"Most contemporary political speeches are terrible, flattened into pablum and crowd-pleasing safety, delivered by empty vessels, then forgotten within the hour. Yet the address from Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, a collected and poised former central bank head, will, we fear, be remembered for a long time. While he didn't mention names, he did speak quite precisely of the recent "rupture" in the world order in which "great powers have begun using economic integration as weapons, tariffs as leverage, financial infrastructure as coercion, supply chains as vulnerabilities to be exploited.""
"In other words, the great powers-such as the neighbor to which Canada's economy has been deeply linked for decades-have begun to throw their weight around unreliably and turn on their own partners. That means it's time for "middle powers," like Canada or major European countries, to orbit around different suns, to diversify, and to work together outside the restraints of the broken American-led order."
Mark Carney described a rupture in the world order in which great powers have begun using economic integration as weapons, employing tariffs, financial infrastructure, and supply chains as coercive tools. Middle powers such as Canada and major European countries should diversify alliances, orbit different strategic centers, and cooperate outside the constraints of a broken American-led order. U.S. political coverage highlights contested Minnesota races, debates around ICE, a one-year appraisal of Trump's polling, and exaggerated legal prognostications about Bill and Hillary Clinton. Observers emphasize the need for coordinated middle-power responses to economic coercion alongside ongoing electoral analysis.
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