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State-based armed conflict tops WEF Global Risks Report

The global outlook in 2025 is increasingly fractured across geopolitical, environmental, societal, economic and technological domains, according to The Global Risks Report 2025 by the World Economic…

Al Majalla - London 28, Jan 2025

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.

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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, Jan 2025

The choice to hold the World Economic Forum (WEF) outside of Davos wasn't coincidental. It came as the Middle East reals from multiple crises and conflicts, in contrast to Saudi Arabia, which shines as a beacon of stability.

Al Majalla

'Davos in Riyadh' charts a course to a thriving global economy

Halfway into Vision 2030, the Saudi economy recorded steady progress and made impressive strides toward a prosperous future

Khaled Kassar 30, Apr 2024

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, Jun 2022

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