An International Anti-Corruption Court is critical for the middle power order

Middle powers are dogged by a series of internal issues that contribute to inertia on co-operation and sovereignty.
Prime Minister Mark Carney at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 20, 2026. To transform Carney’s vision into a new international order, the underlying issues, such as corruption, that hinder effective middle power co-operation and enable great power domination must be addressed, write Allan Rock and Luke Montalbano.Photograph courtesy of the World Economic Forum/Ciaran McCrickard
Opinion
BY ALLAN ROCK, LUKE MONTALBANO
October 7, 2026

There is “a rupture in the world order, the end of a pleasant fiction and the beginning of a harsh reality, where geopolitics among the great powers is not subject to any constraints.” That is what Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney

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