April
 * Insight: Spanish brew has bitter taste'' - Spain is a fragile nation state with centrifugal communities on its fringes - 15th April
 * lenders see salvation in mergers'' - Spain’s weaker lenders are facing a difficult period of mergers and restructuring following the collapse of the property market - 31st March
 * Barreiros and the Recovery of Spain'' - A business biography shows how a Galician industrialist and innovator overcame obstacles with charm and hard work - 24th March
 * recession: After the fiesta'' - Gripped by an agonising downturn, Madrid risks losing many of the gains made relative to its neighbours - 18th February
 * Edge: In Spain the gaffe is now an art form'' - From Queen Sofía’s outburst against abortion and gay marriage to Emilio Botín’s “hostage to fortune” lecture on how to be a better banker, the Spanish are vying with the White House and Buckingham Palace for world leadership in howlers - 2nd January 2009



Articles: 2008

 * Edge: Sex, drink and Benidorm’s heritage'' - An application by the mass-market Spanish seaside resort to get on to Unesco’s world heritage list is not as daft as it seem - 29th November 2008
 * assured destruction in cyberspace'' - The crisis in Georgia reminds us that a new style of warfare – potentially as devastating as earlier forms – is almost upon us: cyberwar - 21st August 2008
 * the Olympic spirit, detained in China'' - Provision of the hard infrastructure has been exemplary, but on the ‘soft’ side Beijing has been a disappointment - 23rd July 2008
 * candidates ignore Asia at their peril'' - As home to over half the world’s people and many of its conflicts, Asia has a habit of mugging unwary US presidents - 11th July 2008
 * American candidates ignore Asia at their peril - Barack Obama and John McCain, the US presidential candidates, should understand better than most why Asia is important to any incumbent of the White House - 11th June 2008
 * downside of joining the superpower club'' - China is feeling some of the political heat that has been directed exclusively at the US since the end of the Soviet Union - 14th May 2008
 * modest proposal for preventing world famine'' - You do not need to be a neo-Malthusian to worry about the demands of a global population rising by 80m a year - 16th April 2008
 * rebalance of power'' - The west is approaching Asia’s return to economic pre-eminence with cautious optimism - 31st May 2008
 * lessons for authoritarians'' - Eventually, the impact of this month’s election will reach beyond business and the narrow issue of racial preferences - 19th May 2008
 * Malaysian lessons for authoritarians - Two very different uprisings, one in Tibet and one in Malaysia, have exposed the ethnic and political tensions that often seethe beneath the calm surface of Asia’s successful economies - 19th March 2008
 * FT Interview: Nguyen Tan Dung - Amy Kazmin, the FT’s South-East Asia Correspondent, and Victor Mallet, Asia Editor, interviewed Nguyen Tan Dung, Vietnam’s Prime minister. Below is an edited transcript of their interview - 2nd March 2008
 * China should not fear open debate'' - There is a more vibrant discussion of Chinese topics – whether Darfur, democracy or dirty air – in London or Paris than there is in Beijing or Shanghai - 21st February 2008
 * Intransigent face of the Chinese superpower - It is remarkable how China the selfish superpower is fading from public view. In its place comes China the peacemaker and potential saviour of the faltering world economy - 23rd January 2008



Financial Times: on Sailing
Column name:

Remit/Info: Sailing and yachting

Section: FT Weekend / Pursuits

Role: Columnist

Pen-name:

Email: [mailto:victor.mallet@ft.com victor.mallet@ft.com]

Personal website:

Website: FT.Com / Victor Mallet

Commissioning editor:

Day published: Saturday

Regularity: Monthly

Column format:

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Articles: 2008

 * drink and Benidorm’s heritage'' - An application by the mass-market Spanish seaside resort to get on to Unesco’s world heritage list is not as daft as it seems - 29th November 2008
 * Yachting: Base of choice for big-budget sailing events - On a sunny Saturday morning in October – with a limpid sea, a crisp breeze and a clear blue sky above the ancient fortress towering over Alicante – it is easy to see the attractions of Spain as a base for international yacht-racing events - 14th October 2008
 * Seas look to stay calm for floating real estate - For the past decade, the thriving market for superyachts – usually defined as those over 100 feet or 30 metres in length – has tracked the sharp rise in the number of the world’s super-rich and the value of their assets - 22nd September 2008
 * Healthy image is the golden ticket - Mike Slade, the London-based property developer and Helical Bar chief executive, finds it hard to contain his enthusiasm either for the sport of sailing or the commercial benefits of owning and chartering an instantly recognisable superyacht such as his 100ft ICAP Leopard - 22nd September 2008
 * Fished out - Even by the standards of Hong Kong’s depleted waters, this has been a poor start to the day for trawlerman Wong Ah-Sheng and his wife Zheng Ah-Mei - 30th August 2008
 * British Star sailors cap off golden games - Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson, who started sailing at the ages of four and six respectively, rounded off a golden fortnight for British sailors by taking the top spot in the Star keelboat class after a nail-biting finish in the final race of the Olympic regatta in Qingdao on Thursday - 21st August 2008
 * Setting a new course - After more than four years, my monthly yachting column is sailing into the sunset. This will be the last one I write in its present form - 19th April 2008
 * Sailing yachts v stinkpots - This is confession time for a family of sailors: not only do we have friends who own a huge powerboat but, yes, we have even been out with them at weekends. We have dined in comfort on the spacious balcony at the stern - 29th March 2008
 * A sea change we must all fear - “The time has come,” the Walrus said,/ “To talk of many things:/ Of shoes – and ships – and sealing wax –/ Of cabbages – and kings –/And why the sea is boiling hot...” - 1st March 2008
 * When disaster strikes - It was the moment every sailor dreads. Paul Bayfield, an experienced crew member aboard Purple X, a 49ft Oyster yacht on passage from the Philippines to Hong Kong, had just settled into his berth after a spell on watch when there was a horrible noise above followed by a sharp change in the boat’s motion - 2nd February 2008
 * Sailors harbour a taste for a good yarn - If you live in the chillier latitudes of the northern hemisphere and spent the holidays by the fire with a book and not at the wheel of a yacht, I have a question: was it a sea book or a land book? - 5th January 2008



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