The Nordic Times reports:

[https://nordictimes.com/the-nordics/finland/stubbs-warning-we-will-lose-to-the-global-south/]

Finnish President Alexander Stubb is calling for a more "dignified" and cooperative foreign policy toward the global South. His message is particularly directed at the US and comes at a sensitive time – amid the harshest trade tensions in years between Washington and New Delhi.

— My message, not only to my European colleagues, but especially to the United States, is that if we don't derive a more cooperative and dignified foreign policy towards Global South, the likes of India, we are going to lose this game, Stubb said.

The president pointed to the recently held summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Tianjin, where Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated alongside leaders from China and Russia.

— The meeting is a good reminder to all of us in the global west of what is at stake. We're trying to preserve the remnants of the old order, he stated.

The old order is already crumbling largely due to the blowback from decades of regime change interference in other countries.

If only the West had treated everybody with the same 'dignity' they expected from others then perhaps the old order might not be crumbling.

The global south has watched what has been happening in the global north (i.e. Europe and the Middle East) and can hardly be blamed for coming to the conclusion that they don't want much to do with that kind of rules-based order.

It's not only the global south that deserves some respect but China and Russia - something that is clearly lacking at the moment.

Mr Stubbs may pine for the 'old order' and call for a policy u-turn to try to preserve it before it all collapses but it's too little, too late.

And just because he is a golfing buddy of President Trump means nothing.

The USA has always done what it wants, especially in its 'sphere of influence' (i.e. the world) so this will all fall on deaf ears anyway.