FORMER Jamaica Prime Minister Bruce Golding has sounded a stark warning that the world is facing its gravest challenge since the Cuban Missile Crisis more than six decades ago and urged global leaders to forge a united consensus to reverse a dangerous course that he said is replacing the rule of law with the doctrine of might.

Golding cautioned that unless the international community acts decisively, the growing acceptance of power over principle risks becoming the new global norm, with potentially catastrophic consequences.

“The global architecture is now under serious threat. We are witnessing a resurgence of isolationism under the guise of nationalism. Putting our own country first has never been incompatible with multilateralism. It simply meant identifying ways in which our national goals and aspirations can more successfully be pursued through collaboration with other countries,” Golding said in his address to the 14th World Peace Forum at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, Friday morning in that country.