New Delhi, Oct. 15 -- Global politics is moving in an increasingly unpredictable direction, unlike anything witnessed in recent decades. What the Institute for Economics and Peace has described as an era of "Great Fragmentation" appears to capture the current state of the international system.

Policy shifts undertaken by the United States during President Donald Trump's second term have further unsettled the global outlook, raising fundamental questions about the future of alliances and partnerships that have long underpinned the international order.

Dramatic Change in Global Landscape

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney recently captured this climate of uncertainty in a New York Times interview. He revealed that, over the past year, h...