Middle Power Nonsense: Australia, Canada and Capitulating to the Iran War

Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair

In his January speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney gave the impression of a banker turned soothsayer, a Daniel coming to judgment.  Here was a born-again man of international relations who would rally the middle powers (from the middle) and try to assert influence and power in a way deemed fit for this rule-torn world.

So far, the middling powers have not gotten far.  In fact, they have shown themselves...