The year 2026 is emerging as the "great test" for global governance structures. While in "Architettura del mondo" I described diplomacy as the art of generating shared meanings in a system lacking a supra-ordinate authority, today we are witnessing a radical challenge to this principle. 2026's Geopolitical Map Donald Trump's return to the White House has imposed a aggressive return to transactional realism, where international law is often perceived not as a framework for se