From world order to global jungle
The decline and fall of the so-called post-war rules-based international order has quickly moved from prophecy or speculation to directly observable fact.
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AI billionaire’s Rome visit fuels questions over Italian Government links
A recent visit to Rome by the US co-founder of artificial intelligence (AI) companies with links to US defence and intelligence agencies is drawing scrutiny.
Merz says EU crippled itself with over-regulation, proposes ’emergency brake’
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said the European Union has hobbled its own competitiveness through excessive regulation and bureaucracy.
WEF cancels invitation to Iran’s foreign minister after storm of criticism
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has uninvited Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi from its annual meeting in Davos.
Europe ‘risks being outpaced by India’
Europe risks being left behind by India after being outpaced by China, conference-goers heard on September 3.
World Economic Forum allegedly tampered with data to make Brexit ‘look bad’
According to an internal investigation at the World Economic Forum (WEF), data was allegedly rigged to make Brexit look like a failure.
WEF drops founder Klaus Schwab amid allegations of wrongdoing
The World Economic Forum (WEF), the organisation behind the annual WEF meetings of global leaders in Davos, Switzerland, has cut ties with its founder Klaus Schwab…
Trump hits Davos with nationalist capitalism, chastened elite forced to accept
Speaking from the White House, President Trump last week sounded a stirring tocsin of nationalist capitalism to the usual audience in the grim Swiss mountain town…
BlackRock CEO: ‘Now is the time to invest in Europe’
Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, has said at the World Economic Forum in Davos that Europe was being underestimated by global investors…
Pope Francis: AI is ‘accelerating crisis of truth’
Pope Francis has warned the World Economic Forum (WEF) that artificial intelligence (AI) was accelerating a so-called "crisis of truth" currently plaguing the modern…
Greenpeace activists delay EC chief von der Leyen’s WEF opening speech
Greenpeace activists have evaded the World Economic Forum's tight security checks, staging a brief climate change protest outside the main hall of the annual meeting…
The UN admits it: global government is what it wants to meet all ‘challenges’
On September 23, the United Nations agreed a Pact for the Future, 56 actions meant to tackle everything from climate change to poverty.
EU’s ‘degrowth’ means rich stay rich, the poor are made even poorer
It is hard to distinguish whether an action is driven by malice or incompetence when the results are the same.
The WEF’s role in the rise of Vladimir Putin
The long-forgotten Davos Pact, and the people behind it, were to a large extent responsible for putting Putin in power, argues our columnist
Delusions on display: The emptiness of the West’s strategic thinking will be on full show at the 2024 Munich Security Conference
The Munich Security Conference (MSC), which opens this week, is the Davos of the defence and strategic policy world.
World Economic Forum exposes European leaders’ incompetence
Bashing the World Economic Forum (WEF) is popular right now.
Argentina’s Milei berates Western ‘Neo-Marxists’ at World Economic Forum
"Neo-Marxists have managed to co-opt the common sense of the Western world and this they have achieved by appropriating the media, culture, universities, and also…
European ‘arrogance’ behind current EU crises, German minister tells WEF
European "arrogance" regarding world order led to the continent's current economic difficulties, Germany's climate change minister said during a World Economic Forum…
EU and China trade blows at World Economic Forum
China and the European Union have exchanged verbal blows at the World Economic Forum amid ongoing tensions over trade.
Will China try to ‘sow seeds of disruption’ at WEF meeting?
Officials from China are expected to dominate this year's annual meeting of the World Economic Forum.