Within a month of recording, the year's most politically important event happened—and NOBODY in the West covered it. India and Pakistan (combined population larger than Russia-Ukraine) exchanged missiles across borders in an escalation eerily mirroring 1914's Franz Ferdinand assassination. Two industrialized multi-ethnic empires fighting over terrorist proxies while alliance networks threaten continental war. Our media's total blackout reveals how completely we've lost track of global reality.
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Bibliography:
Disunited Nations by Peter Zeihan
The Origins of Political Order by Fukuyama
Monsoon by Kaplan
Asian Waters by Humphrey Hawksley
Asia's Cauldron by Kaplan
The First World War by John Keegan
The High Tower by Barbara Tuchman
Europe by Norman Davies
India by John Keay
The Psychology of the Great War by Gustave le Bon
Inglorious Empire by Sashi Tharoor
