Online Geopolitical Webinar: FEBRUARY 2026 The World After February A Live Strategic Foresight Webinar with Velina Tchakarova

Tuesday, March 4, 2026 | 11:00–13:00 CET | Live Online
Recording available after the event. Presentation slides will not be distributed.

WHY THIS WEBINAR, WHY NOW

February 2026 was not a quiet month. It was a month of signals — sharp, structural, and consequential.

The Munich Security Conference exposed the deepening fracture between the United States and Europe over the future of Western security. NATO credibility came under unprecedented scrutiny. Russia and China advanced their strategic coordination. The Arctic emerged as a new axis of contestation. And a series of diplomatic and economic moves by key middle powers confirmed that the global system is not drifting — it is being reorganised by design.

For decision-makers, following the news is no longer sufficient. Understanding the architecture behind the headlines — the interests, the leverage dynamics, the scenario trajectories — is what separates strategic clarity from reactive confusion. This webinar delivers exactly that.

WHAT THIS SESSION IS — AND WHAT IT IS NOT

This is a strategic foresight briefing, not a news recap.

The session offers a coherent analytical framework for Cold War 2.0 as the operating reality of 2026 — not a hypothesis, but the baseline from which all scenario planning must now proceed. It explains how February confirmed long-term structural trends rather than produced isolated anomalies, and why middle powers across Europe, Asia, and the Gulf are actively reshaping the system through trade, diplomacy, and strategic hedging.

Participants will leave with a clear mental model of the 2026 geopolitical landscape, a structured map of the dominant risks and trajectories, and a practical framework for monitoring what truly matters in the months ahead.

THE STRATEGIC ARC OF THE SESSION

I. Cold War 2.0 as the New Baseline A global framework reset. Why the structural conditions of 2026 confirm that Cold War 2.0 is the operating environment to be navigated — and what that means for every analysis that follows.

II. Munich 2026 — The Fracture on Display The 62nd Munich Security Conference as a geopolitical barometer. What the dynamics between Washington, Brussels, and key European capitals revealed about the future of the transatlantic relationship, NATO cohesion, and European strategic autonomy.

III. The DragonBear in February Tracking Russia-China strategic coordination through February’s key indicators: military signals, energy agreements, financial architecture, and diplomatic positioning. What the axis is building — and at what pace.

IV. Arctic, Ukraine, and the Geography of Leverage February’s territorial and security flashpoints. How geography is being weaponised as an instrument of great-power competition — from Arctic contestation and Nordic security dynamics to the evolving strategic landscape of the war in Ukraine.

V. Middle Powers and the New Geometry of Alignment How Europe, India, Turkey, and Gulf states are using the current power vacuum to assert agency — through trade renegotiation, diplomatic hedging, and selective disengagement from bloc logic.

VI. Forward Scenarios for 2026 A structured base scenario for the year ahead, with the key signposts — political, economic, military — that will determine whether 2026 trends toward managed competition, escalation, or systemic disruption.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This briefing is designed for professionals and organisations operating in environments where geopolitical dynamics translate directly into strategic and operational decisions. It is tailored for executives and board members, investors and asset managers, policymakers, and senior professionals working across energy and infrastructure, risk and compliance, strategy and public affairs, defence-adjacent industries, trade and supply chain, and diplomatic or government affairs.

No prior expertise in international relations is required. The analysis is structured for a senior, cross-functional audience and delivered at a strategic, not an academic, level.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Velina Tchakarova is one of Europe’s leading geopolitical strategists, known for her analytical framework on Cold War 2.0 dynamics — what she terms the DragonBear axis — between the United States and the Russia-China strategic partnership.

She is the founder of FACE (For A Conscious Experience) and heads the Geopolitical Policy Lab at the London School of Economics, where she supervises policy research on sanctions architecture, NATO interoperability, EU enlargement, and energy security. She writes for leading European policy publications, advises institutions and companies on systemic risk and strategic foresight, and provides regular commentary for international media.

FORMAT & ACCESS

📅 Date: Tuesday, March 4, 2026 🕐 Time: 11:00–13:00 CET

💻 Format: Live online webinar

🎥 Recording: Available to all registered participants after the event

📄 Slides: The presentation will not be shared or distributed