{"id":334949,"date":"2026-01-20T17:09:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T22:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truthout.org\/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=334949"},"modified":"2026-01-20T17:09:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T22:09:48","slug":"mark-carney-warns-american-hegemony-is-destroying-world-order-in-candid-speech","status":"publish","type":"to4_article_post","link":"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/mark-carney-warns-american-hegemony-is-destroying-world-order-in-candid-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Carney Warns \u201cAmerican Hegemony\u201d Is Destroying World Order in Candid Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In an unusually candid speech in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warned that world order is at a \u201crupture\u201d point due to the U.S.\u2019s longstanding vise-grip on the world and its swiftly expanding authoritarian nature under President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Skewering \u201cAmerican hegemony,\u201d Carney said<\/a> that countries like Canada have long known that the idea of the international rules-based order was a \u201cfiction\u201d that states nonetheless signaled their support for in order to be granted access to crucial goods, trade, and other resources like finance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For decades, states with \u201cmiddle\u201d amounts of power like Canada \u201cparticipated in the rituals, and largely avoided calling out the gaps between rhetoric and reality,\u201d Carney said. In return, the U.S. allowed other states access to important systems. <\/p>

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