Pakistan, Aug. 23 -- Today, global power dynamics and structural development are increasingly being shaped by a simple strategic reality: states need to trade across multiple centres of power, maintain credible defence capabilities and secure their energy requirements simultaneously. A single source of dependency can increasingly become a trade-off against sovereign and independent decision-making. Beyond the Middle East, South Asian and East Asian geopolitics are also entering a period of renewed uncertainty, where longstanding security commitments to Japan and Taiwan are coming under greater scrutiny.

In the Iran War, the American security umbrella appeared severely strained, compelling traditionally dependent states to reconsider the ...