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TotalEnergies chairman and CEO Patrick Pouyanne (2ndR) asks a question to US President Donald Trump (on screen) during his address by video conference at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 23, 2025. FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP

After Davos: Trumponomics set to disrupt globalist agenda

With protectionists back in the White House, globalists attending the World Economic Forum were left 'playing second fiddle'. Al Majalla reviews some of the key highlights from the summit.

Maher Chmaytelli 28 January 2025
Chinese Premier Li Qiang (L), followed by World Economic Forum (WEF) founder and executive chairman Klaus Schwab, arrive on stage during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on January 16, 2024. AFP

Shifting world order on vivid display at Davos

On the Davos Promenade — the centre of social activities — the most prominent pavilions belong to Gulf countries and India. Meanwhile, China's sizeable delegation unnerves the US.

Shirley Ze Yu 18 January 2024
Passersby walk past with a back drop of skyscrapers in Tokyo on June 13, 2022. AP

The international economy is ailing

An unprecedented recession awaits the global economy and may plunge it into a spiral of deflation

Mohamed Sharki 27 February 2023
Cal Thomas

Kissinger’s Ukraine Opinions Meets Opposition

On Monday, 25 of May, in New York, Henry Kissinger, former US Secretary of State, and a prominent realist politician and academician, was dressed-up to attend a party celebrating his 99th birthday …

Mohammad Ali Salih - Washington 03 June 2022
Indian children work nearby to their parents at a construction project in front of the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on January 30, 2010 in New Delhi, India. (Getty)

As the World’s Ultra-Rich Gather at Davos, the Debate Over Economic Inequality Rages On

This week the world’s richest and most powerful people, including 119 billionaires with a collective worth of $500 billion, ascended to the small Swiss Alps town of Davos in a stream of private…

Yasmine El Geressi 25 January 2020
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