30 May 2023

A New Cold War May Call for a Return to Nonalignment

Shivshankar Menon

At first glance, the policy of nonalignment may seem irrelevant in today’s increasingly polarized world. The Western alliance is more united than since the Cold War, with even Finland and Sweden abandoning neutrality to join NATO. Other sharpening divides—between democracies and autocracies, rich and poor—dominate international affairs and contribute to the fragmentation of economies and polities.

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