Pakistan, June 9 -- The collapse of the post-Cold War world order is not simply a military or geopolitical event. It also signals the breakdown of a social contract that humanity had started rebuilding post-WWII. It got depreciated with the Vietnam War, the Arab-Israel Wars of 67 and 73, Indo-Pak Wars of 65 and 71, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the First Gulf War. Notwithstanding, the world started losing its appetite for war. This contract started getting redrafted after 1992, although it had inbuilt weaknesses and loopholes for exploitation, but it did provide for some renewed basis for peaceful co-existence, until the war on terror gained currency the world over. Peace seeking became an apparent overture, which was supported t...