“India’s Diplomacy Of Restraint: The Global Outlier In A Zero-Sum World”, The Commune, December 01, 2025
“In an era marked by geopolitical instability, nations increasingly resort to aggressive tactics, ranging from economic sanctions to outright military conflict, to assert dominance. This environment has eroded trust in concepts such as global peace and mutual cooperation, replacing traditional international relations with a zero-sum power dynamic.
Negotiations are often reduced to ultimatums, with weaker states subjected to exploitation and engineered dependencies as instruments of coercion. Powerful actors pursue disproportionate responses without restraint, driven by bloc formations centered on trade, commerce, and technological leverage.
National progress is frequently motivated by fear of vulnerability rather than shared aspirations for peace, prosperity, and human solidarity. Even advancements in science and technology, once dedicated to human betterment, have been repurposed as tools of suppression. Historically, diplomatic alliances resemble survival pacts in a predatory ecosystem, prioritizing short-term instincts over enduring partnerships grounded in common values……”
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