China

Iran War and the Thucydides Trap

Applying Graham Allison's Thucydides Trap to the 2026 Iran war. Blending asymmetric war economics, $3T market distortions, alliance fractures, and revealing the deeper US-China power struggle beneath the conflict.

By Desh Kapoor · Mar 24, 2026

United States of America ·Free members

The Long Game: How America Built Its Greatest Rival

What started as a geopolitical stratagem during the Cold War of propping an adversary for their adversary (USSR), US create the powerhouse called China. Today China outcompetes US in every strategic technology. How did this happen?

By Desh Kapoor · Mar 8, 2026

Geopolitics

The Global Power Fracture: Beijing Purges, Delhi Maneuvers, Europe Retreats

Major powers are no longer coordinating, they’re insulating. China purges, India hedges, Europe retreats on sanctions, and the U.S. loses deniability space in Asia. Global alignment still exists—but trust has already collapsed.

By Desh Kapoor · Oct 26, 2025

China

The End of American Command and the Rise of Chinese Control

China is replacing U.S. power not through war but through control of supply chains, industry, finance, and quantum tech. America still speaks like a hegemon, but China now controls the structure of power. The U.S. commands by narrative; China governs by capability.

By Desh Kapoor · Oct 19, 2025

Geopolitics ·Paid

China Isn’t Fighting a Trade War. It’s Dismantling the West.

China is not playing by the West's rules. It’s not negotiating. It’s not retaliating. It’s dismantling — the dollar, the supply chains, the brands, even the minds of Western youth.

By Desh Kapoor · Apr 20, 2025

China

North Korea’s Threats: A New Front in a Global Proxy War?

New configuration and dynamics is brewing up in North and South Korea that may have larger ramifications.

By Desh Kapoor · Oct 14, 2024

Geopolitics

How China's Grip on Rare Earths Shapes Our Future: The Unseen Power Behind Global Tech

Rare Earth Elements (REE) will change and rule the world as oil did in the last century. China dominates that industry like no other. And it uses that monopoly to beat down on its adversaries.

By Desh Kapoor · May 26, 2024