Alan Friedman

Alan Friedman, a longtime Davos attendee, is chairman of FBC Media, a public relations and communications firm whose roster of clients includes foreign governments. He has worked as an economics columnist for the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal. [This bio was amended to reflect the nature of FBC's work.]

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Muslim Brotherhood 'Against U.S. Interests,' Says Former State Dept. Official

Muslim Brotherhood 'Against U.S. Interests,' Says Former State Dept. Official

Leslie Gelb, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, on the potential fallout of Mubarak stepping down More »

Mood of the Global Elite: Bullish on Asia, Hopeful for Europe, Worried by Egypt

Mood of the Global Elite: Bullish on Asia, Hopeful for Europe, Worried by Egypt

The world's power elite was somehow unable or unwilling to react in real time to the unfolding events in Cairo More »

Egypt Crisis Dominates Final Day at Davos

Egypt Crisis Dominates Final Day at Davos

In the corridors of Davos, the fear was that Muslim Brotherhood would come to power with an extremist Islamic agenda More »

Davos Is Silent as Egypt Burns

Davos Is Silent as Egypt Burns

It was truly surreal however to watch world leaders sitting on stage to calmly discuss climate change and sustainable development while Egypt was burning.DAVOS, Switzerland - There was something fairly surreal going on for most of Friday at the annual meetings of the World Economic Forum here. As the endgame of the Egyptian uprising seemed about to play out -- with President Hosni Mubarak teetering, the Army taking to the streets as the death toll mounted, the… More »

Indonesia Makes an Impressive Debut, Sarkozy Defends the Euro and Humiliates Jamie Dimon

Indonesia Makes an Impressive Debut, Sarkozy Defends the Euro and Humiliates Jamie Dimon

It was a crazy Thursday at Davos, as a small bomb detonating barely ranks as the day's third most explosive event More »

Deleted From the Agenda: The Mystery of Robert De Niro's Davos Disappearing Act

Deleted From the Agenda: The Mystery of Robert De Niro's Davos Disappearing Act

The actor was a big draw for the opening ceremonies, but he never showed up More »

Davos Man Finds Reasons to Be Cheerful: China, India, and East Asia

Davos Man Finds Reasons to Be Cheerful: China, India, and East Asia

The Davos case for optimism in four words: "Thank God for Asia!" More »

At Davos, China and India Make Deals While Europe Reels

At Davos, China and India Make Deals While Europe Reels

The Davos Report: Emboldened Bankers, rising China and India, and very worried Europeans begin their Alpine talkfest More »

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