In order for nations to address their power deficits and maintain their influence, a significant shift away from unilateralism is imperative, and an even more significant shift toward forging strategic alliances will be required.
By Mohamed Cassimjee
The present global world order
‘Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone’, — Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine poet.
This quotation aptly describes the present global world order, which can best be characterised as a ‘Strategic Alliance Global Order’. This concept can help to make sense of present developments and the evolving international system, and in developing a strategic response.