Middle powers can do their bitListen to this articleCanada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks about middle powers during the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan 20. In the absence of meaningful resistance, both are likely to remain on this course, leaving middle powers to comply with their demands or face retaliation. First, middle powers should develop a new network of free-trade agreements, building on initiatives such as the recent EU–India deal. With the Trump administration openly denying climate change and campaigning against clean energy, middle powers have a responsibility to lead the green transition. But if middle powers act decisively, today's fractures could yet lay the foundations for a new order in which liberal values and institutions are able to endure.

Source: Bangkok Post February 02, 2026 01:46 UTC