Carney’s speech, delivered at the World Economic Forum, received international attention because it crystallized what many had been thinking: the global order of the last 80 years had experienced a “rupture,” that the old “rules-based international order” is gone, and implied the United States could no longer be relied upon to lead the international alliance of democracies. In a world dominated by “hegemons,” he said, “Middle powers must act together because if you are not at the table, you are on the menu.”