"He candidly described how Trump's lawless, zero-sum foreign policy has prompted the death spiral of American global hegemony, upended the liberal international order, and created a system of 'intensifying great-power rivalry, where the most powerful pursue their interests, using economic integration as coercion.'"
"Against this background of European humiliation, Carney's speech was a breath of fresh air. He candidly described how Trump's lawless, zero-sum foreign policy has prompted the death spiral of American global hegemony, upended the liberal international order, and created a system of intensifying great-power rivalry."
"More important, Carney's speech sketched out a new path for 'middle powers' such as Canada to move outside the shadow of US domin[ination], offering both a radical analysis of the failed present and a plausible alternative for the future."
At the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a significant speech offering a radical critique of the current global order and proposing an alternative path forward. His remarks contrasted sharply with the typical Davos consensus and the degrading responses from European leaders like NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, who has adopted a submissive posture toward President Trump. Carney analyzed how Trump's lawless, zero-sum foreign policy has destabilized American global hegemony and dismantled the liberal international order, replacing it with intensifying great-power rivalry. He acknowledged the historical fiction of that order, which applied different rules to the US and its allies versus other nations. Carney's speech outlined a new strategic direction for middle powers like Canada to operate independently from US dominance.
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