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At a time when the world is looking for direction on how to contend with conditions that are anything but normal, Carney is better placed than any of his peers to shoulder the responsibilities and expectations that come with being the de facto leader of the global middle
In functional democracies, losers succeed by diagnosing the situation precisely and organizing methodically. The goal is to defend the uncertainty of the next election. If an opposition misdiagnoses a policy defeat as a regime collapse, it loses the ability to speak to a combination of public segments.
The question isn't whether Bangladesh made the tactically perfect decision. The question is whether middle powers everywhere -- in cricket, in trade, in international relations -- are ready to stop performing compliance and start building alternatives. That's what sovereignty looks like when the old order collapses and the new one hasn't been built yet.