Participants arrive at the congress centrre prior to the opening of the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 21, 2014. Eric Piermont—AFP/Getty Images
By Ian Bremmer January 20, 2018
A dazed global political and business elite spent last year’s World Economic Forum meeting in Davos—held on the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration—wondering aloud what the future might hold.
One year later, the future is here. Literally. Donald Trump and a U.S. delegation led by Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin are set to arrive in Davos. America’s populist-in-chief will surely make news, but there will be several storylines worth following this year.