In a move reminiscent of 19th-century European diplomacy, a new “Concert of Powers” is forming in the East, with the explicit goal of managing global affairs and sidelining the United States. This modern concert, featuring India, China, and Russia, made its opening statement with a powerful display of unity at the recent SCO summit.
Analyst Van Jones noted the historical significance of this formation, calling it a “historically big deal.” He interprets the unified front of Modi, Xi, and Putin as a deliberate effort to create a multipolar system, where major global decisions are made by a collective of great powers rather than dictated by a single hegemon.
This new diplomatic arrangement is a direct response to what its members see as decades of American unilateralism. The US’s tendency to use economic instruments like tariffs as a tool of foreign policy has been a key driver, pushing these nations to create an alternative framework for international cooperation that is not dependent on Washington.
The United States, once the undisputed conductor of the global orchestra, now finds itself being ushered off the stage. According to Jones’s analysis, it has been strategically outmaneuvered and faces a dangerous new reality of diplomatic isolation, a stark reversal for a nation accustomed to leading the international community.
