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The World Economic Forum holds its annual meeting in the Swiss Alps, where it will address new trends as the West tries to reduce its reliance on Russia and China
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EL PAÍS took a look at four major problems the world will have to contend with in the new year: the war in Ukraine, the fragile relationship between the West and China, climate change and economic turmoil
While there is growing interest in negotiating an end to the invasion of Ukraine, most experts believe that the conditions for establishing a dialogue have not been reached
Warsaw sees no evidence of a deliberate Russian attack and renounced invoking Article 4, which provides for consultations if an alliance member country is threatened
In the first face-to-face meeting between the US president and Chinese leader Xi Jinping since the 2020 elections, Taiwan, North Korea and trade issues were on the table
Experts agree that the prospect of a Russian atomic strike is remote but that the scenario caused by Ukraine’s advances on the ground is the most dangerous in decades
Experts say that while the measure presents many logistical challenges and is unlikely to change the course of the conflict, it may prolong the fighting
Most experts still see an attack as highly unlikely, but a military and political context that is destabilizing for Vladimir Putin raises troubling uncertainties
The pandemic, climate change, wars and trade conflicts show the need for common responses in a geopolitical scenario that is cracking instead of coming together
The Russian invasion has lost its impetus and a series of setbacks has forced the Kremlin to reorganize its forces, raising questions about its military power
The Russian president has put the army’s deterrence forces on ‘special mode of combat duty,’ but experts are divided on whether he is really prepared to act on his threats against Ukraine
Moscow’s attack was initially presented as a surgical intervention, but is now facing military resistance, an aggressive Western response, Chinese ambiguity and early signs of discontent at home
Vladimir Putin announced the start of a ‘special military operation’ in the early hours of Thursday morning, which has already seen major explosions in various parts of the east of the former Soviet republic
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