# South-South Blocs and a Multipolar Order

Large developing economies increasingly build defense, trade and payment ties directly with one another, forming parallel networks that dilute Western and Chinese leverage and advance a more multipolar order.

- Conviction: 40 / 100 (forming)
- Horizon: Emerging (watchlist)
- Tracking since: 2026-07-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Last updated: 2026-07-07T10:46:38.145Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/trends/multipolar-south-south-blocs
- Publisher: Polylog
- Affected regions: Global

## Recent evidence

- [confirms] India and Indonesia Link Payments and Ports, Around the Dollar (2026-07-07): Jakarta and New Delhi advanced cross-border digital payments, port infrastructure and trade during Modi's state visit, explicitly framed as building around the dollar (macro desk). It reinforces South-South bloc formation with a payments and logistics backbone.
- [confirms] Modi and Prabowo Deepen India-Indonesia Ties With Missiles and Payment Links (2026-07-07): Modi and Prabowo advanced an India-Indonesia partnership spanning BrahMos missiles, port connectivity and cross-border digital payments (world desk). Two large developing economies wiring defense, trade and payments directly to each other is the parallel-network pattern the thesis tracks.