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Retreating Lion, Dancing Dragon, Rogue Hyena: India in the Chaotic Geopolitical Jungle of 2025
The geopolitical landscape of 2025 is a volatile multipolar arena marked by America’s retreat, China’s calculated rise, and shifting alliances. With the US stepping back under Donald Trump’s transactional foreign policy, nations are scrambling for strategic advantage, creating a jungle-like chaos.
Trump’s America, once the global lion, now acts as an opportunistic scavenger, prioritizing transactional gains over traditional leadership. This retreat has emboldened regional actors, leading to pacts like Saudi Arabia-Pakistan mutual defence agreement, signaling new alignments in the Middle East.
China, the calculating dragon, exploits US unpredictability through economic coercion, tech hegemony, and bolstered ties with Russia, Iran, and North Korea, reshaping Asia’s balance of power. Meanwhile, Israel, the untamed hyena, escalates military campaigns across the Middle East, redrawing fault lines and testing Gulf alliances.
For India, this multipolar chaos is both a challenge and opportunity. Multi-alignment diplomacy is crucial: engaging the US via Quad, collaborating with Russia for energy and arms, and pursuing selective dialogue with China. Yet risks loom—Trump-era tariffs, China’s Indo-Pacific assertiveness, and the Pakistan-Saudi pact heighten economic and security vulnerabilities.
India’s path to prominence in this 2025 geopolitical jungle demands strategic foresight, resilience, and pragmatic multi-alignment, ensuring it shapes the emerging global order rather than being buffeted by it.
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Published: Sep 24, 2025
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