Ep. 88: Canadian PM Carney's 2026 World Economic Forum speech

About this episode

Canadian PM Mark Carney critiques the current state of the international order and calls for unity among middle powers.

Canadian PM Mark Carney delivered a hard hitting speech declaring the 'rules-based international order' as ruptured and calling for middle powers of the world to unite. While many observers and non-western states have known (and complained) for a long time, this the first time that a Western leader finally yelled out: "The emperor has no clothes."

People in this episode

Guest: Mark Carney

Topics covered

• international relations
• economic policy
• middle powers
• global governance
• Western leadership

Keywords

• Mark Carney
• World Economic Forum
• international order
• middle powers
• economic speech

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: World Economic Forum

Places: Canada

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