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Do Not Underestimate the United States (Editorial Version)

An analytical examination of the US blockade on Iran, the systematic disruption of energy flows to Asia, and the long-term campaign to isolate China The United States Navy’s deployment of FA-18 Super Hornets to conduct strafing attacks against Iranian commercial tankers in the Gulf of Oman on 6 and 8 May 2026, three vessels targeted,… Continue reading
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Do Not Underestimate the United States (Long Version)

Why the United States Seeks Control of Supply Routes Rather Than Conventional Victory American power has repeatedly been misread during prolonged geopolitical confrontations because commentators continue measuring strategic success through the narrow lens of immediate battlefield outcomes rather than through cumulative institutional, economic, and infrastructural transformation across decades. Independent geopolitical analyst Brian Berletic argued during… Continue reading
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America’s Suez Moment at Hormuz

How loss of a single trade route reshapes power, finance, and global order Loss of control over the Strait of Hormuz will mark the end of American global dominance in the same manner that the Suez Canal marked the end of British imperial power, with the mechanism of decline rooted not in immediate military defeat… Continue reading
AI and Digital Control, America, China, economics, Energy, EUROPE, Financial markets, Geopolitics, Global Finance, iran, israel, middle east, NATO, politics, reserve currency, waralliance systems, American empire, asymmetrical warfare, British empire decline, capital flows, debt crisis, energy security, geopolitical analysis, global trade routes, historical precedent, imperial decline, Iran strategy, maritime chokepoints, oil transit, Ray Dalio, reserve currency status, Strait of Hormuz, Suez Crisis 1956, US dollar, US foreign policy

