Carney’s rallying cry to ‘middle powers’ includes Australia - and we should heed his call

By Shannon Brincat, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of the Sunshine Coast

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s address to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, created global headlines for his criticism of US President Donald Trump and his frank admission the rules-based international order is undergoing a “rupture, not a transition”.

Carney also called on middle powers like Canada (and while he did not say so specifically, Australia) to band together to fight for their own interests:

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