At the opening of the 5th edition of the Future of Governance International Conference 2026, organized in Bucharest by Envisia – Boards of Elite, geopolitical strategist Tina Fordham delivered a stark warning to business leaders and board members: today’s instability is not a temporary cycle of turbulence, but a structural transformation of the global operating environment. Opening this year’s conference under the theme The Great Governance Reset, Fordham — former Chief Global Political Analyst