#middle-powers — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #middle-powers, aggregated by home.social.
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One thing is for sure, americans (including #Sullivan) are no longer taking #Canada for granted In an interview on CPAC, Sullivan again minimizes the #rupture that has occurred between Canada and the US, calls it not structural, claims it can be rebuilt #MarkCarney #PMMC #middlepowers #China #Iran
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A long and thoughtful read on the capacity of middle powers in uncharted territory.
The cold war fed middle powers. Globalization also fed them. Now, all bets are off.
And the lesser powers? Yeah.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/middle-power-delusion
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A long and thoughtful read on the capacity of middle powers in uncharted territory.
The cold war fed middle powers. Globalization also fed them. Now, all bets are off.
And the lesser powers? Yeah.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/middle-power-delusion
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“ #Middlepowers may appear to face a binary choice: pursue unattainable self-sufficiency or accept a performative sovereignty as satellites of a great power. This article sets out a third path.” open.substack.com/pub/thenextm...
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Opinion: Middle Powers and the “Voice of the Region” – Is Central Asia Becoming a Coordinated Actor?
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Multilateralism for middle powers
" Multilateralism is shorthand for the much-invoked “rules-based international order”; multipolarity is the world of competing spheres of interest, what Stubb calls “an oligopoly of power”, where the strong do what they will and the weak do what they must.
We are not simply in a transition; we are in a fight for a future world order. And the path to a healthy outcome necessarily runs through international institutions, from the UN to settings far beyond it, where we must rethink membership and power for global cooperation to survive.The world is being reshaped by the “structural” forces of demography, climate and technology,
Part of the problem, Stubb argues, is that “the US is not a modern society by European or Asian standards”. This helps to explain the growing influence of a radical form of evangelical Christianity within the Trump administration. But it also accounts for the absence of adequate healthcare, education and housing that plagues the US, in particular, and neoliberal economies like Australia’s more generally.
Without strong multilateral systems, all interstate deals become transactional. A multipolar world runs on self-interest. A multilateral world makes the common interest a self-interest. " >>
https://theconversation.com/finlands-president-alexander-stubb-has-some-ideas-to-save-the-international-order-and-ourselves-280153
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Multilateralism for middle powers
" Multilateralism is shorthand for the much-invoked “rules-based international order”; multipolarity is the world of competing spheres of interest, what Stubb calls “an oligopoly of power”, where the strong do what they will and the weak do what they must.
We are not simply in a transition; we are in a fight for a future world order. And the path to a healthy outcome necessarily runs through international institutions, from the UN to settings far beyond it, where we must rethink membership and power for global cooperation to survive.The world is being reshaped by the “structural” forces of demography, climate and technology,
Part of the problem, Stubb argues, is that “the US is not a modern society by European or Asian standards”. This helps to explain the growing influence of a radical form of evangelical Christianity within the Trump administration. But it also accounts for the absence of adequate healthcare, education and housing that plagues the US, in particular, and neoliberal economies like Australia’s more generally.
Without strong multilateral systems, all interstate deals become transactional. A multipolar world runs on self-interest. A multilateral world makes the common interest a self-interest. " >>
https://theconversation.com/finlands-president-alexander-stubb-has-some-ideas-to-save-the-international-order-and-ourselves-280153
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World Disorder Edges Toward Event Horizon as 'Age of Disruption' Bites Deep
Canadian PM Mark Carney urged middle-sized countries to band together at Davos 2026 to face global power struggles and economic risks.
#Davos2026, #GlobalRisks, #MarkCarney, #MiddlePowers, #Geopolitics
https://newsletter.tf/canada-pm-carney-middle-powers-unite-davos-2026/
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World Disorder Edges Toward Event Horizon as 'Age of Disruption' Bites Deep
Canadian PM Mark Carney urged middle-sized countries to band together at Davos 2026 to face global power struggles and economic risks.
#Davos2026, #GlobalRisks, #MarkCarney, #MiddlePowers, #Geopolitics
https://newsletter.tf/canada-pm-carney-middle-powers-unite-davos-2026/
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The world faces more economic risks than last year, with leaders like Canada's PM calling for countries to work together.
