“A country that cannot feed itself, fuel itself, or defend itself has few options.”

 "Let me be direct: we are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition. Over the past two decades, a series of crises in finance, health, energy, and geopolitics have laid bare the risks of extreme global integration…, The rules-based order is fading. The strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must. This aphorism of Thucydides is presented as inevitable, the natural logic of international relations reasserting itself... Well, it won’t…, Great powers have begun using economic integration as weapons. Tariffs as leverage. Financial infrastructure as coercion. Supply chains as vulnerabilities to be exploited…, Middle powers must act together because if you are not at the table, you are on the menu…, A country that cannot feed itself, fuel itself, or defend itself has few options. When the rules no longer protect you, you must protect yourself."

-          Prime Minister Mark Carney (Canada) at World Economic Forum, Davos, Jan 20, 2026

 Seema Sanghosh English: February 2026