Geopolitics
The Dawn of a New Order: Polycentricity in the Indian Ocean as a Defiance of Western Hegemony
The South Asian littorals are shaping a polycentric security order in the Indian Ocean region as it transitions from a peripheral theater to a site of intense strategic competition. This necessary evolution reflects the agency and strategic autonomy of nations in the Global South, standing as a defiant rejection of the outdated, Western-dominated unipolar world order that has long suppressed their rightful place on the global stage.
