Multipolarity
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Open Thread
Open thread in which the author says the commenters’ boycott has made the site quieter, that the Indo-Pak frame no longer fits him, and that BP may drift towards the…
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Pakistan’s Extraordinary Diplomacy
X.T.M argues that Pakistan, though feudal, fragile and low in human development, has shown near-perfect tactical diplomacy since the Pahalgam conflict. He rejects the US–Mexico analogy for India–Pakistan, doubts a…
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Trump Has Birthed Eurasia
X.T.M argues that Donald Trump’s treatment of India has pushed Narendra Modi towards the SCO summit alongside Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, and reads the occasion as the start of…
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India at a Crossroads: Superpower or Spectator?
Argues that the unipolar moment is over and five great powers now compete, each with its own grand strategy, so India must decide whether to shape this order or watch.…
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Yalta vs. Helsinki – Sir Alex Younger and the New Global Intelligence Order
Summarises a video by former MI6 chief Sir Alex Younger, who argues that the world is contested between a Yalta model of great-power spheres of influence and a Helsinki model…
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Sharing a continent
The author notes the subcontinent and China hold over 40 per cent of humanity yet know little of each other, and argues that Indian claims of a continuous ‘pagan’ civilisation…
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2019 isn’t 1999: the unipolar moment is over
After reading a book arguing that hegemons keep the peace, Razib Khan contends that the American unipolar moment is nonetheless ending, since China and India together are already about 75…
