Core Five (C5): A Proposed Reconfiguration of Global Power Architecture
The proposed Core Five (C5) is an informal global grouping reportedly being considered by the United States to include the US, China, Russia, India and Japan. According to reports by POLITICO in December 2025, the idea reflects growing dissatisfaction with existing Western-centric forums such as the G7, which are seen as slow, regionally skewed, and insufficiently representative of contemporary power realities. The proposal reportedly emerged from internal drafts of the U.S. 2025 National Security Strategy, signalling a strategic rethink in global governance.
The underlying logic of C5 is that global decis
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