World leaders, corporate executives and figures from civil society are convening in Davos, Switzerland, this week for the World Economic Forum. All eyes are almost certain to be on one high-ranking guest: U.S. President Donald Trump, who plans to attend with a large delegation including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Steve Witkoff, the special envoy to the Middle East.
Topics of discussion at Davos ¡ª according to U.S. and European analysts and former policymakers interviewed before the event ¡ª are likely to include Russia¡¯s war with Ukraine; prospects for global trade and markets; the probability of China invading Taiwan; and the risks of a Middle East flare-up caused by the recent uprising in Iran.
Many of those issues may well hinge on one central question: What will Trump do next?
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