This lecture focuses on modern geopolitics and how it is redefining the global order. Manuel Muñiz analyzes current dynamics between nations, emerging challenges such as the era of AI and its risks, conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, tensions in Taiwan, the role of NATO and security, the fracture of the global economic environment, and how these factors are reshaping international relations and the structure of global power.

In this talk, Dr. Muñiz explores the evolution of the concept of the social contract in the current context and the danger facing liberal democracies, especially in a year where over half the population is called to the polls. He addresses how socioeconomic and political changes, populisms, and anti-elite movements are driving the need for a new social contract that reflects contemporary, digital, inclusive, and sustainable realities and citizen expectations.

Dr. Muñiz shares insights into technological diplomacy, highlighting his experience in the National Technology and Global Order Strategy, and how technology affects power, prosperity, and political principles or systems. He addresses the challenges and opportunities that technology poses globally, where everything is highly interconnected, emphasizing the importance of addressing strategic foresight from all fields and actors to anticipate unforeseen situations in a constantly changing and exponentially fast-paced world.