BLINKERS OFF: HOW WILL THE WORLD COUNTER CHINA

The corona virus pandemic became a catalyst to unravel the multiple layers of influence that China wields around the world. As Beijing displayed them unabashedly, it accentuated the fault lines in a vulnerable postwar world. After allowing Deng Xiaoping and his successors to subvert the rulesbased global order for three decades, the world is now in a precarious phase. The pandemic has amplified geopolitical headwinds, manifested in all aspects of the globalized world; from trade to military, cyberspace, and new age technology, thus altering the future of any warfare.