The Daily Populous Wednesday January 21st, 2026 evening edition
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NeoCaliban55 on January 21st, 2026 at 03:31 UTC »

Seeing the world as it is, not how we would wish it to be.

a_electrum on January 21st, 2026 at 04:19 UTC »

It was a historic speech. The post WW2 world order is dead. Wow. Reminds me of the speech the President of Singapore gave to his nation a year ago. Small and medium countries will have to band together for survival as the three great powers return to the Age of Imperialism.

keloidoscope on January 21st, 2026 at 05:55 UTC »

Carney observed that world powers have unilaterally chosen to destroy the old world order, and that middle powers would do best to stop pretending it still exists, and forge their own alliances based on their strengths, rather than showing deference and vying to be the favourite of a great power.

That isn't "ushering in a New World Order", it's being realistic:

> This is not naive multilateralism, nor is it relying on their institutions. It's building coalitions that work – issues by issue, with partners who share enough common ground to act together.

> In some cases, this will be the vast majority of nations.

> What it's doing is creating a dense web of connections across trade, investment, culture, on which we can draw for future challenges and opportunities.

> Argue, the middle powers must act together, because if we're not at the table, we're on the menu.