Namaskar,

In today’s episode “Pipelines, Ports, and Power: How Energy Corridors Are Redrawing the Map of Eurasia”, we take you deep inside the real drivers behind some of the world’s biggest conflicts from Afghanistan to Syria to Ukraine. We’ll uncover how global energy battles, gas pipelines, and rare earth resources have shaped wars, regime changes, and trade alliances. We explore how the Qatar gas pipeline rejection by Syria triggered a proxy war, how the U.S. quietly supported the rise of the Taliban in the 1990s for energy access, and how Afghanistan’s untapped lithium reserves factored into long-term U.S. strategy. We also break down how Russia used pipelines like Nord Stream to dominate Europe and how the Ukraine war reshaped Europe’s entire energy map, giving rise to U.S. and Qatari LNG dominance.

Then, we move to the future: how India’s new IMEEC corridor challenges China’s Belt and Road Initiative, how China’s pipelines in Myanmar create strategic backdoors to the Indian Ocean, and how the U.S. is countering China’s moves through hybrid strategies. This episode will connect all the dots pipelines, ports, rare earths, LNG supplies, digital trade corridors and show you how the real wars of the 21st century are no longer just fought with armies, but with infrastructure, minerals, and trade routes. Stay tuned as we unpack the hidden energy and corridor wars reshaping the global order.

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