Canada’s Leader Heads to Asia and Australia to Build ‘Middle Power’ Bonds
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/world/canada/carney-asia-australia-visit.html
Mark Carney is visiting India, Australia and Japan, seeking deals to strengthen his country’s ties to Indo-Pacific powers and break Canada’s dependence on the U.S.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/world/canada/carney-asia-australia-visit.html
Mark Carney is visiting India, Australia and Japan, seeking deals to strengthen his country’s ties to Indo-Pacific powers and break Canada’s dependence on the U.S.
India is signing trade deals with other middle powers. Canada cannot get lost in the shuffle
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-india-trade-deal-middle-powers-eu/
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-india-trade-deal-middle-powers-eu/
India and Israel pledge to boost ties in defence and technology
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly14vppym2o
Related:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-25/modi-seeks-to-deepen-india-israel-bond-with-defense-trade-deals
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly14vppym2o
Related:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-25/modi-seeks-to-deepen-india-israel-bond-with-defense-trade-deals
India’s Middle-Power Dilemma
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/india-will-struggle-to-join-middle-powers-alliance-due-to-foreign-policy-mindset-by-ajay-shah-2026-02
Many hope that India will participate in a coalition of middle powers to uphold a rule-based international order. But it will take time for the country’s foreign-policy establishment to move away from “strategic autonomy” as a guiding principle, and recent US behavior has confirmed skeptics’ arguments that the West is unreliable.
Many hope that India will participate in a coalition of middle powers to uphold a rule-based international order. But it will take time for the country’s foreign-policy establishment to move away from “strategic autonomy” as a guiding principle, and recent US behavior has confirmed skeptics’ arguments that the West is unreliable.
India’s Middle-Power Strategy Won It a Reprieve from Trump’s Sky-High Tariffs
https://www.wsj.com/world/india/indias-middle-power-strategy-won-it-a-reprieve-from-trumps-sky-high-tariffs-31c23668
New Delhi powered ahead with trade deals that strengthened its hand in negotiations with the U.S.
https://www.wsj.com/world/india/indias-middle-power-strategy-won-it-a-reprieve-from-trumps-sky-high-tariffs-31c23668
New Delhi powered ahead with trade deals that strengthened its hand in negotiations with the U.S.
Squeezed by U.S. and China, the World’s Middle Powers Are Teaming Up
https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/squeezed-by-u-s-and-china-the-worlds-middle-powers-are-teaming-up-77603dee
Nations are increasingly seeking to bypass the bigger players on trade, supply chains and security.
https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/squeezed-by-u-s-and-china-the-worlds-middle-powers-are-teaming-up-77603dee
Nations are increasingly seeking to bypass the bigger players on trade, supply chains and security.