Many of today’s leaders, appointed by the people to govern, appear rudderless and lacking vision more focused on personal survival in office than on strategic national interest.
Imagine a Canadian Prime Minister standing in China and speaking about a “new world order” in front of Xi Jinping. Such naivety ignores geopolitical reality. China is actively positioning itself to dominate global logistics, supply chains, and military influence in order to dictate terms internationally.
History is instructive. The rise and fall of the Manchu Dynasty demonstrates that expansionist ambition, unchecked by strategic balance, ultimately destabilizes both the region and the global order.
Leadership today demands clarity, realism, and historical awareness not reckless rhetoric or symbolic posturing.
Gordon Laughlin
Westmoorings
