The post-Cold War status quo, long defined by American leadership, is officially broken. A new and formidable alliance, led by India, China, and Russia, is actively tearing up the old global rulebook and writing a new one. Their recent united front at the SCO summit was a clear declaration that the old order is no longer acceptable.
This fundamental challenge was highlighted by commentator Van Jones, who warned that this is a “historically big deal” and a coordinated effort to replace the unipolar system. The alliance of Modi, Xi, and Putin is not just protesting the current rules; they are creating an alternative framework for a multipolar world.
The primary reason the old rulebook is being discarded is the widespread belief that its principal author, the United States, has not played by its own rules. The American use of tariffs as a coercive tool is frequently cited as a prime example of the kind of unilateral action the new alliance seeks to render obsolete.
The result is a period of profound instability for the old order and a dangerous new game for the United States. Washington finds itself strategically cornered, or “in a box” as Jones puts it, outplayed and facing a world that no longer accepts its authority or its rules.
