🧵 Why I'm starting @TheGeoPulseX As a healthcare ops manager, I’ve seen how geopolitics shapes vaccine supply chains & medical trade. Now I’m tracking South Asia’s security, defense & energy corridors with an operational lens. What to expect 👇

“Power rarely announces itself. It simply rearranges the room.”

The threat isn’t a USD collapse It’s transaction fragmentation Every new bilateral payment rail weakens sanction power & increases friction Weaponized finance has created its own counterforce: a fractured system Which currency or bloc do you think benefits most from this shift?

To be clear-the USD’s💰 reserve status remains unmatched. Liquidity, legal protection & global trust make it irreplaceable for now But the erosion is structural, not cyclical The era of unquestioned monopoly is ending The world is diversifying trust, not abandoning dollars 3/4

The evidence: ➡️"Surge in bilateral payment systems (like India–UAE rupee–dirham trade)" ➡️"BRICS exploring a common payment gateway" These are not anti-USD moves-they’re insurance policies against US financial leverage It’s not an economic challenge yet - it’s a strategic one.

The next financial crisis won’t be about banks. It’ll be about trust. The USD is having its worst year in decades - not because of inflation, but because of geopolitical de-risking. Nations aren’t dumping dollars. They’re hedging against sanctions. Is the Dollar’s dominance

Dust, not chips, is the new battlefield. China isn’t limiting exports-it’s controlling who can make the tech that runs defense, AI, and EVs. The West must rebuild what it outsourced decades ago

History doesn’t repeat. It negotiates the same terms under new names The Kautilya's Rajamandala Returns 🇮🇳 as Quad

“Every strategy is invisible until it succeeds.”♟️

The GeoPulse: Will this shock finally force Allied nations (Japan, India, Australia) to fund the expensive, environmentally challenging, but vital push for industrial independence? @TheGeoPulseX

China’s response to US chip & AI sanctions: 👉 Turn resource advantage into industrial capability power. The West now faces a silent race - to rebuild midstream refining that it outsourced decades ago.

The Shift: From Volume control → to Capability control. →Old rules: limit how much rare earth metal leaves China. →New rules: restrict who can refine it - targeting key equipment like separation furnaces, centrifuges & ion-exchange systems. →The Impact: Even if the West mines

The new "Digital Cold War" isn't about chips; it's about dust. ⚛️ China just expanded export controls on rare earths, lithium batteries & the machinery to process them. This isn’t about selling less - it’s about deciding who can build what, where Why this underreported move is

Geography doesn’t change but the ambitions built on it do

💡 WEEKLY TAKEAWAY → China–Pakistan “iron bond” cracking → India investing in sovereignty (ports, hypersonics) → Everyone encircling everyone → Biosecurity - the ignored frontier South Asia isn’t stable. It’s reshuffling. Next week: More fractures or new alignments? 🎯 Follow

5️⃣ BIOSECURITY: THE INVISIBLE ARMS RACE 🦠 AI + Biotech = democratized bioweapons. DNA printer: $10K AI models: Free Knowledge: Open-source Synthetic biology market: €22B → €172B (by 2034) While everyone tracks missiles, the next WMD might come from a garage lab.

4️⃣ INDIA’S HYPERSONIC LEAP ⚡ DHVANI test: End-2025 Speed: Mach 21 (25,000 km/h) Range: 5,500 km India will become the 4th nation with operational hypersonic weapons. Enemy response time: minutes, not hours. China has DF-17. Pakistan is chasing. India’s leapfrogging both.

3️⃣ GEOPOLITICS 101 🌍 Everyone builds rings around rivals: → India = Japan, Vietnam, South Korea → China = Pakistan, Bangladesh → Turkey = Pakistan, Myanmar It’s strategic depth when you do it. It’s encirclement when they do.

2️⃣ INDIA’S $1 TRILLION MARITIME GAMBLE 🌊 By 2047, India plans to 6× port capacity - 10,000 MT/year. Yet Indian ships carry just 4% of India’s trade. We pay $75B/year to foreign vessels to move our goods. This isn’t infrastructure. It’s sovereignty insurance against economic

1️⃣ THE “IRON BROTHERS” ARE RUSTING 🇨🇳🇵🇰 CPEC Phase 2 is stalling. Pakistan pleading for support. 50+ attacks on Chinese projects since 2021 - Beijing is hedging bets. Irony: Pakistan built this axis to counter India. Now China keeps trade with India warm… and ghosts Islamabad.

🧵 WEEKLY WRAP: South Asia Geopolitics (Oct 21–25, 2025) From China-Pakistan cracks to India's trillion-dollar maritime bet - this week redrew power lines. Top 5 stories that reshaped the region 👇 1/7