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The Daily Geopolitics Brief # 15

The ceasefire did not even last 24 hours. Israel bombed Lebanon 160 times in 10 minutes. Iran re-closed Hormuz. The US rewrote what it had agreed to. Islamabad talks begin tomorrow — and India's wisest move may be to wait it out and engage strategically.

By Desh Kapoor · Apr 9, 2026

The Daily Geopolitics Brief # 14

"A whole civilization will die tonight." Twelve hours later: ceasefire. Pakistan accidentally posted the White House's script. Jubail burned. China locked its airspace. Germany rearmed. The war paused — but nothing is resolved. Day 39.

By Desh Kapoor · Apr 7, 2026

The Isfahan Operation

Evaluating discussions assessing Mission Failure, Strategic Deception, and the Architecture of a New Civilizational War

By Desh Kapoor · Apr 7, 2026

The Daily Geopolitics Brief # 13

"If I had my choice, I'd take the oil," - a heist?! In 25 hours, Trump bombs Iranian power plants — or doesn't. Iran's 10-point counter sits on the table. The IRGC intelligence chief is dead. Chabahar expires in 19 days. Day 38

By Desh Kapoor · Apr 6, 2026

The Daily Geopolitics Brief # 12

"Open the F——n' Strait or you'll be living in Hell." Iran said hell right back. Meanwhile India resumed buying Iranian oil, 8 lakh homes switched to piped gas, and a colonel was pulled from a mountain crevice. Day 37

By Desh Kapoor · Apr 6, 2026

US-Iran War

The War Beneath the War

The Iran war is not a Middle East conflict. It is a simultaneous battle for energy corridors, rare earth materials, monetary architecture, and AI compute supremacy — with four powers, two resource paradigms, and a fracturing world order as the stakes.

By Desh Kapoor · Apr 5, 2026

The Daily Geopolitics Brief # 11

US is fighting a Christian War. US tried to stop Iran's nuclear bomb and gave it control of the world's oil tap instead. Day 36: a missing airman, a bombed CIA station, repaired missile bunkers, and a fertilizer crisis. Ten stories.

By Desh Kapoor · Apr 4, 2026

Hinduism

The Asymmetric Erasure: How Gandhi's Raghupati Raghav Colonized Hindu Sacred Memory

They altered Tulsidas to sell secularism. The mosque never sang it back. One bhajan. One manufactured line. One civilization slowly taught it had nothing worth saving. The Greek template. The Hindu moment.

By Desh Kapoor · Apr 4, 2026