Watching the debate over Trump’s wish to take over Greenland (how many of us ever thought that there would ever be such a debate?) was profoundly dispiriting. And Trump’s intemperate remarks decisively rejected the world order that has been remarkably stable for the last 80 years. His replacement for that order, the so-called Board of Peace, is designed to solidify the power of wealthy states in world affairs (why else would there be a membership fee of $1 billion?). I am certain that the Board of Peace will be an abject failure (like Trump University, Trump Steaks, and Trump Airlines), but that still leaves us searching for a substitute for the old world order.
One very refreshing aspect of the meeting at Davos was the speech by Mark Carney, the Prime Minister of Canada. I recommend that everyone should listen carefully to someone who truly appreciates how vulnerable we all are to those who wish to depart from a world order based upon principles of international law.
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Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I had forgotten what competent oratory and statesmanship sound like.
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