Jose Caballero, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
Trends of global power tensions, open war, democratic decline and extreme job market fluctuations are likely to continue in 2024
Xi Jinping shakes hands with Chinese construction workers at a Belt and Road Initiative site in Trinidad and Tobago in June 2023.
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Richard Carney, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
More autocratic governments, growing urbanization and emerging technologies will bolster the spread of Chinese influence around the world, an expert on emerging economies explains.
History shows how conflicts can create uncertainty that can rattle financial markets. This could feed into consumer price inflation, keeping it higher for longer.
UK foreign secretary, Jame Cleverly, visited China just before news broke that an alleged spy had been working as a parliamentary researcher before being arrested earlier in the year.
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Why the US may not always be able to lead global economic rescue efforts.
People march with a banner that reads in Spanish ‘Stop the adjustment, out with the IMF,’ in Buenos Aires, Argentina on May 9, 2023.
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While there are some benefits to the free trade agreement, the UK would be better off striking a deal with its neighbours.
People gather in the Davos Congress Center prior to the start of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in January 2023.
(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Chinese tech giant Huawei is among companies adopting new strategies to challenge national security reviews.
People walk past an art installation by Turkish-American artist Refik Anadol at the 2023 World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
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Leaders must find new ways to measure development and economic progress and to co-operate on prioritising human and environmental security over profits.
Mourners hold blank sheets of paper during a vigil for the victims of China’s zero-COVID policy, November 28 2022.
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