#Davos2026, #GlobalRisks, #MarkCarney, #MiddlePowers, #Geopolitics
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The world faces more economic risks than last year, with leaders like Canada's PM calling for countries to work together.
#Davos2026, #GlobalRisks, #MarkCarney, #MiddlePowers, #Geopolitics
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@MarciaW Yes, but #HenryKissinger was awarded the #NobelPeacePrize *before* the #MiddlePowers became #woke. #ElbowsUp https://www.news18.com/explainers/one-accepted-one-refused-the-story-of-the-most-controversial-nobel-peace-prize-ws-l-9640712.html
But the #FIFA #PeacePrize 😂 won’t help #DonaldTheDeplorable #Trump escape #justice for the litany of crimes he has committed in the #UnitedStates and around the world.
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@MarciaW Yes, but #HenryKissinger was awarded the #NobelPeacePrize *before* the #MiddlePowers became #woke. #ElbowsUp https://www.news18.com/explainers/one-accepted-one-refused-the-story-of-the-most-controversial-nobel-peace-prize-ws-l-9640712.html
But the #FIFA #PeacePrize 😂 won’t help #DonaldTheDeplorable #Trump escape #justice for the litany of crimes he has committed in the #UnitedStates and around the world.
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I can’t believe neither of these are trending in the #fediverse yet! #Canada #MiddlePowers #ElbowsUp
Which should it be?
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I can’t believe neither of these are trending in the #fediverse yet! #Canada #MiddlePowers #ElbowsUp
Which should it be?
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#Mexico is focusing on #Infrastructure that will build its #economy. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/robertgcoulter_exciting-times-for-our-friends-in-mexico-activity-7439495856837332992-cwjz
#Canada is building #trade partnerships between ‘#MiddlePowers.’
Meanwhile, the #UnitedStates is stuck in a costly and deadly #quagmire in the #MiddleEast. 🤔
#Resist the #FelonsCrusade in #Iran.
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#Mexico is focusing on #Infrastructure that will build its #economy. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/robertgcoulter_exciting-times-for-our-friends-in-mexico-activity-7439495856837332992-cwjz
#Canada is building #trade partnerships between ‘#MiddlePowers.’
Meanwhile, the #UnitedStates is stuck in a costly and deadly #quagmire in the #MiddleEast. 🤔
#Resist the #FelonsCrusade in #Iran.
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US becoming dominant military force in Northern Territory, report says
"The US is building a functioning operating ecosystem in northern Australia while Australia risks becoming a secondary user of its own strategic geography." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-17/nt-usa-becoming-dominant-military-force-northern-territory-aspi/106460770
#sovereignty #Australia #war #AUKUS #MiddlePowers #subordination #SubimperialEnforcer #DistanceAndDestiny #NT -
US becoming dominant military force in Northern Territory, report says
"The US is building a functioning operating ecosystem in northern Australia while Australia risks becoming a secondary user of its own strategic geography." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-17/nt-usa-becoming-dominant-military-force-northern-territory-aspi/106460770
#sovereignty #Australia #war #AUKUS #MiddlePowers #subordination #SubimperialEnforcer #DistanceAndDestiny #NT -
Australia’s ‘strategic infantilisation’ by the US is undermining our security in Asia
"We are a perennially anxious nation, seemingly unable to come to terms with the reality of our geographic position. We reflexively identify with faraway members of the Anglosphere, such as the United States and the United Kingdom. But even more consequentially, we outsource responsibility for our foreign and security policy to one great and powerful friend or another. "
Others "view us as an appendage of America’s grand strategy, with little capacity for independent thought, much less action...This may spare our policymakers from the challenge of thinking independently. >>
https://theconversation.com/australias-strategic-infantilisation-by-the-us-is-undermining-our-security-in-asia-278068
#sovereignty #Australia #war #AUKUS #MiddlePowers #belonging #Anglosphere #anxiety #subordination #SubimperialEnforcer #DistanceAndDestiny -
Australia’s ‘strategic infantilisation’ by the US is undermining our security in Asia
"We are a perennially anxious nation, seemingly unable to come to terms with the reality of our geographic position. We reflexively identify with faraway members of the Anglosphere, such as the United States and the United Kingdom. But even more consequentially, we outsource responsibility for our foreign and security policy to one great and powerful friend or another. "
Others "view us as an appendage of America’s grand strategy, with little capacity for independent thought, much less action...This may spare our policymakers from the challenge of thinking independently. >>
https://theconversation.com/australias-strategic-infantilisation-by-the-us-is-undermining-our-security-in-asia-278068
#sovereignty #Australia #war #AUKUS #MiddlePowers #belonging #Anglosphere #anxiety #subordination #SubimperialEnforcer #DistanceAndDestiny -
Americana meets the Aussie bush
Trying to get some bread in a cafe on Bellingen's main drag. Once the obstacle course of the packs of dogs on extendable leads are overcome it is time for waiting in a long queue on a Saturday. Many hipster families are there to have breakfast done for them.
