Crescent International
Behind the diplomatic language was a familiar assumption: that the future international system would continue to revolve around western dominance, only this time with Europe positioned at its center instead of the US.
The problem with Carney’s narrative is that ground realities no longer support western dominance claims.
As pointed out by the former Italian diplomat Marco Carnelos, the EU’s backing of genocide in Palestine has completely eroded its political credibility in most parts of the world.
The world no longer accepts western moral or political leadership.
It views it as hypocritical pushing an imperialist agenda.
The European Union regimes stand exposed as one of the principal diplomatic, economic, and political backers of Israel during its destruction of and genocide in Gaza.
For many countries across Asia, Africa, Latin America, and West Asia (aka the Middle East), the message is unmistakable: international law is enforced not only selectively but is misused to advance western interests.
The Daesh (ISIS) representative in Syria is now a political partner of the European regimes, while an Iranian student in France is imprisoned for writing about genocide in Palestine.
Few outside the western political elites are still persuaded by the EU’s slogans about human rights, democracy, and universal values.
Even Carney himself recently acknowledged that the western dominated system was never truly applied equally.
That admission confirmed what much of the non-western world has argued for decades: the “liberal” international order was not genuinely universal.
It functioned primarily as a structure organized around western interests and western power.
This erosion of trust is now colliding with broader geopolitical realities, and nothing demonstrates this more clearly than Russia’s ability to break NATO’s political and economic isolation policies against it.
Despite unprecedented sanctions, diplomatic isolation campaigns, and sustained efforts to economically weaken Moscow, much of the world continues to trade with Russia.
Countries across the Global South have refused to follow western dictates against Russia.
This does not necessarily mean those states support Russian policy.
Rather, it demonstrates that western regimes no longer possess the unquestioned authority and most importantly the power to dictate the behavior of the international system.
The continued integration of Russia into global trade networks reveals a broader transformation: the world is becoming increasingly multipolar.
Western regimes no longer monopolize economic legitimacy, diplomatic influence, or political authority.
The second major factor is the growing realization that western regimes can be resisted.
The ability of the Islamic Republic of Iran to withstand a sustained economic war for decades and hit back hard in a military conflict, has completely eroded the aura of western dominance.
The significance lies in perception.
When countries observe that even heavily sanctioned states can survive and continue projecting influence, the image of western dominance weakens.
At the same time, the material attraction of the west itself has declined.
Western economies no longer project the same image of guaranteed prosperity and stability that they once did.
Rising inequality, political polarization, inflation, social fragmentation, and declining public trust have weakened the image of Europe and North America as uniquely successful governing models.
Taken together, these developments point toward a fundamental transformation in international politics.
The emerging global order is unlikely to be defined by renewed western dominance led by Europe.
Instead, it will likely be shaped by fragmentation, competing centers of power, and states increasingly seeking an end to western domination.
Carney may hope that Europe can lead the future world order, but much of the world no longer appears interested in being led by a power bloc whose political credibility, economic appeal, and moral authority are no longer seen as worthy of emulation.
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