“We are witnessing a backsliding in democracy everywhere in the world, even in the most advanced democracy, It is a movement into the bad — in the wrong direction.” — Alain Berset, a former Swiss ...

The annual gathering in the Swiss ski resort had a complicated geopolitical backdrop this year.

The comments by Christine Lagarde alluding to a U.S.-European Union rift offered a fitting final note at the World Economic Forum’s weeklong meeting. Trump’s return to the White House on ...

A day-long event filled with MIT speakers, including Sally Kornbluth and Sir Tim Berners-Lee, touched on AI sustainability ...

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has served as a platform to address global challenges, yet 83% of its original delegates were ...

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, a distinguished panel dives into the heart of this issue. Watch Tali Sharot bringing a neuroscientist’s perspective to understanding voter psychology and ...

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