New Delhi, Jan. 24 -- In the year commemorating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, it is supremely ironic that 2026 could also mark a similar declaration by America's historically staunchest allies.

"We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition," Mark Carney, Canada's prime minister, starkly told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this past week. That was from an international rules-based order, under "American hegemony," which he said "helped provide public goods, open sea lanes, a stable financial system, collective security, and support for frameworks for resolving disputes."

This apparent rupture was highlighted by President Donald Trump's threat to take over Greenland, which ...