Instability: New Norm

September 30, 2024

The Global Business Forum in Banff, Alberta, attracts business and geopolitical leaders every year to hear from experts about the burning issues and trends of the day. This year’s overriding theme was that instability, wars, excessive debts, technological disruption, and political division will increase and continue to dominate world events. The kickoff speaker was distinguished American global thinker Robert Kaplan, author of 22 books on foreign affairs. He is with the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Washington, DC., is a Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board member and sits on the U.S. Navy’s Executive Panel. He talked in detail about the Ukrainian and Israeli wars and also addressed the problematic American political situation: “The center is gone in US politics. There is a move to the edges, and each side considers the other an existential threat.”