⧫ What If?

● What If? ..

Hypothetical US-Iran War ..
Next Superpower ..

Nuclear Strategy ..
Pandemic Economic Risks ..

Socieconomic Collapse in 2040? ..
What If? ~ Russia ..
What If? Red Storm Rising ..

What If Russia Collapsed? ..

⧫ Xina - Deceit, Espionage, Theft ..

⧫⧫ Geopolitics

⧫⧫ Organizations ..

⧫ Africa - Geoeconomics ..

⧫ Africa - Geopolitics ..

⧫ Anti-West ..

⧫ Astropolitik - Geopolitics of Space ..

⧫ Asymmetric Warfare - Geopolitical ..

⧫ Competition - Geoeconomic ..

⧫ Desalination, Hydraulic Engineering ..

⧫ Economics of Military ..

⧫ Espionage ..

⧫ Fiscal Folly ..

⧫ Foreign Students ..

⧫ Geoeconomic, Geopolitical Theory ..

⧫ Geoeconomic Logistics ..

⧫ Geoeconomics 2021 ..

⧫ Government, Logistics - Hybrid Warfare ..

⧫ Hybrid Warfare ..

⧫ Ideological Warfare ..

⧫ Intelligence Analysis ..

⧫ Internet ..

⧫ Migrant Crises ..

⧫ Military ..

⧫ National Economies ..

⧫ Natural Resources - Geoeconomics ..

⧫ Politics - Geoeconomics ..

⧫ Productivity ..

⧫ Resistance ..

⧫ Resource Wars ..

⧫ Space - Infrastructure ..

⧫ Surveillance, Spyware ..

⧫ Water Crises ..

⧫ Weaponized Migrants ..

International Tensions

⧫ Competition - Geoeconomic ..

⧫ Taiwan ⇔ China ..

⧫ Weaponized Migrants ..

⧫⧫ Regional Geoeconomics ..

Religiocultural Tensions

⧫ Terrorism ..

⧫ Weaponized Migrants ..

⧫ Astropolitik - Geopolitics of Space

Astropolitik

Astropolitik ..

Ċold Ŵar 2 in Space ..

Economics of Defense ..

ISS 2022+ ..

Lunar Economics ..

Space Force Future ..

SpEc - Space Economics ..

Strategy of Space - Tim Marshall ..

Tàikōng - 太空 ..

Xina Space Plans ..

Ċold Ŵar 2 - Competition 

Ċold Ŵar 2 in Space ..

Geosynchronous SAR satellite ..

SpEc - Space Economics ..

Warfare in Space ..

Xina Space Plans ..

Communications

Space Force Future ..

Starlink .. 

Starlink - Space X ..

Strategy of Space - Tim Marshall ..

Tàikōng - 太空 ..

Warfare in Space ..

Defense

SAM - Surface-to-Air Missile Defense (S-500) ..

Space Force Future ..

SpW - Space Weaponry ..

Tàikōng - 太空 ..

Warfare in Space ..

Economics

Asteroids as Resource ↬

Ċold Ŵar 2 in Space ..

Economics - Satellites, Exploration ..

Economics of Defense ..

Lunar Economics ..

Space Force Future ..

SpEc - Space Economics ..

GPS

GPS - Global Positioning Systems ..

Tàikōng ..

Warfare in Space ..

Military

Battlefields of Future? ..

DARPA ..

FOB - Fractional Orbital Bombardment System ..

Geosynchronous SAR satellite ..

NORAD ..

Space Force Future ..

Space Forces ..

SpW - Space Weaponry ..

Strategy of Space - Tim Marshall ..

Tàikōng - 太空 ..

Warfare in Space ..

Xina Space Plans ..

Missiles

Shooting Down a De-Orbiting Vehicle? ..

Sidewinder - Heat-Seeking Missile .. 

SpW - Space Weaponry ..

Warfare in Space ..

Surveillance

Economics - Satellites, Exploration ..

