Australia turns its back on Davos

The keynote speakers are instead from the rising powers, or what the WEF more buoyantly calls "the new voices globally". The star billings include Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Argentina's newly elected maverick President Javier Milei, and the leaders of Qatar and Kenya. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will also be given the stage, as the WEF tries to use what remains of its convening power to broker discussions on the fast-evolving crisis in the Middle East. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will also be there, and Ukraine will…