India, July 22 -- The global community remains frozen in a state of passive spectatorship as the escalating military conflict between the US and Iran pushes West Asia-and global economic stability-toward a catastrophic precipice. Despite the clear threats of skyrocketing energy prices, disrupted maritime trade routes, and a massive humanitarian crisis, international bodies and major world powers have largely confined their responses to redundant diplomatic platitudes and toothless calls for restraint. This widespread paralysis exposes a severe systemic failure in global governance, revealing how heavily modern international security relies on a fragile balance of power rather than enforceable international law.

The US-Iran war has escala...