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It seems that every day we're reminded that we live in an era of great power rivalry, that the rules based order is fading, that the strong can do what they can, and the weak must suffer what they must.
And this aphorism of Thucydides is presented as inevitable, as the natural logic of international relations reasserting itself.
World Economic Forum • Davos 2026: Special Address by Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada
Carney’s Speech
Rules based order shifting to Great Powers Rivalry
Bargain no longer works - this isn’t a transition, its a rupture
Middle Powers, like Canada, can give up sovereignity, live a lie, or go it alone
Integration cannot be source of subordination
They can build higher walls, or diversify, finding value based allies, to hedge against
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