Davos 2026 – the end of the era of 1 communicative ruling the world
23.01.2026 Zbigniew Jacniackifreemedia/davos-2026
For decades Davos was a place where not only the planet was talked about – but it was decided what the planet should look like. Globalisation, green transformation, open borders, weakening national states – all of this was presented as the only sensible path. In 2026, this monopoly broke.
The forum did not fall, but it ceased to be the center from which 1 fact is imposed. It became a scene on which the old elites heard the conviction – from both visitors and themselves.
U.S. Trade Secretary Howard Lutnick just said what a fewer years ago in Davos would have been a heresy: "The Trump administration and I are here to convey a very clear message: globalisation has failed".
He added: “Why do you request solar energy and windmills? Why should Europe voluntarily go down to zero emissions erstwhile you are not even producing your own batteries?" I – possibly the most crucial – “You have the right to have boundaries”. ‘Globalism left average people behind. America First is simply a different model – and we encourage another countries to choose it." It wasn't a provocation. It was a public act of breaking up with the dogma.
The Forum was dominated by Donald Trump. Signed Board of Peace – a fresh structure to compete with the UN. Tens of countries joined the initiative, including Argentina ruled by Mileia. Trump said straight to Europe: "We want strong allies – not very weak countries". He threatened France with 25% work on everything and 100% work on wine and champagne. Emmanuel Macron stepped down in a fewer minutes. About Greenland, he said, "I do not want and will not usage force." The message was clear: the era of soft diplomacy is coming to an end, and the rules of the game change in real time.
President of Argentina Javier Milei spoke in Davos with even more force: "Socialism always ends very badly". "Feminism, sex ideology, mass immigration, extremist environmentalism – all the heads of the same beast that wants to enlarge the state at the expense of freedom". This year's forum was not a task of a fresh planet order, but of breaking the old illusion of human management.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz publically acknowledged: "Europe has not lost to China or America. She lost to forms and permits.” "We have ourselves buried our competitiveness under a pile of papers and regulations".
It was 1 of the most sincere confessions in Davos past – admitting to an autoblock, not looking for external guiltys.
China – a calm but firm and unambiguous position. Deputy Prime Minister He Lifeng did not defend globalisation as an idea. He defended stableness and the rules: "Customs and trade wars have no winners". "The planet cannot return to jungle law, where the stronger eats the weaker one". "Cooperation wins, confrontation loses". China acted as a defender of formal order – not from conviction, but from calculation. In a planet without rules, there is simply a pure game of force, and this 1 favors short-term advantages. For a long-term thinker, the stableness of the framework is simply a value in itself. The paradox of Davos 2026 was that China defended the rules, while the West is increasingly willing to abandon them.
What this means – besides for us, Poles curious in politics. Davos 2026 showed any simple truths:
– sovereignty has not disappeared – it has been linguistically displaced for years;
– green transformation without its own industrial base ends in addiction;
– When old rules fall apart, it's about self-determination.
The Forum is no longer a place where 1 imagination of the planet is considered obvious. This means entering a period of deep reconfiguration – yet without a fresh order, but without a erstwhile monopoly.
Davos 2026 was not the end of the world. It was the end of the illusion that 1 model could regulation everyone. And this is simply a much bigger change than the mass media would like to admit out loud.
Written by Zbigniew Jacniacki
Source: FreeMedia.net
