Pedro Sánchez's plan to establish himself as one of the beacons of global progressivism during his trip to the United States –during which he confronted Donald Trump and joined forces with New York City Council member Zohran Mamdani– stumbled at his last scheduled event, at Harvard. The Spanish Prime Minister starred early this morning (Catalan time) in a lecture on the need to act against techno-oligarchs, but the students who attended wanted to corner him with questions about the judicial cases involving the PSOE and its circle, the Pegasus scandal, or his government's position regarding Western Sahara and Venezuela.

Just as the world's key players are no longer the same, the forums where international relations are debated are also changing. Davos, the quintessential gathering of Western economic elites, is seeking a new purpose since Trump decided to reject globalization, promote protectionism, and impose barriers to international trade in the form of tariffs.