Pakistan, April 22 -- Is Russia in the process of forming the Soviet Union II, or the United States is helping to speed up the process to counter China so that the international system does not stand on multilateralism but remains on bilateralism? The argument is certainly debatable. Some would straight away declare it a conspiracy theory, and some might argue that BRICS and SCO are strong enough to keep Russia and China together in the foreseeable future.

If Realism remains the most dominant theory in international relations, the power and security matrix will continue to dominate the international system. The wars and conflicts will continue at the same rate as they were in the earlier centuries, primarily to serve the interests of the...