The Global South has moved from the periphery to the centre of strategic competition between the United States and China. In Chapter 6 of ORF Global Quarterly "Disruption and Recalibration", @soumyabh_swears and @BardhanArya examine why managed interdependence has become India's defining strategic question of the decade: orfme.org/expert-speak/globa…

Simple: there are two competing visions for how to handle Iran in Abu Dhabi. MbZ is the hawkish one built around defiance, coercion and deterrence. TbZ tries to work via weaponized interdependence, compulsion and accommodation. MbZ failed to built a coalition for his vision and so TbZ has been given a chance to try his approach, which is more strategic and has worked more effectively with the IRGC’s network approach.

Interdependence exists, but “total” is false. Radioactive decay, single-cell drift, vacuum fluctuations act without relation. Independence and isolation do happen.

No country exists in a vacuum. Complete, absolute sovereignty is a myth because of global interdependence. Every single nation relies on others for trade, resources, security, or financial stability. Even a global superpower like the United States isn't exempt from this. While the U.S. has unmatched military and economic influence, it is still deeply beholden to the rest of the world in several critical ways.

'Four days of extreme rain killed 7% of world's rarest orangutans...' A tragic illustration of the interdependence of #climate and #biodiversity. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8j…

"We live in an era of profound interdependence. Globalisation has dissolved the walls between economies, cultures, and destinies. The goods on your market shelf crossed three borders before they reached you. The technology in your pocket was designed in California, assembled in China, and financed by capital that passed through Singapore. The price of your petrol is set not in Abuja but in conversations between nations across three continents. In this world, no country can afford to close its eyes or its doors. The choice is not between engagement and isolation—it is between deliberate, purposeful engagement on your own terms, and passive engagement on everyone else’s terms" thejour.com/news/nigeria-is-… #Tinubugains

And it should frame Red Sea governance not as a coastal entitlement but as a matter of trade dependence, security interdependence, and Afro-Arab geography. The Arab League clash was a small event with large meaning.

True, no one is permanent. But relationships of all forms are vital to the growth and development of our souls. Not to be dependent. But for interdependence and finding balance between self and other with the realization that nothing is permanent. Balance is key.

I don’t think those are up for debate. You expanded from my pressing you on the metaphorical “chains” of interdependence, which I call “being situated in a time, place, role, and community,” to “so you want to enslave people?”

"It takes soft eyes to look at a world packed with people scrambling to survive, and see beyond the frenzy to the way we keep reaching for relationships that reflect our interdependence..." — Parker Palmer

Ahmed Shara is attempting to trade the old shadow of military occupation for the soft velvet of economic interdependence. By denying intervention and pivoting toward institutional growth, Damascus seeks legitimacy while managing the volatile reality of 1.4 million displaced Syrians in Lebanon. #LevantGeopolitics #SyriaLebanon #RegionalStability #QuantumComputing

I think it depends on the person, their stage in life, and the lessons they’ve learned. That’s the beautiful thing about God, he knows how to teach us what we need to know, in each stage of our life. I isolated myself for a long time, so he has forced me to learn through interdependence. But that’s not true for everyone. And that’s ok. He loves us and knows us all the same❤️.

🌎 As evening settles in, I reflect on Earl Nightingale’s writings and his powerful reminder of our profound interconnectedness as one human family. No matter where we come from across continents, cultures, or centuries we are deeply linked. Every advancement, every comfort, every leap forward emerges from our shared ingenuity and mutual dependence. Humanity has always thrived through this radical interdependence. Ideas, inventions, and discoveries flow across borders and generations: the compass from China, advanced mathematics from India and Persia, democratic seeds from Greece and beyond, agricultural revolutions from diverse civilizations. We borrow, adapt, co-create, and elevate one another’s contributions. This unity in diversity has raised the entire species, turning dreams of prosperity into reality for billions. On a human historical scale, our progress is astonishing: • Life expectancy has surged from around 51 years in 1960 to over 73 years today. Billions now enjoy longer, healthier lives once unimaginable. • Literacy has climbed dramatically from roughly 12 percent in 1820 to nearly 87-88 percent globally. Knowledge and opportunity spread farther and faster than ever. • Extreme poverty has plummeted. Hundreds of millions have risen out of it in recent decades through trade, innovation, and collective effort. Real challenges and inequalities remain in many places. Yes, we still face inequalities and setbacks. We don’t ignore them. But stepping back to a wider view, we’ve improved remarkably and continue pushing forward. Through our interconnectedness regardless of background we build higher living standards, longer lives, and broader possibilities together. We are one species, woven into a grand mosaic. Every inventor, worker, thinker, trader, and dreamer from every corner of the world adds to it. The standard of living once reserved for kings is now within reach for billions because we depend on, learn from, and uplift one another. Let’s celebrate this unity. Keep creating, sharing, and lifting each other up. The best chapters of our shared story are still ahead.

The 7 Habits sequence most people get wrong: You can't synergize before you have personal authority. You can't seek to understand before you know what you understand about yourself. The arc is: Independence (1-3) → Interdependence (4-6) → Continuous Improvement (7). Most people try to skip to habits 4-6 without doing the work on 1-3.

Russian experts argue that the #Trump-#Xi summit highlighted a paradox: growing divergence alongside continued interdependence. Despite strategic rivalry, neither the #US nor #China can afford a complete economic decoupling: @AlexisZakharov or-f.org/39036

"The #DPRK’s long-term survival remains inextricably tethered to #China, bound by an asymmetric interdependence that no amount of Russian artillery shells can replace," ✍️ Samyak Mishra globalstratview.com/xi-jinpi…