The Canadian PM's address to the WEF was extraordinary. I sense it was a bit of an uplift for you, given the increasingly maudlin tone of your recent posts.
Two problems, though. First, China is the dragon in the room. As Bill Bishop from Sinocism suggested this morning, PM Carney could have been channelling Xi Jinping who talks about 'Changes unseen in a century are unfolding at a faster pace'.
Secondly, PM Carney places a lot of faith in 'middle-power' solidarity. As you are aware, in the Indo-Pacific, Australia styles itself as a leading and influential middle-power. I cannot imagine Australian PM Albanese ever giving an equivalent conjunctural analysis 'in solidarity'. That maybe part of the 'rupture', I guess.
At least PM Carney did not go one step further and talk about the Rapture!
Yeah, his speech was an important directional shift. I’m under no illusions about Australia, though it will be truly alone if it doesn’t follow Europe and Canada if they converge. But I have no problem with Carney channeling Xi—I’ve said many times Chinese rhetoric is great! It’s living up to the rhetoric that’s China’s hypocrisy
Hi Van,
The Canadian PM's address to the WEF was extraordinary. I sense it was a bit of an uplift for you, given the increasingly maudlin tone of your recent posts.
Two problems, though. First, China is the dragon in the room. As Bill Bishop from Sinocism suggested this morning, PM Carney could have been channelling Xi Jinping who talks about 'Changes unseen in a century are unfolding at a faster pace'.
Secondly, PM Carney places a lot of faith in 'middle-power' solidarity. As you are aware, in the Indo-Pacific, Australia styles itself as a leading and influential middle-power. I cannot imagine Australian PM Albanese ever giving an equivalent conjunctural analysis 'in solidarity'. That maybe part of the 'rupture', I guess.
At least PM Carney did not go one step further and talk about the Rapture!
Yeah, his speech was an important directional shift. I’m under no illusions about Australia, though it will be truly alone if it doesn’t follow Europe and Canada if they converge. But I have no problem with Carney channeling Xi—I’ve said many times Chinese rhetoric is great! It’s living up to the rhetoric that’s China’s hypocrisy
This tangential but whew his French is atrocious.😅