Anatomy of Power II . The Five Muscles of the Lions

Military force, money, technology, energy, and the narrative through which the great powers sustain their dominance over the world. Power was never an organ. It was always an entire body. No power reaches the summit solely because of the size of its army, the wealth of its economy, or the sophistication of its technology. The United States, China, Russia, the European Union, India, Pakistan, Israel, and Iran have understood that true supremacy arises when five great muscles work in coordination: military force, economic capacity, technological innovation, control of energy, and the construction of a narrative capable of persuading the world. Twenty-first-century geopolitics no longer pits only territories against one another; it pits entire…