Posted on 01/16/2023 4:15:48 AM PST by FarCenter
The world's political and business elites gather for the annual Davos summit from Monday to promote "cooperation in a fragmented world", with war in Ukraine, the climate crisis and global trade tensions high on the agenda.
For half a century, the World Economic Forum in the Swiss Alps has brought together executives and policymakers to sing the praises of globalisation, but that process is seen as unwinding as new fault lines harden around the world.
The Covid-19 pandemic, growing US-China hostility and Russia's invasion of Ukraine have led some politicians and experts to even speculate about "an end to the era of globalisation", which began in earnest in the decade after the first Davos meeting in 1971.
The agenda for this year's meeting in the snow-deficient Alps, starting next Monday, reflects this gloomy reality.
"There's no doubt that our 53rd annual meeting in Davos will happen against the most complex geopolitical and geoeconomic backdrop in decades. So much is at stake," said Borge Brende, a former Norwegian foreign minister who is now president of the meeting.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and UN chief Antonio Guterres are among the most prominent figures attending the forum, alongside nearly 400 government ministers and policymakers, 600 CEOs and a smattering of celebrities, including actor Idris Elba.
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Russia is expected to miss out on the event for a second consecutive time, underlining the sea change since 2021, when President Vladimir Putin addressed delegates via video link, or 2009 when he attended in person.
China has not yet announced its presence.
Karen Harris, an economist at the consulting firm Bain & Company, said that hopes had faded that "we would go back to the old normal, this sort of globalised world".
"I think there's an acknowledgement now that that era is ending."
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world criminal empire needs to be neutered
If by neutered you mean every attendee achieves ambient temperature… I agree.
They haven’t screwed up Ukraine enough already?
No longer relevant in the world. And they know it.
Maybe there will be good food.
What about rampant inflation and massive government debt resulting from out-of-control spending? That seems to be the real problem.
The Nazi Klaus Schwab and his Cult are very Dangerous
I suggest every pig elitist at Davos tackle Urkaine by getting off their fancy arses and go there and fight for the war they wanted and pushed for.
WEF has assembled a 5000 man army this year to protect the elitists, the largest ever.
> > > the snow-deficient Alps
Dear Vlad:
46.8027° N, 9.8360° E
You know what needs to be done.
What climate crisis?
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