Carl Bildt
Although the United States remains very powerful and Russia still commands enormous conventional and nuclear capabilities, each country’s global status has come to be defined by failure and constraint. If anything, both may belong to the same broad grouping of middle powers that includes the likes of Canada, Brazil, and India.
STOCKHOLM—As the term “middle powers” has gained currency this year, it has forced us to ask which countries actually belong to this grouping. After all, shouldn’t most states be described that way?