core sector communique

Majority of Global Experts Now Fear Looming Geopolitical Disruption as World Leaders Head to Davos

• 54% of global experts expect a major geopolitical disruption over the next 12 months, up from 36% last quarter, while confidence in global cooperation has dropped
• 3rd quarterly Global Confidence Index polled 345 experts from business, government, international organizations and academia who are Members of the Forum’s Network of Global Agenda Councils

Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 23 January 2012 – Fear among international experts of a major geopolitical disruption over the next 12 months has risen significantly to 54%, just as confidence in the state of global cooperation has dropped, according to the World Economic Forum’s third Global Confidence Index.