Those who see the World Economic Forum as an all-powerful network imposing a nefarious agenda get Davos exactly wrong, argues Distinguished Fellow Walter Russell Mead in the Wall Street Journal. The real scandal of Davos isn’t that it’s taking over the world. It’s that it’s failing.

China Center Director Miles Yu hosted Vincent Chao, the spokesperson for President-elect William Lai, and Alexander Huang, special advisor to the chairman of the Kuomintang, to discuss Taiwan’s recent democratic election and the implications of Lai’s victory for regional and global security.

Research Fellow Nate Sibley explains why Russia should be on the hook for rebuilding Ukraine—and how a new bill in Congress can make that happen—on CNN.

Neither Kyiv nor Moscow has shown any willingness or desire to negotiate. Senior Fellow Luke Coffey writes that peace is not likely in 2024 in Arab News.

In The Economist, Senior Fellow Husain Haqqani lays out why Pakistan, which boasts nuclear weapons and the world’s sixth-largest standing army, still needs to achieve both free and fair elections and a compromise between its generals and politicians before it can become a functioning democracy.

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In the wake of President Lai’s victory, Senior Fellow Riley Walters will host an expert panel to analyze how the new government in Taipei will handle the challenges facing Taiwan’s military, economy, and international relationships.