‘Globalism is dead. Long live globalisation’. For Mr Lee Howell, managing director of the elitist World Economic Forum, this is a desirable proposition. However, he concedes that ‘In recent years, there has been an intensifying backlash against international co-operation, rooted partly in fears – stoked by populist political leaders in many countries – that transnational “elites” are trying to impose globalism: an “ideology” that prioritises the neoliberal global order over national interests.