EMERGING SECURITY ALLIANCES IN EURASIAN REGION

Authors

  • Kashif Khalil
  • Dr. Zulfqar Khan

Keywords:

Security Alliance, Balance of Power, Eurasia Region

Abstract

The end of the Cold war period marked the beginning of a ‘new era’, which has seen major shifts in power transition from unipolarity to bipolarity and now towards multi-polarity. The emergence of new great powers like resurgent Russia and the rising China, have put solemn challenges to US led hegemonic world order. Resultantly, new world order is in making where emerging security alignments, realignments and challenges from state and non-state actors has once again shifted international relations for global geopolitics and geo-economics. The purpose of this paper is to explore the emerging geopolitical and geo-economics trends in the realm of
emerging security alliances specifically in the Eurasian region through the lenses of Balance of Power (BOP) and Regional Security Complex (RSC). Moreover, on the onset of these major changes over the geopolitical landscape; it also explains the global, regional and national implications for Pakistan. The prospective outcome of the research highlights the complex dimension of overall security architecture of Eurasian Region along with its causal relationship with exacerbating US-China and US-Russia geo-strategic rivalry.

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Published

2022-05-31

How to Cite

Khalil, K. ., & Khan, D. Z. . (2022). EMERGING SECURITY ALLIANCES IN EURASIAN REGION. NDU Journal, 34, 61–78. Retrieved from https://ndujournal.ndu.edu.pk/site/article/view/63

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