Dhaka, Jan. 30 -- Something unusual happened at the World Economic Forum (WEF) this year which is reverberating through the corridors of power in Europe and elsewhere. The banker-turned politician Mark Carney, currently the prime minister of Canada, had the audacity to say that the emperor was naked. Everyone who matters in global politics and economy knew this, as in the eponymous fairy tale, but no one dared to say the naked truth, no pun intended. There were considerations of diplomatic niceties, apprehension of retaliation by fresh waves of tariff, risk of fracturing the alliance built over decades and above all, patience to wait for change in the behaviour and utterances of the 'emperor'. But defying all expectations, the emperor bec...