Global Rupture to Multipolarity: What are the Options for Pakistan?
The decades-long established world order is weakening, but what comes next, and where does Pakistan fit in? As the United States openly declares the end of the old liberal order, a more ruthless power politics is taking shape across regions. Dr. Khurram Iqbal, Associate Professor, Quaid-E-Azam University, explores the rise of offensive realism, the quiet collapse of liberal norms, and why Asia-Pacific, not South Asia or the Middle East, has become the real center of global power play. From shifting U.S. priorities to Pakistan’s overlooked options with middle powers, this discussion challenges conventional thinking and asks the question few are willing to confront: Is Pakistan prepared for the new world order that is emerging?
