China
The Strait That Runs the World Economy
Ninety miles of water off Taiwan carry the semiconductors the entire global economy runs on. Everyone knows it. That is the problem.
Dispatches on power & the world order
The world doesn't move by accident.
Pweppapig reads the map behind the headlines — alliances, chokepoints, and the quiet leverage that decides who wins the century.
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Great-power rivalry
Washington, Beijing, Moscow, Brussels — and the middle powers playing both sides.
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Chokepoints & borders
Straits, pipelines, rare earths, and the geography that still writes the rules.
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Sanctions & trade
How money, chips, and energy became the sharpest weapons in the arsenal.
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Energy Was Always the Real Alliance
NATO is a treaty. The pipeline map is the actual balance of power. When the gas stopped, Europe learned which one it had been living on.
Chokepoints Are Cheaper Than Armies
You do not need a navy to threaten global trade. You need a stretch of coastline and a few drones. The Red Sea proved it.
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