Geosynchronous SAR satellite ..

Pine Gap (JDFPG) ..

Space Force Future ..

Tàikōng - 太空 ..

Warfare in Space ..

USSR

ISS 2022+ ..

Soviets - Early Space Race ↠ 

SpW - Space Weaponry ..

Weaponry 

FOB - Fractional Orbital Bombardment System ..

Hypersonic Weapons ↠

Scramjet Engines in Hypersonic Weapons ↠

Sidewinder - Heat-Seeking Missile .. 

Space Force Future ..

SpW - Space Weaponry ..

Strategy of Space - Tim Marshall ..

Tàikōng - 太空 ..

V2, A9-A10 rocket ↠

Warfare in Space ..

Хina

Ċold Ŵar 2 in Space ..

Geosynchronous SAR satellite ..

Tàikōng - 太空 ..

Warfare in Space ..

Xina Space Plans ..

⧫ Xina - Deceit, Espionage, Theft ..

◊ Cosmos ↬

□ Space ↠

Space - ReEn >> .

⧫ Asymmetric Warfare - Geopolitical

Geopolitical Asymmetric Warfare

AUKUS - 2021-9-15 ..

Belarus↔(Russia)→Lithuania, Poland, EU ..

CCP - 21stC Propaganda ..

Chip Wars ..

Ċold Ŵar 2 in Space ..

Conflict - Covert, Overt ..

CONfucius Xuānchuán CCP Institutes ..

Cyberwar - China vs USA ..

DIME & National Power ..

Disruptive Trolling (21st) ..

Fake Accounts, Avatars →

Fake Profiles, CGI Avatars ↠

ФСБ - KGB to FSB ..

Hacktivism ➾ 2022 ..

Indoctrination ..

Liminal Warfare ..

New World Order & Geopolitics of Competition ..

Nordstream 2 Pipeline ⇻ 

Primakov Doctrine ..

Resource Competition 2024 ..

Russia vs West - Cyberattacks ..

Spies, Lies, and Algorithms (2022) .. 

Strategy of Denial - USA vs China vs ROC ..

Tech Ċold Ŵar 2 ..

Unrestricted Warfare (1999, China) ..

US Cyber[IN]security (21st) ..

Warlord Geocorruption ..

Weaponized Interdependence - Global Economic Coercion ..

Xina's Bullying Diplomacy ⇻

⧫ Xina - Deceit, Espionage, Theft ..

⧫ Oceans, Seas, Waterways - Geopolitics

 ? BLUE-21 = tensions over waterways, water ?

● Geopolitics: Arctic | ● Geopolitics: Atlantic | о Geopolitics: Bodies of Water |

● Geopolitics: Caucasus | ● Geopolitics: Mediterranean |  ● Geopolitics: Pacific |

2023 

Globalization ⇔ Decoupling ..

Hai Kun - Taiwan's Submarine ..

Inexpressible Base (Xina's Antarctic Spy Station) ..

Robbery of High Seas ..

2022

Bi-Oceanic Corridor ..

Libya's Fossil Water, Pipelines ↬

Pakistan + Χί ➾ India 2022 ..

South-to-North Water Transfer Project (China) ..

Χίna ➾ Taiwan 2022 ..

ΧίΧίР's Naval Ambitions - РLΑΝ ..

2021

21st C - Australian Defence ..

Agua Robada (Stolen Water) ..

AGW Threat to Oceans ..

Asian NATO? ..

AUKUS - 2021-9-15 ..

Bangladesh - Flooding, Contamination ..

Black Sea - Operation Sea Breeze ..

BRI - Belt & Road Initiative ..

Canals - 21st Century Chokepoints ..

CCP's String of Pearls ..

Chinese Vessels Overfishing in Galapagos ↬

Common Resources, ToC, Quotas ..

Cyprus Conflict ..

Energy Geopolitics Eastern Mediterranean ..

French Empire ..

Future Battle? - Seabed Mining ..

