"Prime Minister Mark Carney was scheduled to deliver a much-anticipated speech to the Munich Security Conference this past weekend. The mass-casualty shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, changed that. Carney dispatched a senior delegation to Germany in his place-a crew that included Foreign Minister Anita Anand, Defence Minister David McGuinty, and Minister for AI and Digital Innovation Evan Solomon. Understandable, given the circumstances, but unfortunate. Munich Security Conference is where the world's power brokers gather each February to take the temperature of global order."
"To set the stage for its conference, the MSC issued a conference report in advance of the gathering. This year's version is entitled "Under Destruction" and features on the cover an elephant with, what I take to be, several gouges out of its hide. Maybe it's limping as well. Right off the bat, the report describes Trump as a "demolition man," not unique in that role but, by far, the most consequential actor on the world stage."
Prime Minister Mark Carney was unable to attend the Munich Security Conference because of a mass-casualty shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, and dispatched a senior delegation instead. The Munich Security Conference gathered global leaders to assess the state of international order, with organizers confronting changes driven by the Donald Trump administration. Carney had addressed similar themes in a World Economic Forum speech urging avoidance of nostalgia and reframing international relations through coalitions of middle and other powers. The MSC released a report titled "Under Destruction" that characterizes Trump as a disruptive, consequential actor undermining multilateral foundations.
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