The Honourable Bob Rae, Matthews Fellow in Global Public Policy, argues that Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Davos speech is less a concrete plan than a necessary wake-up call about the collapse of the post-1945 rules-based international order, amid rising authoritarianism and U.S. actions such as the invasion of Venezuela and threats toward Greenland. It contends that Canada must help lead a renewed global effort to defend the rule of law and inclusive international cooperation, while clearly defining what institutions and values should be preserved, reformed, or rebuilt for a more stable future.