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Liberal democracies must embrace the concept of friendshoring – or become the easy prey of the world’s superpower bullies

The Globe and Mail · October 9, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

Liberal democracies must embrace the concept of friendshoring – or become the easy prey of the world’s superpower bullies

Chrystia Freeland is Canada’s former Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Minister of Finance.

She is the author of numerous books, most recently Unreliable Boyfriend: An Insider’s View of Dealing with a Chaotic Superpower, Plutocrats, and Other Complicated People , from which the following essay has been adapted.

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Liberal democracies must embrace the concept of friendshoring – or become the easy prey of the world’s superpower bullies

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