PM Modi Says Global Order Has Failed to Keep Pace With Emerging Challenges

New Delhi, October 22, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the existing global order and its institutions had failed to evolve in step with the rapidly changing world, creating a widening gap between contemporary realities and outdated decision-making systems.

Addressing the NDTV World Summit in New Delhi, Modi said the world was navigating a transitional phase that he described as a “world between orders”.

He identified two key questions confronting the international community: why the global order was shifting and why the existing system was struggling to address present-day challenges, and what role India should play in the evolving global landscape.

Explaining the reasons behind the transformation, the Prime Minister said the shift was both natural and inevitable.

Recalling the lessons of the Second World War, Modi said a global order sustained solely by power and self-interest could not endure. He emphasised that dialogue, cooperation and the peaceful resolution of disputes were essential principles that had led to the establishment of the United Nations.

However, he noted that the world had undergone profound changes since the creation of the existing international framework. National aspirations had evolved, new economic forces and powers had emerged, and technology had fundamentally transformed society, economies and the very nature of power.

Countries that had not been part of the original design of the global order were now asserting their rightful place on the international stage, he said.

“The question is, has the global order kept pace with these changes? The answer is no,” Modi asserted.

While acknowledging the historic role played by the United Nations and other international institutions, the Prime Minister said their limitations in addressing contemporary challenges had become increasingly evident.

With new powers rising, more voices demanding inclusion and emerging problems requiring fresh solutions, the existing mechanisms were struggling to reflect the changing global reality, he observed.

Modi said the growing disconnect between the world as it exists today and the systems through which international decisions are made was at the heart of the current global transition.

His remarks reinforced India’s longstanding call for reforms in global institutions to make them more representative, inclusive and responsive to the needs and challenges of the 21st century.