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Trump as the Global Sovereign?

The Hormuz closure wasn't a miscalculation — it was the missing piece. With maritime routes uninsurable and IMEC the last corridor standing, Trump has seized control of global trade infrastructure through a private governance body accountable to no one but its chairman for life.

By Desh Kapoor

/ 27 Apr 2026

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

/ 24 Mar 2026

MAGA’s Civil War: How the Right’s Israel Split Is Rewiring Conservatism Globally

There is a MAGA civil was raging. Clash over what United States really ought to be. As it evolves, US is changing its role in the global scenario. We are examining the scenario.

By Desh Kapoor

/ 15 Mar 2026

MAGA’s Civil War: How the Right’s Israel Split Is Rewiring Conservatism Globally

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

/ 8 Mar 2026

The Long Game: How America Built Its Greatest Rival

Who is the Real Zohran Mamdani?

Mamdani stands as the polished face of a darker alliance — Soros’s globalist capital, Islamist networks with political ambitions, and CCP’s influence machinery. Preaching justice while fed by power, he mirrors the hypocrisy of an age where revolution is funded by the architects of control.

By Desh Kapoor

/ 9 Nov 2025

The Second Lady and the Last Lesson: How Faith Became America’s Last Weapon

In an age where faith has turned into a weapon and pluralism into threat, the story of JD and Usha Vance reveals America’s deeper crisis—a nation trapped between belief and power, preaching tolerance yet fearing the mirror of its own contradictions.

By Desh Kapoor

/ 2 Nov 2025

The Second Lady and the Last Lesson: How Faith Became America’s Last Weapon

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

/ 19 Oct 2025

The End of American Command and the Rise of Chinese Control

Profits & Paradoxes: The Two-Faced Geopolitics of Trump

Trump’s tariffs, private deals, and warm ties with rivals both challenge the entrenched ‘Deep State’ and enrich him and friends while reshaping alliances, stirring chaos and profit. A deep, hard-hitting look at power, paranoia, and paradox in geopolitics.

By Desh Kapoor

/ 21 Sep 2025

Profits & Paradoxes: The Two-Faced Geopolitics of Trump

Dollar-deweaponization, not Dedollarization will erode America's power

By Desh Kapoor

/ 14 Sep 2025

Dollar-deweaponization, not Dedollarization will erode America's power

Decoding Trump and MAGA's Recent Targeting of India and Indians

As the West ages and shrinks, India’s youthful talent is the lifeline for growth. Yet Trump’s tariffs, anti-India rhetoric, and targeting of Hindus risk alienating America’s strongest partner—setting off unintended consequences that could reshape the global order.

By Desh Kapoor

/ 24 Aug 2025

Decoding Trump and MAGA's Recent Targeting of India and Indians

The Alaska Summit Explained: Trump, Putin, and the Future of NATO

The Trump–Putin Alaska Summit was more than pageantry—it signaled shifting alliances and deepening cracks in the Transatlantic order. Europe fumes, Ukraine feels betrayed, China recalculates, and India weighs its options. A new geopolitical chessboard is being drawn.

By Desh Kapoor

/ 17 Aug 2025

The Alaska Summit Explained: Trump, Putin, and the Future of NATO

Trump’s Post-Dollar Gambit: Tariffs, Crypto, and Courting Pakistan’s Terror-backing Generals

When you look at Trump's actions that are debasing the US Dollar and his strange love for Pakistan's terror-orchestrating General Munir while sidelining India, you realize something - all this is for making Trump rich, not MAGA.

By Desh Kapoor

/ 10 Aug 2025

Trump’s Post-Dollar Gambit: Tariffs, Crypto, and Courting Pakistan’s Terror-backing Generals