1.0Antigua News Roomhttps://antiguanewsroom.comEditorhttps://antiguanewsroom.com/author/editor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="558NH8cKsF"><a href="https://antiguanewsroom.com/opinion-an-existential-moment-for-the-caribbean/">OPINION: An Existential Moment For The Caribbean</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://antiguanewsroom.com/opinion-an-existential-moment-for-the-caribbean/embed/#?secret=558NH8cKsF" width="600" height="338" title="“OPINION: An Existential Moment For The Caribbean” — Antigua News Room" data-secret="558NH8cKsF" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://antiguanewsroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/PVC-Prof.-Justin-Robinson-scaled.jpg25601437By Professor C. Justin RobinsonPro Vice-Chancellor and Principal, The UWI Five Islands Campus The international order that has structured global affairs since 1945 is being dismantled. For the Caribbean and CARICOM, this represents an existential threat to the very possibility of meaningful sovereignty and as a people we must be clear-eyed about what is occurring. […]