Global Risks Report 2026
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Contents
Preface
Overview of methodology
Key findings
Chapter 1: Global Risks 2026-2036: The Age of Competition
1.1 The world in 2026: on a precipice
1.2 The path to 2028: compounding risks
1.3 The path to 2036: over the edge?
1.4 A darkening outlook
Chapter 2: Global Risks In-Depth: Anticipating Tomorrow’s Challenges Today
2.1 An underlying context of structural change
2.2 Multipolarity without multilateralism
2.3 Values at war
2.4 An economic reckoning
2.5 Infrastructure endangered
2.6 Quantum leaps
2.7 AI at large
Endnotes
Appendix A: Definitions and Global Risks List
Appendix B: Global Risks Perception Survey 2025-2026
Appendix C: Executive Opinion Survey: National Risk Perceptions
Appendix D: Risk Governance
Partner Institutes
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