: Opinion: India in new world order #IndiaNEWS #News By Dhananjay Tripathi Hyderabad: From the perspective of international relations, describing the world is complex, particularly when several events

Opinion: India in new world order #IndiaNEWS #News
By Dhananjay Tripathi
Hyderabad: From the perspective of international relations, describing the world is complex, particularly when several events continuously shape and reshape global politics. Albeit, these keenly watched international events are likely to draw the attention of individuals. The central curiosity is to judge the position of different countries in the changing world order. So let us evaluate contemporary world politics and make some assessments about the status of India.
Post-Pandemic World
We are in a post-pandemic world, where the deadly coronavirus starting in 2019 has killed more than 67 lakh people worldwide. According to the data of Economic and Social Affairs of the UN, coronavirus is responsible for ‘9 percent year-on-year’ fall in global production and manufacturing output. This shrinking of the world economy resulted in ‘dramatic loss of almost 10. 5 percent in total working hours, the equivalent of 305 million full-time workers’. This virus has also ‘pushed 40-60 million people into extreme poverty’. These figures will likely make us nervous when world politics face many turbulences that equally keep troubling the global economy.
Unstable World
There are two specific cases, one in South Asia and another in Europe, that will help us draw a picture of the current world politics. The first was the return of the Taliban to Afghanistan after a gap of almost two decades. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America, the Taliban was chased out of Kabul by international coalition forces that came in support of the United States of America (USA). The same USA was seen shaking hands with the ousted Taliban leadership prominently after 2019 and dubbed all such interactions as peace negotiations. Thereafter, America remained a mute spectator when the Taliban entered Afghanistan in 2021.
The reoccupation of Kabul by the Taliban has made people uncomfortable inside and outside Afghanistan. The reason is the Taliban refused to accept modernity; for example, they still unapologetically keep girls out of schools and universities. The West merely wanted assurance from the Taliban not to shelter anyone like Osama bin Laden which may be detrimental to their security. The people of Afghanistan were left to their fate. The most critical inference one can draw from this is that the US has lost the appetite to invest in conflicting regions where its interest is not directly affected. A few also like to term it the declining power of the US.
Similarly, we witnessed belligerent Russia declaring war against Ukraine in February 2022. After its initial advancement, the Russian army is stuck in Ukraine and facing tough resistance.

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