Decoding the Photo: Why the Modi-Xi-Putin Grouping Is a Game-Changer

A single photograph from the SCO summit is being decoded by analysts worldwide as a geopolitical game-changer. The image, featuring India’s Modi, China’s Xi, and Russia’s Putin in close collaboration, signals a monumental shift in global power dynamics. An American political commentator has called it a chilling sign of a “new world order.”
Van Jones, the commentator, emphasized that this is a “historically big deal.” He argued that the visual of these three leaders forming a united bloc, without any Western presence, should be seen as a direct threat to American interests. It’s a tangible manifestation of a world no longer willing to operate under the unipolar dominance of the United States.
The summit occurred at a critical juncture, with the US administration escalating its trade war. This context makes the display of unity even more potent. It is a calculated diplomatic statement of defiance against American economic unilateralism and an assertion of a new, multipolar reality.
Jones warned that the US has been strategically cornered. He explained that the country is now on the “bad side of the triangle,” a reversal of the Cold War strategy that ensured its supremacy. “It’s everybody against us,” he said, capturing the essence of America’s newfound isolation in a world it once dominated.