New world order?

MS NEWS - New world order? Frustrated with America’s increasingly hostile behavior, Western allies are starting to chart their own path. At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the leaders of Belgium, France and Canada called for new relationships with one another as a hedge against American bullying, notes political columnist Michael A. Cohen. But there have also been moments in the past when it seemed like a new world order was about to emerge, only to have America re-emerge as the center of multilateral efforts. For all their current frustrations, Canadian and European leaders “would almost certainly welcome a sane America back with open arms” — even Mark Carney. Read more.