@OnAcornBay | Part 2: The Dragon, the Crescent, and the Bomb

10/10/2025 14 min

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Episode Synopsis

Click here to reply to @OnAcornBay "So let's connect the dots. China's expanding influence, offering an alternative to Western leadership. Arab states are frustrated and they are looking for options. Pakistan's nuclear arm. Pakistan has nuclear arms connected to both China and the Arab world. Also questioning the Western system. So things are aligning in very interesting ways. Right? We're getting there. The tension is building. These three are increasingly coordinated, even if informally. They meet at Shanghai Corporation Organization summits, joint military exercises."

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