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.
I haven’t seen such relentless interrogation of Palestinian leadership before, esp. in Arabic. On Saudi Arabia’s main TV channel, Hamas leader is clearly startled by the intensity of the questions & responses to his answers. Crucial points in next tweets….
1,380 KIA! This is the largest number Russian soldiers that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have reported killed in one day – previously the highest number has been just over 1,000. The war is intensifying.
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Estimates by #Ukraine’s MoD @DefenceU on losses by the invading #Russia|n forces as of 20 October 2023. While it’s not possible to verify these figures, independent observers point to very substantial Russian losses in both personnel and equipment.
President Joe Biden will give an Oval Office address Thursday, Oct 19, 2023, on the U.S. response to the Israel-Hamas war. Biden’s speech comes as he seeks additional funding for Israel and for Ukraine, and follows his trip to Israel, where he helped broker a deal to allow some humanitarian aid into Gaza. He will also discuss America’s response to the fighting between Russia and Ukraine, the White House said.
President Biden addressed the nation on the United States‘ response to the ongoing Israel-Hamas and Russia-Ukraine wars from the White House Oval Office. He said he would officially request from Congress “an urgent budget request” on the following day to support Israel and Ukraine. Mr. Biden explained why it was in the national security interests of the U.S. to do this, saying that when terrorists and dictators do not pay the consequences for hostile actions, “more chaos and death and more destruction” ensues. Also, the president called for Americans to denounce antisemitism and Islamophobia amid the Israel-Hamas War. At the time of this address, House Republicans had still not chosen a speaker after removing Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) from the position on October. This was the second occasion in which President Biden used the Oval Office to address the nation, having previously delivered a speech on a bipartisan agreement to avoid defaulting on the nation’s debt in June
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