Chethana Janith, Jadetimes Staff
C. Janith is a Jadetimes news reporter covering science and geopolitics.
Prepare for a transformative era in 2025, when Western dominance will give way to a new multipolar world order, supported by emerging powers.
2025 is beginning and is already shaking us up, marking a historic turning point with the emergence of a multipolar world, where China, Russia and India are coalescing their influences, challenging the post-World War II Western hegemony. In this increasingly unstable geopolitical context, aggravated by the persistent conflicts in Ukraine, Palestine, Yemen, Sudan, Syria and Libya (the list is long), as well as by the Sino-American tensions in the South China Sea, the global environment is becoming volatile. Nevertheless, 2025 opens up promising prospects for global stability through economic cooperation with emerging powers. By strengthening ties between nations and supporting development, particularly through alliances such as the BRICS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the Global South, we can hope for a more peaceful and stable future.
Indeed, as we enter 2025, the global geopolitical landscape is undergoing a transformation, marked by complex challenges and strategic opportunities. The year 2024 has witnessed the spectacular economic and military rise of emerging powers such as China, Russia and India, challenging the dominance of the Western world. China, in particular, has strengthened its influence on the Asian, African and Latin American continents through its ambitious “New Silk Road” strategy. However, these dynamics are fuelling growing tensions, particularly between China and the United States in the South China Sea, and rekindling existing conflicts such as the one in Ukraine, orchestrated by NATO against Russia. The year 2025 promises to be crucial, not only because of the potential instability, but also because of the opportunities for cooperation and economic development it presents. The BRICS Alliance and the Global South stand at a strategic crossroads, with the opportunity to strengthen their influence on the world stage by seizing these new opportunities.
The end of Western hegemony: a new multipolar world
In 2025, global geopolitics is undergoing a major historical shift with the emergence of a multipolar world, redefining the balance of power. As mentioned above, the rise of the BRICS Alliance member countries is overturning the hegemony of the Western minority, marking an inexorable decline in the influence of the United States and Europe. China is establishing itself as a leading economic force, thanks to its bold strategy in cutting-edge technologies, such as artificial intelligence and renewable energies. As a leading military force, Russia is strengthening its strategic positions in Ukraine (despite NATO support) while consolidating its historically continuous ties with China, Africa, Asia and Latin America. India, with its economic growth and extroverted commercial strategy, is also asserting itself on the international scene, forging key alliances with China and Russia. This geopolitical shift, marked by the decline of Western domination, requires the United States and Western Europe to adapt to this rapidly changing new world order or disappear.
Ongoing conflicts: an increasingly unstable geopolitical environment
The current geopolitical stakes form a potentially complex and explosive picture. The persistent conflicts in Ukraine, Syria, Libya, Palestine, Sudan and Yemen combined with the growing tensions between the United States and China in the South China Sea call for increased vigilance. In Ukraine, the confrontation between NATO and Russia is intensifying in a dynamic of hybrid war, while economic sanctions are showing their limits. In Syria, the conflict, involving world powers such as the United States, Israel, Turkey and Iran, continues to be complicated by the involvement of terrorist groups. Russia, for its part, is observing the situation with very high intelligibility. Libya, divided since the fall of Gaddafi, remains a hotbed of instability influenced by foreign interference, particularly NATO. At the same time, the Sino-American rivalry in the South China Sea that we have mentioned many times above, threatens global maritime security and exacerbates international tensions. These situations are creating unprecedented geopolitical volatility, challenging global stability and accelerating the decline of Western dominance in this changing multipolar landscape.
Economic cooperation and development: opportunities for a more stable future, but maybe too late for the West
Although the past year has transferred its squabbles, 2025 may usher in an era of increased stability thanks to the dynamic cooperation and rapid economic development of emerging powers. At the forefront of this change, China, Russia and India, through the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the BRICS Alliance, are positioning themselves as key players in economic, political and security cooperation. In particular, China, with its explosive economic growth, is rivaling and supplanting the United States to become the world’s largest economy. Russia and India, with their natural resources and skilled labor, are following this promising dynamic. In contrast, the West is in inexorable decline. The United States and Europe have lost their technological and economic preeminence, overtaken by the unbridled speed of emerging powers. Globalization, facilitating increased connection to the world market, has amplified this transition to a multipolar world. The repercussions are clear: emerging powers are asserting themselves, redefining global balances.
It is therefore safe to assume that in the year 2025 the West will sink into the darkness of oblivion and its heritage will be reduced to a relic of the past.
