P. K. Balachandran
In recent times, one has been seeing international associations (a few of them deemed to be “iron clad”) cracking up or showing internal strains that could result in their dissolution. At the same time, there appears to be an increasing tendency among countries to opt out of multilateral treaties and go in for more suitable and better tailored bilateral arrangements.
The future of organizations like SAARC, NATO, OPEC, BRICS, SCO, BIMSTEC and RECP is bleak.
The case of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) comes to mind immediately. The Cold War vintage NATO has seen unprecedented strain in the last couple of months over US President Donald Trump’s unilateral war against Iran. Its fulcrum, the United States, had threatened to quit it after its European members refused to help President Trump forcibly open the Strait of Hormuz.
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