The Future Is Still Global Despite Protectionist Fears

One of the strong themes to emerge from more than 400 sessions of thought provoking topics at the World Economic Forum in Davos was support for globalisation.

At a time when political agendas appear to be moving the world into a sadly fragmented situation, Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, steadfastly suggested that resistance to globalisation is one of the three biggest threats to economic success.

"Many societies and countries are becoming more and more focussed on themselves," he said. "It feels like the opposite of globalisation is happening. The negative impact of this kind of mind-set and wrong priorities cannot be considered less dangerous than climate change or terrorism."