Canadian PM Mark Carney urged "middle powers" like Canada and Ireland to unite against a breakdown in the global order and superpower dominance, speaking in Dublin ahead of the G7 summit. He highlighted economic integration being weaponized and the threat to the international trading system.
A Chinese academic argues that EU tech sovereignty in artificial intelligence may be an illusion in a world dominated by the US and China. The article says Beijing should use the current moment to make Chinese products indispensable to middle powers.
A Chinese expert argues that EU tech sovereignty is an illusion in an AI world dominated by the US and China. The expert urges Beijing to make its products indispensable to middle powers during Donald Trump's second term, as countries like Canada, Japan, South Korea, and India strengthen their AI autonomy amid the US-China AI battle.
Canada's climate strategy is being dismantled under Prime Minister Carney, who has reversed key policies like the consumer carbon price and weakened regulations. Despite past advocacy for climate action, his government is prioritizing investment and fossil fuel infrastructure, leading to criticism and voter remorse.
Canada's climate strategy is being dismantled under Prime Minister Carney, with policies like carbon pricing, methane regulations, and EV mandates weakened or delayed. Critics argue this favors fossil fuel infrastructure and contradicts his past climate advocacy, leading to voter remorse and environmental concerns.
China's diplomatic strategy has shifted significantly, with Beijing conducting far fewer overseas state visits while welcoming a steady stream of foreign leaders to the capital. President Xi Jinping hosted an average of 48 foreign leaders annually from 2013 to 2018, and at least 44 annually over the past three years post-Covid. The change reflects Beijing's growing confidence and preference for a 'home-court' model of diplomacy, with greater emphasis on neighbourhood diplomacy and engagement with European middle powers. Analysts say changes in US policy and President Trump's diplomatic approach prompted China's allies to recalibrate their relationships with Beijing.
The technology secretary said Britain is making a “decisive move” towards backing its own startups.
Faced with US-China rivalry and an uncertain future even beyond Donald Trump’s presidency, middle powers are building fluid coalitions and partnerships to hedge against American and wider unpredictability, according to a leading Southeast Asian affairs scholar. Traditional US allies are asserting greater autonomy and forming their own networks to hedge against risks – a shift that is creating openings for smaller neutral states to further diversify their partnerships, while mitigating the danger...
Former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has criticized major powers including the U.S., China, Russia, and India for deciding they can 'opt in or opt out' of the rules-based international order. Speaking amid geopolitical shifts triggered by Trump's policies, Trudeau called on middle powers to unite through 'microlateralism' to chart their own course. PM Mark Carney has declared a 'rupture' in the American-led world order and urged smaller nations to build collective resilience against coercion.
An analysis of the emerging global AI landscape beyond the US-China binary, arguing that middle powers including Malaysia, Singapore, European nations, Persian Gulf states, India, France, South Korea and the UK are actively shaping their own AI destinies. The author proposes Hong Kong could serve as a nexus for responsible AI governance leveraging its common law legal system as a mediation and arbitration hub for AI disputes.
At the Antalya summit, Erdoğan brought together leaders of 150 countries to tackle crises, promote alternatives to the Strait of Hormuz, and showcase the growing diplomatic clout of middle powers.
