Canada PM: World order in ‘midst of a rupture’ from American hegemony

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warns that the so-called US-led global system of governance is breaking apart, driven by the expansionist posture and raw power politics of President Donald Trump’s administration.

Speaking to political and financial elites at the WEF in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, Carney delivered a blunt message a day before Trump is due to appear at the gathering.

Since entering Canadian politics last year, Carney has repeatedly stressed that the world will not revert to the pre-Trump era.

During his speech, he returned to that theme, offering a stark assessment of the damage being done to global stability, without naming the US president directly.

“We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition,” Carney said. He noted that Canada had benefited from the old international order, including from “American hegemony,” but warned that the system had now shifted into something far more dangerous.

“Call it what it is: a system of intensifying great power rivalry where the most powerful pursue their interests using economic integration as coercion,” he said, pointing to a world where markets and trade are weaponized rather than shared.

Carney cautioned against the idea that smaller and mid-sized countries can protect themselves through obedience to dominant powers. Compliance, he said plainly, no longer guarantees safety.

For middle powers such as Canada, the question is not whether to adapt, but how. The choice, he said, lies between retreating behind higher walls or pursuing collective action that goes beyond narrow national defenses.

“Middle powers must act together, because if we are not at the table, we are on the menu,” Carney said.

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He contrasted their vulnerability with the freedom enjoyed by major powers. “Great powers can afford for now to go it alone. They have the market size, the military capacity, and the leverage to dictate terms. Middle powers do not.”

His remarks came against the backdrop of mounting unease in Ottawa as the Globe and Mail newspaper reported that the Canadian military has drawn up a response model for a potential US invasion.

Citing two senior government officials, the Canadian paper reported that the plan focuses on insurgency-style tactics, similar to those used in Afghanistan against Soviet forces and later against the US military.

Tensions have been fueled by Trump’s rhetoric since his 2024 election. In the early months of his new term, he repeatedly referred to Canada as the 51st state of the US and suggested that a merger would serve Canadian interests.

While that language has faded in recent months, Trump revived it overnight by posting an image on his social media platform showing Canada, Greenland, and Venezuela draped in the US flag, a visual suggestion of total American domination.

The Davos meeting has also been overshadowed by Washington’s pressure on Greenland. Trump has vowed to enforce US control over the autonomous Danish territory, insisting that his plan is irreversible.

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