Gateway Cities & Water Geopolitics ..

Geostrategic Challenges - Europe 2022 ..

Inevitable? War over Water ..

Lebanon's Water Crisis ..

MCM - Mine Countermeasures ..

Mediterranean Navies ..

Naval Interoperability and Cooperation ..

New World Order & Geopolitics of Competition ..

North Sea ..

North Sea Wind Farms ↬

Paranoid Expansionism (former USSR) ..

Power of Geography ..

Provoking Resistance (Xina vs World) ..

Russia's Paranoid Endgame ..
RvU 2021 Russia vs Ukraine ..

Strategy of Denial - USA vs China vs ROC ..

Trade Routes - Silk Road to Globalization ..
2021 Ukraine-Russia tensions ..

UI-CP - USA+India vs China+Pakistan ..

USA→Europe→NATO↔Russia←China ..

Weaponized Interdependence - Global Economic Coercion ..

Xi's Economic Dilemma ..

Χίna ➾ Taiwan 2022 ..

Yarlung Tsangpo - China's Proposed Mega-Dam ..

Aegean Tensions .. 

American West - Water Scarcity ..

Anglosphere - CANZUK ..

Atlantic Ocean ..

Black Sea & Dardanelles ..

Blue Economy ..

Border Disputes - China, South China Sea ..

Bosnia Landlocked? ..

British Overseas Territories ..

CAI, RCEP - Asia, Europe, USA ..

California's Water Problem ..

Canada ..

Canal of the Pharaohs - Ancient Suez Canal ➧

Cargo Chokepoints - Ports ↠ 
CCP's pragmatic preparations for global dominance ..

China versus Taiwan ..

China's Water Problems ..

● Chokepoints - Trade, Resource Logistics ..

Bi-Oceanic Corridor ..

Chokepoints - Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, Djibouti Bases ..

Chokepoints - Geopolitical - CCP's Narrow Passes ..

Chokepoints - La Pérouse (Sōya) Strait ..

Chokepoints - Panama Canal ..

Chokepoints - Royal Navy, Britain ..

Chokepoints - South China Sea .. 
Chokepoints - Strait of Hormuz ..

Chokepoints - Strait of Malacca ..
Chokepoints - Suez Canal ..

Chokepoints - Turkish Straits ..

Crimean Water Crisis ..
Desalination - Problematic Solution ↬

Djibouti Bases - China's 1st Abroad ..   

Economic Interests - Arctic ..

Egypt-Ethiopia Tensions over Renaissance Dam ↬

Eurasia & Power Competition at Sea .. 

Europe's Three Seas Initiative ..

Expansion - PLA, PLAAF, PLAN ..

First Island Chain - Asia ..

Freedom of Navigation .. 

Future of War ..

Gateway Cities & Water Geopolitics ..

Global Military Spending Increasing ..

Globalization ⇔ Decoupling ..

Heavy Lift Ships ↠

Hydrating Deserts ⇝

India-China Rivalry .. 

India, Indian Ocean ..

Indian Ocean ..

Inevitable? War over Water ..

Kuril Islands - Cold War ..

Mahan & Naval Strategy ..

Mexico City's Water Crisis ..

Military Ambitions - China 2021 ..

Naval Strength Comparisons ..

NK Sanction Dodging ..

Nordstream 2 Pipeline ⇻ 

NORAD ..

NZ, Aus, USA vs China in Pacific ..
Oman ..

Prisoners of Geography ↬

Robbery of High Seas ..
Rockall ..

Russia's Economic Interest in Arctic .. 

Russia vs Baltics (NATO) ..

Saudi Arabia - Water Problem ..

Snatching Atlantic Seabed ..

Solar Desalination ↠

South China Sea ..

Speculators ..

Superpower Potential ..

Trade Routes - Silk Road to Globalization ..

Turkey-Israel Maritime Plot .. 

Turkey versus Greece - Mediterranean O&G ..