One set was showcasing their three toddlers in a full 'American Western-inspired aesthetic', cowboy hats and boots. Mum had that Instagrammable ‘Mar-a-Lago face’.
Wide-brimmed hats are ideal to protect oneself from Australia's sun, but this was in the comfort zone of a cafe.
The "cowboy core" aesthetic facade harks back to the wide‑open‑spaces where cattle-herders (cowboys, stockmen/ringers) managed grazing livestock, for the pastoral industry, particularly in the Australian outback or American Western frontier.
Already in the 16th century, the Conquistadors and other Spanish settlers brought their cattle-raising traditions to Mexico and Florida.
The Western portrayed the cowboy as an enduring cultural figure representing freedom.
So why are these urban folks from the suburbs running around in 'costumes' looking like pastoralist workers from a mythical past? What 'sense of belonging' do they buy?
Maybe the fashionable habitus points to a vibe shift of the wannabe cowboys expressing preemptive subordination or imperial obsequiousness?
The rise of cowboy core: What's behind it.>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-10/dr-karl-how-things-work-cowboy-core-fashion/106336574Plastic surgeons wrestle with requests for ‘Mar-a-Lago face’:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/18/mar-a-lago-face-plastic-surgeryImage :
In 1859 European wild rabbits were introduced into Australia so they could be hunted for sport. Now hats are made out of some of the invasive species.
https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/rabbits-introduced#cowboys #pastoralism #SettlerSociety #fashion #WesternWear #CattleHerders #belonging #Bellingen #culture #MiddlePowers #subordination #RupturedGlobalOrder #BellingenObservations
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Americana meets the Aussie bush
Trying to get some bread in a cafe on Bellingen's main drag. Once the obstacle course of the packs of dogs on extendable leads are overcome it is time for waiting in a long queue on a Saturday. Many hipster families are there to have breakfast done for them.
One set was showcasing their three toddlers in a full 'American Western-inspired aesthetic', cowboy hats and boots. Mum had that Instagrammable ‘Mar-a-Lago face’.
Wide-brimmed hats are ideal to protect oneself from Australia's sun, but this was in the comfort zone of a cafe.
The "cowboy core" aesthetic facade harks back to the wide‑open‑spaces where cattle-herders (cowboys, stockmen/ringers) managed grazing livestock, for the pastoral industry, particularly in the Australian outback or American Western frontier.
Already in the 16th century, the Conquistadors and other Spanish settlers brought their cattle-raising traditions to Mexico and Florida.
The Western portrayed the cowboy as an enduring cultural figure representing freedom.
So why are these urban folks from the suburbs running around in 'costumes' looking like pastoralist workers from a mythical past? What 'sense of belonging' do they buy?
Maybe the fashionable habitus points to a vibe shift of the wannabe cowboys expressing preemptive subordination or imperial obsequiousness?
