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The Promise of a Middle-Power Alliance
In his landmark Davos speech, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney urged the world’s middle powers to band together, or else risk being dominated by the United States and China. To succeed, they must strengthen trade ties, develop autonomous supply chains, and implement meaningful institutional reforms.
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BRUSSELS/FLORENCE – Amid escalating geopolitical tensions, the world is increasingly caught between the United States – an extractive superpower – and China, a “dependency superpower” whose global influence rests on making other countries reliant on its exports. In the absence of meaningful resistance, both are likely to remain on their course, with middle powers forced to comply with their demands or face retaliation.