New Delhi, May 6 -- Tensions between India and Pakistan have reached a potential flashpoint with the horrific attack on civilians in Pahalgam in Kashmir. Bangladesh has also emerged as a point of concern lately, while China has been making aggressive border moves over the past 8-10 years. These have raised the spectre of a 3.5-front security nightmare for India (Pakistan plus Pakistan Occupied Kashmir-Jammu and Kashmir, China and Bangladesh).

Moreover, today's global geopolitical landscape is fraught with growing divisions and rising uncertainty. The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza have far-reaching implications for the global geopolitical order.

Several European countries have begun raising their defenc...