The rise of cowboy core: What's behind it.>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-10/dr-karl-how-things-work-cowboy-core-fashion/106336574Plastic surgeons wrestle with requests for ‘Mar-a-Lago face’:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/18/mar-a-lago-face-plastic-surgeryImage :
In 1859 European wild rabbits were introduced into Australia so they could be hunted for sport. Now hats are made out of some of the invasive species.
https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/rabbits-introduced#cowboys #pastoralism #SettlerSociety #fashion #WesternWear #CattleHerders #belonging #Bellingen #culture #MiddlePowers #subordination #RupturedGlobalOrder #BellingenObservations
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Carney's Davos Speech Highlights Shifting Global Power Dynamics
Mark Carney's January 20 2026 Davos speech calls for middle powers to unite and use their strength. Find out why this matters for global relations.
#MarkCarney, #Davos2026, #MiddlePowers, #GlobalPolitics, #WorldEconomicForum
https://newsletter.tf/carney-davos-speech-middle-powers-unite-2026/
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Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke at Davos on January 20, 2026, urging middle powers to work together. This is a call for countries to use their combined strength.
#MarkCarney, #Davos2026, #MiddlePowers, #GlobalPolitics, #WorldEconomicForum
https://newsletter.tf/carney-davos-speech-middle-powers-unite-2026/
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@j2bryson At the #WEF in #Davis #MarkCarney started a trend among #MiddlePowers.
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@j2bryson At the #WEF in #Davis #MarkCarney started a trend among #MiddlePowers.
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@fulelo The #MiddlePowers are tired of stale #TACO 🌮 🇺🇸 and are eager to put some spicy #Chinese food 🍜 🇨🇳 on the table!
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@fulelo The #MiddlePowers are tired of stale #TACO 🌮 🇺🇸 and are eager to put some spicy #Chinese food 🍜 🇨🇳 on the table!
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The #WhiteHouse of Lies is shaking.
#DonaldTheDeplorable #Trump is currently weathering a ‘perfect storm’ of #retribution.
A pissed-off neighbour, #MarkCarney announced a tectonic shift in world order at the #WEF in #Davos : #MiddlePowers uniting against #TrumpRussiaCollusion.
A pissed-off co-conspirator, #GhislaineMaxwell has still not received a pardon, and is signaling ‘time’s up!’
A pissed-off wife is fuming that the #fascist crackdown in #Minneapolis is stealing limelight from #Melania.
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The #WhiteHouse of Lies is shaking.
#DonaldTheDeplorable #Trump is currently weathering a ‘perfect storm’ of #retribution.
A pissed-off neighbour, #MarkCarney announced a tectonic shift in world order at the #WEF in #Davos : #MiddlePowers uniting against #TrumpRussiaCollusion.
A pissed-off co-conspirator, #GhislaineMaxwell has still not received a pardon, and is signaling ‘time’s up!’
A pissed-off wife is fuming that the #fascist crackdown in #Minneapolis is stealing limelight from #Melania.
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Mark Carney’s Davos speech warned that a Trump-led rupture in the global order leaves middle powers to act collectively and diversify away from U.S. dependence, with Japan uniquely exposed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/01/28/world/the-age-of-middle-powers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #canada #markcarney #us #donaldtrump #davos #greenland #nato #davos #middlepowers
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Mark Carney’s Davos speech warned that a Trump-led rupture in the global order leaves middle powers to act collectively and diversify away from U.S. dependence, with Japan uniquely exposed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/01/28/world/the-age-of-middle-powers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #canada #markcarney #us #donaldtrump #davos #greenland #nato #davos #middlepowers
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@FluentInFinance #Putin is extremely pleased with his puppet in the #WhiteHouse - known by #Russian Generals in the #Kremlin as ‘Agent #Krasnov.’ #WashingtonHasFallen
#MiddlePowers are #QuietQuitting the #USdollar.
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@FluentInFinance #Putin is extremely pleased with his puppet in the #WhiteHouse - known by #Russian Generals in the #Kremlin as ‘Agent #Krasnov.’ #WashingtonHasFallen
#MiddlePowers are #QuietQuitting the #USdollar.
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Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech at World Economic Forum in Davos
At Davos, Mark Carney warns the rules-based order has ruptured, urges middle powers to stop pretending, build shared resilience, and wield values-based realism to confront great-power coercion.
