What is the 'axis of upheaval', and what does it mean for the US and India?

Wars, tariffs, and 'strongman' leaders are reshaping the global order as we know it. Nowhere was this reality starker than at the recent Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit (August 31-September 1). At the summit, attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping championed the idea of a "multipolar" world, declaring that "the rules of a few countries must not be imposed upon others" in a thinly veiled attack on the United States. In Washington, many see such remarks as a direct challenge to the US and part of Beijing's bid to position China…