India, Sept. 8 -- Regimes do not come and go as the regime theory advanced by Robert Keohane is an exemplar in all regards and in all imaginable aspects of it.

As an instance, the climate change regime, the Arctic cooperation movement and the American claim to Greenland which has been rebuffed by Denmark, are some of instances of nations and non-state actors collaborating in a new-found convergence.

This practice in the international systems restores order and rule of law and instills cooperation as characteristic of international behaviour.

The G7 jamboree is no exception to it wherein nations seem to be sparring with each other instead of cooperating with each other. A quaint example can be Boris Johnson, the UK PM, and Donald Trump,...