Carney says the postwar international rules-based order is effectively over and was a mirage: powerful states exempt themselves, enforce rules asymmetrically, use economic integration as a weapon, and international law is applied inconsistently by identity.→Carney warns the rules-based international order is fading and argues that middle powers like Canada are not powerless; they should build a new rules-based order that upholds human rights, sustainable development, solidarity, sovereignty and territorial integrity.
NewsJan 21, 2026
