After lining up the votes to put a member in “bad standing,” meaning to strip him of his authority and sources of revenue, these voting blocs “decide what is going to happen and when,” Castellanos wrote.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-06-22/braulio-castellanos-florencia

Democrats and Republicans are growing increasingly anxious that third-party bids could take away crucial voting blocs to get their candidate four more years in the White House.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12770863/Democratic-senators-urge-Joe-Manchin-not-undercut-Biden-2024.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

From this perspective, there is still a belief that Russia could somehow be pulled away from the Chinese sphere of influence, in a hypothetical division of the world into two geopolitical blocs: democracies and authoritarian dictatorships.

Source: https://worldcrunch.com/focus/west-strategy-ukraine-aid

In any peace proposal, Israel always wants to keep four settlement blocs on the West Bank.

Source: https://theava.com/archives/230759

Instead of setting the global geopolitical agenda, Asia is stuck following a US intent on dividing the world into rival blocs.

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/a48f9eb74380c3d2?ref=ff

It is precisely the collective security approach offered by China’s Global Security Initiative that currently holds out the most hope for world peace through its rejection of the “Cold War mentality” and military blocs.

Source: https://monthlyreview.org/2023/04/01/mr-074-11-2023-04_0/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mr-074-11-2023-04_0

It is these blocs where the global order is now shaped.

Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/09/11/russia-china-us-alliances-multilateralism-united-nations-nato-g7-minilateral/

“Let’s say you had no G-20 statement, headlines would say G-20 is finished, G-20 could be replaced by blocs like BRICS and G-7.

Source: https://thefrontierpost.com/g20-asked-to-focus-on-ending-hr-abuses-demands-to-press-india-to-settle-kashmir-issue/

"Relations between Russia and China are based on the principles of non-alignment with blocs, non-confrontation, and non-targeting against third parties.

Source: https://en.mehrnews.com/news/203162/Russia-China-ties-above-military-alliances-Wenbin-says

The new treaty allows for the exchange of information, the creation of joint investigation teams, and agreements with other international police blocs, such as Interpol, in the fight against transnational organized crime.

Source: https://en.mercopress.com/2023/11/10/treaty-creating-police-force-of-the-americas-signed?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_content=main&utm_campaign=rss

Voting blocs, like young Americans, that are considering voting for independents like Kennedy must make a serious decision in 2024 to support their nearly-certain-to-fail candidate or to back a major-party candidate who is more likely to win.

Source: https://thecrimsonwhite.com/111814/opinion/opinion-independent-candidates-could-play-a-significant-part-in-the-2024-election-but-wont-win/

Will the logic of emergent strategic competition eventually impact ties between Iran and India as nascent members of two rival emergent blocs (in a contest where India neither wishes nor is able to be non-aligned)?

Source: https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/01/11/key-factors-behind-the-improvement-in-israel-india-relations/