The latest report published by the Munich Security Conference – the Munich Security Report 2026, titled Under Destruction – offers a brutal diagnosis: the international order built after World War II has entered a phase of accelerated disintegration.
According to the report’s authors, the international institutions designed within the post-1945 architecture are gradually losing their legitimacy. The multilateral mechanisms supposed to guarantee cooperation and stability are today challenged by states that increasingly favor a logic of brute power.
The data in the report illustrate this erosion of trust. In several G7 countries, more than 60% of citizens believe that current governments will not guarantee a better future for future generations. This mistrust fuels a political climate in which leaders favor rupture strategies rather than gradual reform.
The report explicitly speaks of a “bulldozer policy”: a growing tendency to dismantle existing institutions rather than adapt them. This paradigm shift marks the entry into a phase of systemic instability that redraws the balance of power globally.
For a country like Tunisia, whose economy is heavily dependent on international dynamics, this transformation is not geopolitical abstraction: it constitutes a structural constraint.
The Emergence of a Tripolar World
The Munich Security Report highlights a major shift: the move toward a tripolar configuration dominated by the United States, China, and Europe.
