



When Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky attended the Davos conference earlier this month, he spoke at an invitation-only event titled “CEOs for Ukraine.” In contrast to his earlier Davos appearances, his focus this year was not on the war, but on the aftermath. He did not promise any new military offensives. Instead, he told the 70 CEOs in attendance, “We need you in Ukraine to build, to reconstruct, to restore our lives...because people need jobs.”

The United States is distracted like never before, says Colin Powell’s former chief of staff.
By Jason Morgan , Kenji Yoshida
New years are supposed to bring new possibilities. For Washington’s war profiteers, however, 2024 is shaping up to be more of the same—more of more of the same, to be precise. To the fighting in Ukraine and Gaza are now added attacks by the Yemeni Houthis against foreign vessels in the Red Sea. Israel’s fight with Hezbollah, also a proxy of Iran, is intensifying, too.