Trump withdrew Mark Carney's invitation while pursuing Greenland and transactional foreign moves; Carney used Davos to critique American hegemony and call for principled resistance.
Even the Davos elites have woken up, but they need more than just speeches to survive the end of the old order | Nesrine Malik
The rules-based international order has been collapsing, driven by structural, normative, and ideological breakdowns and pragmatic violations by powerful states to preserve their interests.
Canada's Carney says world order 'in the midst of a rupture'
The international rules-based order is rupturing as asymmetric enforcement and declining American hegemony force middle powers like Canada to adapt strategically.
Postwar rules-based international order provided global public goods but depended on performative allegiance; recent U.S. actions under Trump exposed vulnerabilities and strained allied trust.
