'If You’re Not at the Table, You’re on the Menu': Carney’s Blunt Message to Middle Powers in a Trump Era

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told political and business leaders in Davos that the US-led international system built after the second world war is breaking down and will not return. Speaking at the World Economic Forum a day before US President Donald Trump was due to address the gathering, Carney said the world is experiencing a fundamental rupture marked by growing rivalry between major powers and the steady erosion of the rules-based order.

Since entering Canadian politics in 2025, Carney has consistently warned that global politics would not revert to a pre-Trump status quo....