A new “Eastern Front” has opened in the global geopolitical landscape, but this one is aimed at challenging the US-led world order rather than engaging in military conflict. This powerful front, composed of India, China, and Russia, revealed its unified stance at the recent SCO summit, a move seen as a deliberate effort to inaugurate a “new world order.”
This development should “send a chill down the spine of every American,” according to analyst Van Jones. He views the alliance not as a temporary marriage of convenience but as a deeply strategic and coordinated campaign to replace the unipolar system with a multipolar one. The combined economic, military, and diplomatic weight of this trio represents the most significant challenge to US dominance in decades.
The fuel for this challenge is the widespread global discontent with American policies. The US’s use of its economic power as a coercive tool, particularly through the imposition of tariffs, has created a powerful rallying point for these nations. They are united by a desire to operate in a world where they are treated as equals, not subordinates, to American interests.
The strategic implications for the United States are severe. Jones believes the country has been skillfully outmaneuvered and is now “in a box.” Facing this united Eastern Front, the US is on the “bad side of the triangle,” a position of isolation and strategic disadvantage that marks a dangerous new era in international relations.