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The Great Realignment: How New Power Blocs Are Redrawing the World Map A groundbreaking analysis of the most significant transformation in global politics since the end of the Cold War In January 2025, when Indonesia became the tenth member of BRICS+, the world witnessed the completion of the most dramatic expansion in modern international relations. What began as an economic partnership among five emerging economies had evolved into a coalition representing nearly half the world's population and 41% of global GDP. But this was not just another diplomatic milestone-it marked the emergence of an entirely new model of international cooperation that is fundamentally reshaping global power dynamics. From China's DeepSeek AI breakthrough that shattered assumptions about technological containment, to the proliferation of ""minilateral"" partnerships like AUKUS, I2U2, and the Quad, traditional notions of alliance and opposition are giving way to a complex web of overlapping partnerships where strategic autonomy trumps ideological alignment. It examines how countries like India successfully participate in partnerships with both the United States and China, how Turkey balances NATO membership with Shanghai Cooperation Organization engagement, and how Indonesia joined BRICS+ while maintaining defense cooperation with Australia and the United States. This is not the either-or diplomacy of the Cold War, but a new era of ""minilateral proliferation"" where nations maintain independence through diversified engagement rather than exclusive commitments. Drawing on extensive research, diplomatic sources, and firsthand analysis of current developments through August 2025, Dr. Baig provides the definitive account of how BRICS+ expansion, technology competition, African strategic awakening, and Middle Eastern realignments are creating a multipolar world that defies traditional categorization. He reveals how concrete partnerships are delivering results-from AUKUS submarine construction to I2U2's $2 billion in renewable energy investments-while traditional multilateral institutions remain paralyzed by outdated governance structures and conflicting interests. This is not a story of East versus West or democracy versus authoritarianism, but of pragmatic countries pursuing national interests through innovative partnerships that cross traditional ideological and geographical boundaries. Brazil leads BRICS+ while deepening energy cooperation with the United States. The UAE participates in both BRICS+ and I2U2 with Israel. Saudi Arabia balances new partnerships with traditional security relationships. These are not contradictions but strategic choices that reflect twenty-first-century realities. Key insights include: How BRICS+ evolution from economic forum to alternative institutional framework challenges Western-dominated global governance Why ""minilateral"" partnerships of 3-10 countries are outperforming massive multilateral institutions in delivering concrete results How technology competition is driving innovation rather than achieving containment, with profound implications for global supply chains How Africa's strategic awakening, symbolized by the African Union's G20 membership, is creating new leverage in great power competition How climate change and the green energy transition are creating new forms of cooperation and competition around critical minerals and renewable technology Why strategic autonomy through multiple partnerships is replacing traditional alliance exclusivity as the dominant diplomatic model

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Dr. Naim Tahir Baig can be described as a Political Analyst, Geopolitical Strategist, Military and Security Studies Expert, Intelligence and Espionage Scholar, Social Commentator, Philosopher of Contemporary Issues, Digital Economy Specialist, Islamic Scholar and Interfaith Commentator, Poet and Literary Author, Regional Studies Expert, Multidisciplinary Intellectual, and Pakistan-Centric Analyst, reflecting his diverse expertise across politics, geopolitics, military strategy, intelligence, social commentary, business, religion, literature, and regional studies. Books by Dr Naim Tahir Baig Political Analysis & Contemporary History Bashar al-Assad's Last Stand: A Study of the Syrian Conflict's Final 11 Days in December 2024 Three Winters in Exile: The Trump Chronicles 2021-2024 Biden vs. Trump The 45th and 46th: A Tale of Two Americas Imran Khan's Political Journey: From Cricket to Revolution Political Prophecies of Imran Khan From Captain to Khan: The Rise and Fall of Imran Khan The Widening Political Gap Between Muslim Rulers And Their Masses In The 21st Century Ibrahim Traoré International Relations & Geopolitical Analysis Can Russia Help Pakistan Grow? Why Nuclear-Armed Pakistan Has Not Fought a War Against Israel in the 2020s? A Textbook Of Foreign Policy Analysis International Relations from a Pakistani Perspective The UNO's Three Failures: Gaza, Kashmir, and Ukraine Military Operations & Strategic Studies 27 Minutes That Nearly Started World War III Operation Bunyan um Marsoos 2nd Edition: Operation Rising Lion: Israel's Strike Against Iran's Nuclear Program Operation True Promise 3 The Spider's Web: How Ukraine Rewrote the Rules of War Operation Rising Lion 2025: Israel's Strike on Iran's Nuclear Program Intelligence and Espionage Research Analysis Behind The Veil Of Deception: Catherine Perez-Shakdam

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