In February we used the analogy of a kaleidoscope to describe the polynodal world, which replaced the “New World Order” of 1991, with a world of rising (and declining) powers, and a shifting geopolitical hub moving from the West to the Pacific Rim.
New World Disorder: Welcome to the Diplomatic Kaleidoscope (samiconsulting.co.uk)
This article gives the kaleidoscope a turn, to look at how the global picture changes. It is prompted by developments in India, China, and following the recent BRICS Summit in South Africa, and the G20 meeting, hosted in India.
India is a good place on which to focus. It represents very well the rapid and growing shift in global power and influence from West to East, and the emergence of new nodes of power and influence in the polynodal world, which has replaced the “New World Order”.
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