Abstract
The „New Great Game‟ is the global rivalry between the USNATO bloc and its allies and their Counter-Alliance Camp. In the grand strategic calculus of Russia-China-PakistanAfghanistan-India entanglement, the US Camp seems to be losing its strategic foothold, particularly in Eurasia. The US‟ „Pivot to Asia‟ may also suffer serious setbacks. The deals on Syria‟s chemical weapons and Iran‟s nuclear programme have brought the Middle East under a „Strategic Pause‟ but have also exposed the limits of American power. Afghanistan is on the tipping-point of proving or disproving to be the „graveyard of empires‟. The danger of Saudi Arabia becoming the victim of a fresh „Arab Spring‟ as well as destabilization of Pakistan has increased manifold. The US‟ latest offer for full-spectrum revival of strategic alliance could merely be a „Strategic Deception‟ for Pakistan. The US-Iran nuclear deal may also manifest into additional space for US strategy and lines of operations for Afghanistan-Pakistan. Iran and Syria could be re-visited in the next cycle. Strategic wisdom is hoped to prevail amongst regional stake-holders. Any strategic failure of the US strategy could further expose the limits of American power. The dynamics could roll the ball for a new balance of power; thus shrinking the area of US imperialism and opening up spaces for the manifestation of „Chi-Merica‟ (ChinaAmerica) or a multi-polar world.

Air Cdre. (R) Naveed Khaliq Ansaree. (2014) New Great Game and Limits of American Power, IPRI Journal, Volume-14, Issue-1.
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