The Shifting Sand Dunes Of Geopolitics.

The world is passing through a transitional phase, where the existing world order is under stress, politically, economically and militarily. Unipolarity has been formally challenged by a clearly visible strong Sino-Russian pole on one hand, and a few more poles morphing in near future (five to ten years) like certain European and Asian powers. The small and mid-level countries are re-evaluating their old economic and military affiliations throughout Asia, Europe and Africa. The United States of America, after enjoying more than two decades of unfettered and absolute command in geopolitics, is misbehaving like a spoiled adult, that is not ready to adjust to the shifting dunes of reality on the global horizon. The universe moves slowly but surely, indicating a certain eastward direction that can only be altered by some disruptive events. Political philosophers and economic strategists at all significant intellectual centres should be pondering the future trajectories of the world polity and economy, and where they would find themselves if the path of the dotted curve is not altered. And then there will be a clear distinction drawn between the status-quo loving and the disruption-wishing powers. And this is the crux of the entire debate in this article.

It seems to be the earnest desire of China to continue on its spree of economic development and expansion, both in terms of time and space. But they are quite aware of the adage that, 'You may not be interested in war, but war may be interested in you', thus doing a lot in the military field to create a 'deterrence' against any ill-intended entities. But China has not been able to forge an alliance strong enough similar to NATO or the European Union. Its endeavour to create and strengthen platforms like the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is presently no match with the influence the US, the west and the allies wield in world bodies like the IMF, ADB, FATF etc. Thus in spite of the Chinese rise in manufacturing, agriculture, development in high tech and mammoth exports, it probably lacks the compatible strength in political influence and military prowess (not yet seriously tested). Also because of the language barrier and not enough spending in the fields of mainstream and social media, they are no match to the American and Western perception management and psychological influencing techniques. Their...