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What’s Next in the “Game of Thrones”?

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President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo (second right), World Bank President Jim Yong-kim (right) and IMF managing director Christine Lagarde (third right) make their way to the Plenary Session of the 2018 Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank Group, at Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center, Nusa Dua, Bali, on Friday, Oct. 12.

President Joko Widodo’s speech during the plenary session of the 2018 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund-World Bank (IMF-WB) Group was met with a positive response judging by the standing ovation he received.

Apart from its timeliness and thoroughness, what made the President’s speech more impactful was his pop culture analogy, specifically his reference to the popular HBO series Game of Thrones, in explaining what is happening in the world right now. The President bluntly analogized that feuds between major economies right now looked very much like the conflicts between the series’ great houses and families and their lack of awareness of a lurking global threat – an “Evil Winter” that seeks to envelop the world in ice and destruction.

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