Global aggression among superpowers: The growing firestorm and its severe impact on Indo-Pacific region

The contemporary global order is undergoing not just a transformation but a tectonic rupture.

- PROF. DR. NISHAKANT OJHA

INTRODUCTION: A WORLD ON EDGE

The aggressive posturing of world powers—through economic coercion, military brinkmanship, and diplomatic realignment—is steering humanity into an increasingly unstable multipolar future. The once-assumed rules of engagement, diplomacy, and deterrence are collapsing under the weight of strategic overreach and nationalistic resurgence. Regions once seen as relatively stable, from West Asia to Western Europe, are now epicenters of geopolitical tremors. In this emerging world, aggression is no longer an exception—it is the new norm. For India, a rising power with aspirations of global leadership, the ripple effects of this international aggression are neither peripheral nor delayed. They are immediate, structural, and deeply consequential. As the global firestorm rages—be it through military escalation, economic blockades, or nuclear brinkmanship—India finds itself navigating an increasingly hostile and fragmented world.

MIDDLE EAST: A REGION ON FIRE

Nowhere is this aggression more visible than in the Middle East. The Israel-Iran confrontation, ongoing instability in Syria and Lebanon, the intensifying Houthi conflict in Yemen, and the revival of Sunni-Shia tensions have turned the region into a volatile powder keg. The U.S. military presence is being constantly tested by Iranian-backed militias, while the Abraham Accords have redrawn the contours of Arab-Israeli relations—bringing both promise and peril.