Mark Carney’s words may sound profound in Davos. For many of us, they are not new.
Outside the Atlantic core, what he described has been clear for decades.
Sovereignty was respected conditionally. International law applied selectively. Interventions justified retrospectively.
Economic coercion replaced colonial rule. And global institutions reflected power more than fairness.
This is not ideology. It is lived experience.
So yes, welcome to the conclusion many of us reached a long time ago.
You are a little late. But better late than never.
Perhaps once this reality is experienced firsthand, empathy will come more naturally.
And perhaps then, we can move beyond speeches and assumptions - towards genuine limits on power, equal application of rules, and international politics, policies, and institutions that are not only stable, but just.
As Jesus reminded us:
“Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the plank in your own?”
(Matthew 7:3–5)
Peace, anas
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