(L to R) US columnist and political commentator Thomas Friedman attends a panel discussion with Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, and Lynn Kuok, Incoming Lee Kuan Yew Chair in Southeast Asia Studies, Brookings Institution, during the World Economic Forum Special Meeting in Riyadh on April 29, 2024. (Photo by Fayez Nureldine / AFP) (Photo by FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images)