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There's a rupture in the international rules-based order, but that doesn't mean New Zealand will be crushed by bigger powers
New Zealand has been a beneficiary of the international rules-based order for decades - trade disputes, action on serious issues, being heard on the world stage; there was a world body to give us a hand sorting stuff out.
While there have been inconsistencies, hypocrisy from superpowers, and the system hasn't been perfect, it has, generally, worked for us.
But Russia and America between them have shaken up the system, and in a remarkable speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney laid it all out.
"I thought this might be the most important political speech on geo-politics for many a long year," says Tim Groser, a former
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