Commanding Heights

Davos, Switzerland

How to describe the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum? It’s the pages of the New York Times come to life. Or CNN, if you like. All the boys (and girls) are here: heads of state, foreign ministers, other ministers (including the clerical kind), businessmen, writers, actors, musicians, activists. It’s an event where you have Mohammad al-Gergawi, the Dubai development big, David Gergen, the Washington politico and journalist, and Valery Gergiev, the Russian conductor, listed side by side (by side).

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Jay Nordlinger

Jay Nordlinger was a senior editor of National Review and a book fellow at National Review Institute.

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Davos, Switzerland

How to describe the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum? It’s the pages of the New York Times come to life. Or CNN, if you like. All the boys (and girls) are here: heads of state, foreign ministers, other ministers (including the clerical kind), businessmen, writers, actors, musicians, activists. It’s an event where you have Mohammad al-Gergawi, the Dubai development big, David Gergen, the Washington politico and journalist, and Valery Gergiev, the Russian conductor, listed side by side (by side).