UNCLOS - Law of the Sea 1994 ..

US Bombers Quit Guam ..

USN vs PLA ASMs ..

US Overseas Territories & Guano ..

Water Plight ..

Water Speculators ..

Water Tensions - China ..

Xina's Bullying Diplomacy ⇻

Alliances - Power Projection, Trade

Anglosphere - CANZUK ..

AUKUS - 2021-9-15 ..

CAI, RCEP - Asia, Europe, USA ..

Djibouti Bases - China's 1st Abroad .. 

Eurasia & Power Competition at Sea ..

Freedom of Navigation ..

MIC - Military Industrial Complex ..
Military Ambitions - China 2021 ..

Naval Interoperability and Cooperation ..

NZ, Aus, USA vs China in Pacific ..

QUAD - PATO ..
Superpower Potential ..
2021 Power Projection - US Military ..

Power of Geography ..
Prisoners of Geography ↬

RCEP - Asia-Pacific trading bloc ..

Strategy of Denial - USA vs China vs ROC ..

Trade Routes - Silk Road to Globalization ..
US Overseas Territories ..

Weaponized Interdependence - Global Economic Coercion ..

Geostrategic Projection

European Geostrategic Projection ..

Marine/Submarine Infrastructure

Marine Infrastructure ..

Military Costs
Budgets (Military) ..

> Shipping >>

⧫ Taiwan ⇔ China ..

ROC Armed Forces ..

Strategy of Denial - USA vs China vs ROC ..

Taiwan ..

Xi's Economic Dilemma ..

Χίna ➾ Taiwan 2022 ..

Xina's Bullying Diplomacy ⇻

ΧίΧίР's Naval Ambitions - РLΑΝ ..

Trade, Transport, Travel

Bi-Oceanic Corridor ..

● Chokepoints - Trade, Resource Logistics ..

Chokepoints - Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, Djibouti Bases ..

Chokepoints - Geopolitical - CCP's Narrow Passes ..

Chokepoints - Royal Navy, Britain ..

Chokepoints - South China Sea .. 
Chokepoints - Strait of Hormuz ..

Chokepoints - Strait of Malacca ..
Chokepoints - Suez Canal ..

Chokepoints - Turkish Straits ..

Common Resources, ToC, Quotas ..

First Island Chain - Asia ..

Globalization ⇔ Decoupling ..

Heavy Lift Ships ↠

Mahan & Naval Strategy ..

Mapping Challenges ↠

MCM - Mine Countermeasures ..

Naval Interoperability and Cooperation ..
Navigation - Natural ↠

North Sea ..

Paper Towns & Cartographic Projections ↠

Trade Routes - Silk Road to Globalization ..

Weaponized Interdependence - Global Economic Coercion ..

Xi's Economic Dilemma ..

Water Tensions

● Geopolitics: H2O ..

Agua Robada (Stolen Water) ..

Bangladesh - Flooding, Contamination ..

Gateway Cities & Water Geopolitics ..

H2O Wars - Looming Water Crisis - Heat Stroke >> .

Libya's Fossil Water, Pipelines ↬
Life's Essentials - Water - ViGr >> .

Tensions - Oceans, Water - BPow >> .

Water - Dynamics, Politics - CoRo >> .

Geopolitics
○ Geopolitics: Bodies of Water ..

● Geographic Challenge & Geopolitics ..

● Geopolitics: Americas ..

● Geopolitics: Arctic ..

● Geopolitics: Asia ..

● Geopolitics: Atlantic ..

● Geopolitics: Global ..

● Geopolitics: Indo-Pacific

● Geopolitics: Arctic | ● Geopolitics: Atlantic | о Geopolitics: Bodies of Water |

● Geopolitics: Caucasus | ● Geopolitics: Mediterranean |  ● Geopolitics: Pacific |

? BLUE-21 = tensions over waterways, water ?

◊ Water - drought, flood, management, power ↬
□ Water, Hydraulics ↠