Foreign Affairs at World Economic Forum 2025

Rubiks Cube of Global Security – Davos 2025

The global security landscape has deteriorated sharply in the past decade, with nearly 15% of the world’s population now living in conflict-affected areas. As these conflicts combine with climate and technological risks, as well as the re-emergence of threats of nuclear proliferation, what can leaders do to stem the breakdown of longstanding security norms and institutions and bolster long-term comprehensive collective security?

Speakers:

• Daniel Kurtz-Phelan, Editor-in-Chief, Foreign Affairs
• Comfort Ero, President and Chief Executive Officer, International Crisis Group (ICG)
• Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director-General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• Abdulhamid Al Dabiba, Prime Minister of Libya, Office of the Prime Minister of Libya
• Meghan O’Sullivan, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University
• Alexander Stubb, President of Finland, Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

This session was developed as a collaboration between the World Economic Forum and Foreign Affairs.