As the rules-based global order crumbles, Ambassador Wayne McCook positions regional unity as the Caribbean’s only viable survival strategy

GEORGETOWN,  Guyana, WiredJa Staff | January 29, 2026 - The rules-based international order that small states once counted on for protection is collapsing. Multilateralism is retreating. Economic nationalism is ascendant. And for the Caribbean—a region of small, open economies buffeted by forces far beyond their control—the message from a senior CARICOM official this week was unequivocal: integrate deeply, or face the consequences alone.