Prime Minister Gaston Browne has observed that the once rules-based global order that hitherto provided protection, stability and predictability for vulnerable states in the global south, is now characterized by chaos and instability.
The Prime Minister Gaston Browne made the point while speaking at the Plenary Session on the topic: “World on the Edge: Polycrisis, Chaos, Polarization & the Battle for Global Balance” at a high-level international forum organized by the Amadeus Institute of Medays, held Tangier, Morocco – 29 November 2025.
In his address, PM Browne noted that competition has intensified among emerging and established powers, weakening global cooperation and solidarity.
“This has resulted in realignments, resulting in the formation of new blocks, new alliances, new trade relations and increased insularity, which undermines multilateralism.
“Some refer to these realignments as a form of creative destruction to facilitate a new dispensation, that will give rise to new positive outcomes. This optimism is clearly unfounded and could be more accurately described as a world tethering on the edge of implosion,” he warned.
In the interim, he noted that lines between order and disorder are blurred where international norms are contested, and where global governance is fractured by polarization challenges, giving rise to uncertainty and insecurity.
“The question however is: will we as a human civilization allow the prevailing chaos, confusion, and instability to become the destiny of humanity?
“Or will we fight unrelentingly for a new global norm of peace, love, justice and unity?” he asked.
He also posed the question of whether nations will allow any single mighty nation, or group of nations, to undermine global peace and prosperity, or will they stand together and fight for a more equitable, just and peaceful world?
“I say to each of us today, that chaos, confusion and instability cannot be our destiny and that it is within our power, to fight courageously with ideas, leadership, diplomacy; to successfully resolve the challenges and to shape a more equitable, just and peaceful world,” he declared.
Having identified some of the problems, the Antigua and Barbuda leader proposed a series of solutions noting that what is required is, among other things, social cohesion among nations.
“To achieve this requires social cohesion, therefore, let this Medays forum, serve as the catalyst to build social cohesion; solidarity among nations in all regions, to restore global balance in achieving an equitable just and peaceful world.
“An equitable, just and peaceful world that would result in shared global prosperity for all nations and their peoples; taking into consideration, that we all part of the same human family, with a common mitochondrial DNA, emanating from a common grandparent dating back 250,000 years ago,” he stated.
According to the prime minister, this global reset requires a balance between competition and cooperation.
“A more inclusive and equitable global governance framework, in which all nations and regions are fully integrated in the global financial and trade architectures. One in which all nations and regions have a seat at the global decision making table.
“One in which we fight in solidarity as a human civilization, to defeat the various existential threats in protection of our common humanity and our planet.
“This would require strengthening multilateralism and a pooling of sovereignty; thereby balancing national sovereignty with global responsibility,” he declared.
