The first meeting between US president Donald Trump and Chinese president Xi Jinping today (April 6) brings together two men who have been sending the…
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BATMAN V. LUTHOR?
Trump and Bannon attack the 1% to disguise the fact that they are card-carrying members of it
To understand the war on the global elites that Steve Bannon and Donald Trump claim to have unleashed, think of an epic battle between Bruce…
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Chinese president Xi Jinping has vowed to lead the “new world order”
Chinese president Xi Jinping has vowed for the first time that China should take the lead in shaping the “new world order” and safeguarding international…
TRUE SHARING ECONOMY
Globalization failed too many people. Here’s the technology that could help it work for everyone
Last month, global leaders in business, government, media, and technology made their annual pilgrimage to Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum’s annual event. The…
ALL TALK?
China’s Xi is no answer to Trump
China’s President Xi Jinping visited Davos and the United Nations office in Geneva this month, portraying himself as a defender of global order on issues…
UP IN THE AIR
The global populist backlash didn’t ground the private helicopters flying into Davos
Amid a populist upheaval and growing anti-establishment fervor, the gathering of the global elite in Davos this year was expected to be a more sober,…
Henry Kissinger criticized Trump’s broadsides against Europe, and urged him to help build a new world order
Davos, Switzerland Just hours before Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, Henry Kissinger, the geostrategist and former US secretary of state, took a swipe at…
VIEW IN DAVOS
In Davos, the view is that we may have already reached Peak Trump
Davos The tweets, the outbursts, the threats against formidable world leaders all continue. But business leaders both American and otherwise gathered here to say not…
COPYCAT?
Davos has inspired an idea for a new town in the Himalayas
Davos, a Swiss ski-resort town with a population of just over 11,000 people, is known for hosting the World Economic Forum (WEF), an annual gathering…
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A unified message to Trump from China’s bigwigs at Davos: avoid a trade war
Chinese president Xi Jinping became globalization’s most vocal champion with his speech at Davos earlier this week. Though he didn’t name Donald Trump in his…
MONEY TALKS
A global alliance is investing $500 million to stop the spread of deadly outbreaks we are utterly unprepared for
One of the biggest nightmares for those tasked with worrying about humanity’s future is a pandemic. A fast-spreading, high-mortality pathogen that doesn’t care about national…
INOCULATING AGAINST RISK
Larry Summers: Using the lessons of economics to stop global pandemics before they start
You may not have heard of Basil O’Connor, but there is a strong argument that he was one of the most successful investors of the…
