THE GLOBAL RISKS REPORT ‪2012 - click here to get explanation of report

Dystopian reality is agitating populations worldwide. 

It’s time for all of us to think globally, nationalist myopia is the product of elite greed

Two dominant issues of concern emerged from the Arab Spring, the “Occupy” movements worldwide and recent similar incidents of civil discontent: the growing frustration among citizens with the political and economic establishment, and the rapid public mobilization enabled by greater technological connectivity. A macro and longer-term interpretation of these events highlights the need to improve the management of global economic and demographic transformations that stand to increasingly define global social trends in the decade to come.