Canadian Prime Minster Mark Carney made a splash at the World Economic Forum in Davos last week with a speech arguing that middle powers should “stop pretending” the international rules-based order still exists and accept that they live in a “might makes right” world. In what amounted to a rhetorical punch to America’s nose, Carney explained why continuing to appease the U.S. under President Donald Trump would never work; how the status quo has left middle powers with insufficient leverage; how middle powers can change this by charting their own course in coalitions of like-minded states that share their values […]
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