#CanadaForeignPolicy #Davos #democracy #EconomicCoercion #geopolitics #GlobalGovernance #GlobalOrder #GlobalSouth #GreatPowerRivalry #HumanRights #InternationalRelations #MarkCarney #MiddlePowers #Multilateralism #ProgressiveForeignPolicy #RulesBasedOrder #StrategicAutonomy #SustainableDevelopment #TradePolicy #ValuesBasedRealism #WorldEconomicForum https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-oCV -
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech at World Economic Forum in Davos
At Davos, Mark Carney warns the rules-based order has ruptured, urges middle powers to stop pretending, build shared resilience, and wield values-based realism to confront great-power coercion.
#CanadaForeignPolicy #Davos #democracy #EconomicCoercion #geopolitics #GlobalGovernance #GlobalOrder #GlobalSouth #GreatPowerRivalry #HumanRights #InternationalRelations #MarkCarney #MiddlePowers #Multilateralism #ProgressiveForeignPolicy #RulesBasedOrder #StrategicAutonomy #SustainableDevelopment #TradePolicy #ValuesBasedRealism #WorldEconomicForum https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-oCV -
As the world inches back to a pre-WW2 order, the 'middle powers' face a grave new challenge
#power #democracy #RulesBasedOrder #greatpowers #trump #carney #nato #un #us #Europe #newworldorder #middlepowers
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As the world inches back to a pre-WW2 order, the 'middle powers' face a grave new challenge
#power #democracy #RulesBasedOrder #greatpowers #trump #carney #nato #un #us #Europe #newworldorder #middlepowers
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Part of the strength of middle powers is that they are so much easier to align with for small powers, and thus it makes sense for a truckloads of us little ones to band together with the middle powers for reach and protection - in turn adding a lot to their power. We saw it with Ireland in connection to Brexit. And my country, Denmark, sees it now.
Thank you middle power, and thank you too, all our fellow small critter nations.
#Carney #Davos #MiddlePowers #Ireland #Brexit #Trump #Denmark
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Part of the strength of middle powers is that they are so much easier to align with for small powers, and thus it makes sense for a truckloads of us little ones to band together with the middle powers for reach and protection - in turn adding a lot to their power. We saw it with Ireland in connection to Brexit. And my country, Denmark, sees it now.
Thank you middle power, and thank you too, all our fellow small critter nations.
#Carney #Davos #MiddlePowers #Ireland #Brexit #Trump #Denmark
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Carney’s rallying cry to ‘middle powers’ includes Australia - and we should heed his call
#MarkCarney #Canada #Australia #MiddlePowers #GlobalOrder #PostHegemony #AntiImperialism #MultipolarWorld #GlobalSouth #WesternHypocrisy #USDominance #Geopolitics
https://the-14.com/carneys-rallying-cry-to-middle-powers-includes-australia-and-we-should-heed-his-call/ -
Carney’s rallying cry to ‘middle powers’ includes Australia - and we should heed his call
#MarkCarney #Canada #Australia #MiddlePowers #GlobalOrder #PostHegemony #AntiImperialism #MultipolarWorld #GlobalSouth #WesternHypocrisy #USDominance #Geopolitics
https://the-14.com/carneys-rallying-cry-to-middle-powers-includes-australia-and-we-should-heed-his-call/ -
I'm just following the psycho-drama of that Board of Peace. The AP says this was the state of play at 5pm today.
(Stories are circulating that UK and Germany have also made decisions too ... )
#diplomacy #MiddlePowers
https://apnews.com/article/trump-netanyahu-gaza-board-of-peace-a4a296f736474e8c6a4edacd7109b8e5 -
Aufgemerkt, Hr. #Merz und Co. - so stellt man sich neu auf! Mal 'n bißchen reinhören und sacken lassen, was dafür für #schland und #Europa gilt und übernommen werden kann. Zuerst gesehen bei Christina Lux, gestern auch schon die zentralen Aussagen ausschnittsweise gehört. #Carney #Canada #NewWorldOrder #MiddlePowers #TransactionalismVsHegemonies