States have not made us safer.

The bigger they've become, the more advanced our technology, the more casualties they have produced and the more likely it has become that we will be killed or injured in terrible ways by people thousands of kilometers away.

#states #protectionRacket #nationalism #InternationalOrder

The Ottawa Convention on Landmines is looking more and more ridiculous. Apparently it was an agreement to not use landmines unless you think you might want to use landmines.

#cdnpoli #internationalOrder

‘Under destruction’: Europe’s future security in question at the Munich Security Conference.

Global movers and shakers are gathering in southern Germany for the 62nd Munich Security Conference (MSC), which opens on Friday in the shadow of what its own report calls an international order “under destruction”.​

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260213-under-destruction-europes-future-security-in-question-at-the-munich-security-conference?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#MunichSecurityConference #Security #Europe #Geopolitics #Defence #InternationalOrder #Diplomacy #ForeignPolicy

A fracture in the rules-based international order

Mark Carney speaks at the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, 20 January 2026. "‘The powerful have their power. We have the capacity to stop pretending’: the Canadian PM’s call to action at Davos. Mark Carney made the case for unity in the face of Donald Trump’s new world order."
Transcript >>
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/21/mark-carney-davos-canadian-prime-minister-donald-trump-new-world-order

Audio: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izDAOvHz5Wc
#Davos #RulesBased #InternationalOrder #fracture #Australia #Canada #InternationalRelations #InternationalInstitutions