Pakistan, July 12 -- The global power structure is undergoing a transformation marked by both the weight of history and the uncertainty of the future. American dominance, once unshakable, is fracturing. The post-Trump era revealed a United States caught between transactional diplomacy and attempts to restore a rules-based order. Meanwhile, wars in Ukraine and the Middle East have fractured old alignments and tested the limits of global leadership.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 reignited memories of twentieth century revisionism and brought conventional war back to Europe. It challenged the credibility of NATO and the West's ability to uphold the international order. Yet the result was revealing: European rearmament, NATO expansion...